An introduction to H5P interactive content

This refers to Moodle 3.11 from September 2022 onward 

What is H5P interactive content?

H5P is short for HTML 5 Package. It is a content authoring tool that allows you to create interactions (e.g. multiple choice quizzes or virtual tours) that can be added as graded activities on your module or non-graded embedded elements within other Moodle resources like page or book.

H5P content for each Moodle module is held in a special repository called the Content Bank.

To create H5P activities for your students is a two-step process.

1. Create your H5P item in the Content Bank
2. Add the item to your module.

Accessing the content bank

• The content bank is accessed from hamburger menu in Moodle. 
• From the menu that appears select Content Bank.

• Select Add and choose a content type from the dropdown list that appears.

• The H5P authoring dialog will appear and you will need to fill in various fields (e.g. Title, Question name, Correct answers, and Feedback). Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required fields.
  • The H5P Demo Page is a self-enrol in Moodle provides useful guidance, how to guides to build each content type and examples of H5P so is a good place to start before you start authoring your first H5P. 
  • Tutorials  on how to create different types of interaction can also be found at https://h5p.org/documentation/for-authors/tutorials
• When you have completed all the fields select Save to see a preview of your new activity.
• To make changes to your activity select Edit otherwise select Close to return to the content bank.
• On completing these steps the content bank will now contain a .h5p package file which can be selected when adding H5P either as an activity [link to section below] in Moodle or as embedded content [link to section below].
• Use the breadcrumb trail to return to the module page.

Other helpful pages on H5P

• How to add H5P as an activity
• How to embed H5P in other resources
• How to move H5P content from one Moodle module to another