Overview
H5P is a plugin/authoring tool developed for existing publishing systems, such as Content Management Systems (e.g. WordPress) and Virtual Learning Environments (e.g. Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas) that support interactive content types.
More information about the tool can be found on the H5P support site.
In Moodle, it is an activity that enables you to quickly create rich and interactive content for your courses. It can be used, for example, for adaptive, self-paced, or coherence learning experiences as it offers a wide range of different content types which you can use to enhance your course. Some examples are listed below:
- ‘Interactive Video’ – enables you to create a video with interactive tasks;
- ‘Course Presentation’ – enables you to create a presentation with interactive slides;
- ‘Timeline’ – enables you to create a timeline of events in chronological order with multimedia;
- ‘Image Hotspot’ – enables you to create spots on an image that the students would need to select;
- ‘Image Sequencing’ – enables you to display images for the students that would need to be placed in a specific order;
- ‘Multiple Choice’ – enables you to create multiple-choice questions that can include textual and/or visual elements (such as images);
- ‘Drag and Drop’ – enables you to create different types of drag and drop questions that can include textual and/or visual elements;
- ‘Dialog Cards’ – enables you to create learning resources that will help the students to memorise words, expressions, or sentences;
- ‘Summary’ – enables you to create a short quiz where the key information would be highlighted for the students;
- ‘Documentation Tool’ – enables you to create a workbook that can include plain text, input fields (such as essays), goal definitions, and assessments (ratings);
- and many more…
Full details of all content types (including examples) can be found in the following article or on the H5P support site.
Why should I use H5P?
Please note that we recommend using H5P for formative assessments only as the student responses are not saved once they have been submitted and automatically checked by the tool. For example, for workbooks, we would recommend using PebblePad.
H5P is a popular choice amongst educators due to its ease of use and speed of rich, engaging, and accessible content creation. You may only want a small element of interactivity within your course, such as a quick multiple-choice question or an interactive video. H5P allows you to cherry-pick the content you desire and set up the resource in a quick and simple manner.
H5P is also a great example of using gamification in e-Learning which affects engagement and motivation across the students as they can develop learning identity, receive recognition of their own learning process or collaborate with others.
To learn more about how to increase interactivity in online learning with H5P, please read the following blog article. To identify which tool we recommend using between H5P, Mentimeter, and Microsoft PowerPoint, please read the following blog article.
