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Building interactivity into learning materials with H5P and Pressbooks

To Create H5P activities 1

Examples of books and H5P activities 1

H5P Activity Types 2

Gradable activity types 2

Activity types that cannot be graded 2

Pressbooks Results 3

Webinar recordings 3

To Create H5P activities

You can create over 50 different types of H5P activities (list of activities & information) for your course and add them to the book.

You can create your own H5P activities from scratch, or import them (learn how). Or, you can even clone a book with existing H5P activities, which will automatically bring over all H5P activities into your new book.

If you need help on creating H5P activities, H5P has extensive documentation that you can refer to. For more general help regarding interactivity and H5P in Pressbooks, you can a) reach out to your institution’s network manager for assistance or b) attend live webinars provided by the Pressbooks team every month.

Examples of books and H5P activities

On the Pressbooks Directory, you can find books and H5P activities (learn how to search for certain books on the directory).

To see all H5P activities for any book, you can go to the following URL: https://[bookURL]/h5p-listing

Examples shown during the workshop (webinar #1):

1. Psychological Science: Understanding Human Behaviour from Baylor University
2. Le pont: From Intermediate to Advanced French from University of Kansas
3. Child Maltreatment: An Introductory Guide with Case Studies from eCampusOntario
4. Linear Algebra with Applications from eCampusOntario

Books by panelists (webinar #2):

1. Histology Atlas for Anatomy and Physiology by Brian Bich
2. Russian Advanced Interactive Listening Series by Shannon Donnally Quinn et al.
3. Introduction to Oceanography by Paul Webb

H5P Activity Types

There are different types of H5P activities. Some of them are quiz/assessment based, and others are completely activity-based.

Gradable activity types

• Branching scenario
• Course Presentation
• Drag and Drop
• Drag the Words
• Essay
• Fill in the Blanks
• Find the hotspot(s)
• Flashcards
• Interactive Video
• Mark the Words
• Multiple Choice Set
• Speak the Words (set)
• Summary
• True/False Question

Activity types that cannot be graded

There are several H5P activities which don’t return ‘grades’ but can provide some level of interaction and can be completed for ungraded practice by students. These activities would include:

• Accordion
• Agamotto
• Audio recorder
• Chart
• Collage
• Column
• Dialog Cards
• Documentation Tool
• iFrame Embedder
• Image Slider
• Impressive Presentation
• Interactive Book
• KewAr Code
• Personality Quiz
• Questionnaire
• Timeline
• Virtual Tour

Activities have different levels of accessibility. Find out about the recommended content types based on accessibility.

Pressbooks Results

Learn more about what Pressbooks Results is by reviewing the overview of Pressbooks Results.

You can also see how Pressbooks Results is integrated on Pressbooks by watching demos for different types of LMSes.

If you’re interested in participating in our no-cost (free) Pressbooks Results in the Sprint or want to learn more about Pressbooks Results, please submit the Google Form.

Webinar recordings

Part I: Building Interactivity in Pressbooks using H5P

Part II: Instructor Perspectives: Building Interactivity into learning materials

Part III: Pressbooks Results for LMS (recording to come)