H5P Interactive Learning Content Types
Overview of interactive learning content types in
H5P
Learn about using H5P content types to enhance your Pressbook project through the examples showcased.
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| B-D | I | M-S |
| Branching Scenario | Image Hotspots | Multiple Choice |
| Collage | Image Slider | Sort the Paragraphs |
| Dialog Cards | Interactive Video | |
| Drag the Words |
Branching Scenario
With the use of this content type, self-paced learning scenarios, dilemmas, and other forms of adaptive learning based on video or a variety of other H5P content formats can be created.
Branching Scenario found in Therapeutic Communication for Health Care Administrators Game Simulations by Kimberlee Carter; Marie Rutherford; and Connie Stevens, 2022, CC BY 4.0.
Collage
The collage content type allows users to arrange many images in a custom layout.
Collage found in Exercise and Physical Activity in Indigenous Health by Rosalin Miles (Lytton First Nation) and Mitchell Huguenin (Métis), 2023, CC BY 4.0.
Dialog Cards
Authors can create effective learning resources with this flappable dialog cards content type.
Dialog Cards found in Anatomical Variation: An Australian and New Zealand Context by Queensland University of Technology, CC BY 4.0.
Drag the Words
Create questions using the drag-the-words question type that lets users drag and insert words into sentence blanks.
Drag Text found in Introduction to Petrology by Elizabeth A. Johnson and Juhong Christie Liu, CC BY 4.0
Image Hotspots
Add hotspots to images with this type. Clicking on a hotspot may display texts, pictures, or videos.
Image Hotspots found in Anatomical Variation: An Australian and New Zealand Context by Queensland University of Technology, CC BY 4.0.
Image Slider
This content type allows users to easily build interactive and responsive full-screen image sliders.
Image Slider found in Business Writing For Everyone by Arley Cruthers, 2020, CC BY 4.0.
Interactive Video [change video]
An interactive video content format powered by HTML5 that enables users to add multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, pop-up text, and other forms of interactivity to their videos.
Interactive Video found in An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology by Andrea M.K. Bierema, CC BY 4.0.
Sort the Paragraphs
Using this feature, creators can construct activities that require users to sort texts and paragraphs.
Sort the Paragraphs found in Foundations of Neuroscience by Casey Henley, 2021, CC BY 4.0.
Multiple Choice
With this content type, users can create tasks that require selecting one or more correct answers.
Multiple Choice found in Bumble bees of Unama’ki by Hannah Kosick, 2021, CC BY 4.0.
Additional Resources
- Consult the H5P documentation to learn more about the different activity types offered and how to create them.
- Other places, like the eCampusOntario H5P catalogue, may have H5P activities that you can download and import.
- Explore H5P Activity Types through an H5P periodic table by Stuart Mealor.
