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Add Interactive Content: H5P
H5P makes it easy to create interactive content by providing a range of content types for various needs. The Content Bank is an area in Lambda Learn where H5P may be stored, edited and created.
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Introduction to H5P
H5P makes it easy to create interactive content by providing a range of content types for various needs. H5P makes it easy to create interactive content by providing a range of content types for various needs.
Importing H5P content into the question bank allows reuse of H5P materials created for formative learning activities for summative assessment as part of a quiz activity.
Adding an H5P Activity into a Course
- With the editing turned on in a course, click 'Add an activity or resource' and then select H5P.
- Add the title and other information and either:
- Upload a new activity (file extension .h5p) from the file picker, or
- Locate and upload an existing .h5p file from the file picker > content bank, or
- Click the link "Use the content bank (opens in a new window) to manage your H5P files" and, from the new window, create a new H5P activity, save it, return to the H5P activity settings and upload the file from the content bank.
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H5P Content Types
The following are just some of the many H5P content types available in the Lambda Learn Content Bank:
Accordion - An accordion content type allowing users to add accessible WAI - ARIA enabled accordions. WAI - ARIA is used to increase the accessibility of web pages, in particular, dynamic content and user interface components developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript and related technologies.
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appear.in for Chat and Talk - A video conference content type allowing authors to set up conference rooms.
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Audio - An easy to use audio player.
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Chart - A chart content type allowing users to create pie charts and bar charts with H5P, to present simple statistical data graphically without creating the artwork manually.
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Collage - A photo collage content type allowing users to set up multiple photos in a custom layout using only a web browser in order to show off their photos in a tasteful way.
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Course presentation - A presentation content type which allows users to add multiple choice, fill in the blanks, texts and other types of interactions to their presentations using only a web browser in order to make engaging presentations.
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Dialog Cards - A content type allowing authors to create great language learning resources with H5P.
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Documentation Tool - A content type allowing authors to create guides for structured writing processes with H5P.
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Drag and Drop - A drag and drop question type allowing creatives to create many forms of drag and drop using only a web browser in order to make engaging challenges using H5P.
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Drag the Words - A question type allowing creatives to create text based challenges where users are to drag words into blanks in sentences. Excellent for language training.
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Fill in the Blanks - A question type allowing creatives to create fill in the blanks, also known as cloze tests.
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Find the Hotspot - A question type allowing creatives to create an image based test where the learner is to find the correct spot on an image. Use this content type with the H5P plugin to challenge your users.
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Flashcards - A content type allowing creatives to create flashcards. Flashcards are often used in language learning for drilling words and expressions. Flashcards can also be used to present math problems or help learners remember facts such as historical dates, formulas or names.
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Guess the Answer - A content type allowing creatives to create challenges where the user is to guess an answer based on a picture.
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Iframe Embedder - The Iframe embedder makes it easy to make an H5P of already existing JavaScript applications.
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Memory Game - A memory game content type allowing authors to add their own images (and optional text) to a memory game. To play the game, users search for image pairs, which will display a specified text message once a matching pair has been found.
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Multiple Choice - A question type allowing creatives to create challenges where the user is to identify one ore more correct choices.
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Image Hotspots - A content type allowing creatives to add hotspots to images. Hotspots may reveal texts, images and videos when clicked.
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Interactive Video - An interactive video content type allowing users to add multiple choice and fill in the blank questions, pop-up text and other types of interactions to their videos using only a web browser. Make your videos more engaging.
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Question Set - A content type allowing creatives to create quizzes. Many question types are supported like multiple choice, fill in the blanks, drag the words, mark the words and regular drag and drop.
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Single Choice Set - A content type allowing creatives to create simple and smoot quizzes consisting of single choice questions.
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Summary - A summary builder. This content type allows creatives to create challenges where the user is to choose between statements and build the correct summary.
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Timeline - A content type allowing creatives to create interactive timelines.
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