Accessing H5P

Note: You must activate your profile first in order to follow the below steps.

Instructions

You can access H5P in two ways, either from canvas or directly via the DSC H5P Dashboard.

Option 1: Canvas

H5P is accessible from any Canvas site except your personal sandbox. You can access H5P when the Rich Content Editor (RCE) is enabled, which is via edit mode on either a page, discussion or announcement.

1. Open a page, discussion or announcement > Edit
2. From the RCE select > Apps > Tools > Interactive Content H5P
3. The H5P dashboard will appear so you can start creating

Option 2: DSC H5P Dashboard

Note: Only accessible once you have activated your profile within Canvas.

1. Visit https://rmit-dsc.h5p.com/ 
2. Login using your RMIT credentials
3. The H5P dashboard will appear so you can start creating

Hot Tip: Accessing and using H5P via the Dashboard provides you with a larger workspace which is a lot easier to develop in!

Creating, Saving and Sharing Basics

Each content type has a slightly different interface to work in, however this section provides you with the creation basics applicable across all H5P content types.

Instructions – How to create?

1. Access H5P either via Canvas or the Dashboard (Find the access steps in the previous tab)

2. Click > Add Content

3. You will be presented with the content type list 

4. Select the content type you would like to create by clicking > Details > Use

5. The workspace interface will be enabled

6. First give your object a title with appropriate naming conventions, for example Course Code – Week/Module – Title of the Activity 

7. Familiarise yourself with the workspace and start to build your resource.

Instructions – How to save and share?

1. Ensure the title of your object includes:

• Course code
• Week/Module
• Name of Activity

2. At the very bottom, share your content type and/or folder with your discipline group by selecting > Share with Organisation > Discipline Folder   Note: This is very important for your teaching teams to be able to access content types for continuous updates and maintenance as well as sharing ideas within your school

3. Click > Save 

Instructions – How to insert into Canvas?

Whether you are creating within Canvas or the H5P dashboard you can insert your H5P object by following the below simple steps.

1. Within your Canvas course site, open where you want to insert your H5P Object
2. Click > Edit
3. Click on the area where you want the H5P to appear on the page, announcement or discussion
4. From the RCE click > Insert > Apps > Interactive Content – H5P
5. Find your content type > Insert
6. Your H5P content type will appear within Canvas > Save

Cloning Basics

Instructions – How to clone your creations? 

Once of the benefits of H5P is that you can re-use content by cloning and adapting to suit your discipline needs.  To do this you can following the instructions below.

1. Access H5P and find the object you want to clone on the H5P dashboard

2. Click > More Options > Clone (see below)

3. Re-name the object for your needs and to not overwrite the original content.

4. Select the folder you wish to save your object to > Save  You can now work from the cloned version.

Learn through Inquiry

Students can inquire their ideas and information in a range of digital resources; Using digital tools to collect and analyse data; Comparing digital texts, using digital tools for searching and evaluating information and ideas. 

Content Type	Level	Time	Students can…
Branching Scenario			Students can navigate through a self-paced/adaptive scenario (video, course presentations, text, image, image hotspots, interactive video) presented with decisions to inform their learning and potential outcomes.
Mark the Words			Students can mark specific types of verbs in a text.
Image Slider			Students can click on the navigational arrows, scrolling through a range of images. Acts like an image carousel. Useful for comparing and contrasting digital artefacts.
Cornell Notes			Students can follow the Cornell method to directly attach their evaluations to a text, a video or an audio file.
Sort the Paragraphs			Students can identify and sort paragraphs into the correct order. You may for instance have a paragraph of a song, script, a block of code, from a book or steps in a recipe.

Learn through Collaboration

Students can collaborate with fellow peers in groups, discussing others’ outputs and building joint output. 

