H5P Content Creation

H5P Activation for Concordia’s Pressbooks

In Concordia’s instance of Pressbooks, H5P is activated at the administrator level and should automatically appear within your sidebar once logged into your project.

Overview of the H5P Plugin

This video tutorial will help you watch and learn how to enable and create H5P content on Pressbooks.

Add and Insert an H5P

Add an H5P element to your book

Please note that you will first need the plugin to be active in order to add elements.

1. Go to the H5P Content menu and select “Add New.”
2. Enter a title.
3. Select content type from the dropdown menu.
4. Install the content type by selecting “Get” and following the steps indicated (if applicable).
5. Enter the information for your quiz/activity etc.
6. Click “Create” when you’re finished!

Insert the H5P element into your chapter

Note that you will first the H5P element to be added to your book [What does this mean]

1. Copy the shortcode displayed in the top right of the screen.
2. Navigate to the chapter where the element will be added.
3. Paste the shortcode into place (you can do this in the visual editor, no need to switch to the text editor).
4. Save your chapter.
5. View the web version to see the element in action.
6. Export other desired formats to see the fallback message.

Download and Import H5P

Import H5P activities downloaded from Pressbooks or other public web locations.

To download an H5P file

1. Select the “Reuse” button.
2. Click “Download”.
3. Save the file on your local machine.

Remember, H5P files must be uploaded to a site that supports H5P in order to be opened. They will not otherwise open on your machine. When creating content, the “Download” button under “Display options” must be enabled.

You can search the Pressbooks Directory for H5P activities to import. You will find a hyperlink leading to the H5P activities for each book on its card. You can download H5P activities from this page, as shown above, and import them into your book.

Import or upload an H5P file (.h5p file) from your local machine

1. Go to the “Add New” section under H5P Content on the left menu.
2. Select “Add New”.
3. Click the “Upload” tab.
4. Find the file saved on your local machine and upload it.
5. Click “Save”.