Content Type	Level	Time	Students can…
The Chase (Beta)			Students can make their way through content and/or respond to a variety of content types. Based on the accuracy of their completion, their avatar will progress.
Word Cloud			Students can respond to a posed question by typing a response or selecting from a pre-defined option(s).
Emoji			Students can select an emoji reaction based on how they are feeling to the posed questions. Results are then displayed as a cloud of emojis, larger being most common vice versa.
Multipoll (Beta)			Students can respond to a poll inclusive of a couple of H5P live tools such as the word/emoji cloud with live results as well as standard types (text, image, MCQs, videos and image hotspots).

Learn through Discussion

Students can discuss via tutorials, seminars, discussion groups, online discussion forums, class discussions, blog comments etc.  

Content Type	Level	Time	Students can…
Word Cloud			Students can respond to a posed question by typing a response or selecting from a pre-defined option(s).
Emoji			Students can select an emoji reaction based on how they are feeling to the posed questions. Results are then displayed as a cloud of emojis, larger being most common vice versa.
Multipoll (Beta)			Students can respond to a poll inclusive of a couple of H5P live tools such as the word/emoji cloud with live results as well as standard types (text, image, MCQs, videos and image hotspots).
Course Presentation			Students can engage with content through a slide-like presentation full of interactive opportunities, they can discuss and complete an open-ended question type.
Documentation Tool			Students can complete a form-like activity by providing text-based responses whether it is goal driven or reflective etc.  Students can export their responses to a Word document for future reference.
Interactive Book			Students can navigate through large amounts of content as this tool combines many H5P content types into one, responding to open-ended questions and exporting to Word.
Column			Students can navigate through a slide-like format where content can be organised into a column layout combining most H5P content types.

Learn through Practice 

Students can practice exercises; doing practice-based projects, labs, field trips, face-to-face role-play activities etc.  

All the following tools provide immediate student feedback. 

Content Type	Level	Time	Students can…
Multiple Choice			Students can complete multiple choice questions with immediate feedback.
Drag and Drop			Students can complete a drag and drop activity, great for a matching activity.
Drag the Words			Students can drag the missing word into the correct sentence. Great for terminology and definitions.
True/False			Students can complete a true or false question.
Fill in the Blanks			Students can complete multiple fill in the blanks.
Quiz (Question Set)			Students can complete a short quiz including multiple question types.
Single Choice Set			Students can complete a range of question types in a quiz.
Summary			Students can receive a snapshot of important information
Arithmetic Quiz			Students can respond to arithmetic questions consisting of multiple-choice questions. Students can keep track of their score and time spent.
Image Choice			Students can select the correct image(s) from the options presented.
Branching Scenario			Students can navigate through a self-paced/adaptive scenario (video, course presentations, text, image, image hotspots, interactive video) presented with decisions to inform their learning and potential outcomes. Great for industry-based scenarios requiring students to respond accordingly.
Interactive Video			Students can watch video material whilst completing knowledge checks throughout (MCQs, T/F, Drag and Drop, Fill in the blanks, Mark the words, open-ended etc.)
Interactive Book			Students can navigate content and complete short informative questions to check their knowledge throughout.
Course Presentation			Students can navigate content and complete short informative questions to check their knowledge throughout.
Mark the Words			Students can mark specific types of verbs in a text.
Sort the Paragraphs			Students can identify and sort paragraphs into the correct order. You may for instance have a paragraph of a song, script, a block of code, from a book or steps in a recipe.

Learn through Production 

Students can produce and store digital documents, representations of designs, performances, artifacts, animations, models, resources, slideshows, photos, videos, blogs, e-portfolios. 

Content Type	Level	Time	Students can…
Documentation Tool			Students can complete a form-like activity by providing text-based responses to produce a Word document output.
Course Presentation			Students can engage with an interactive presentation and can complete an open-ended question type to produce a response to a Word document.
Interactive Book			Students can engage with an interactive presentation and can complete an open-ended question type to produce a response to a Word document.

Note: As the options are limited for students to produce in H5P, if you are interested in the ability for your students to become authors please email dsc.lt@rmit.edu.au as there is a case we are building upon to try and get this as an option for DSC students.