Benefits of H5P

H5P is great for creating self-paced online activities and content interactions. You have access to 41 different H5P activity types in Moodle. This includes drag and drops, find the hotspot, quizzes, interactive videos and course presentations and many more. View examples of different content types on the H5P website to explore which activity types that best meet the learning outcome.

See the table below for the different types of learning activities that H5P can be used for.

Type

Description

Examples include

Simple activities

Simple activities are used when students are required to gain information.


This is particularly effective for exploring, reading, examining or watching on-line content.

  • Accordion
  • Image hotspots
  • Flash cards
  • Agamotto
  • Timeline
  • Image juxtaposition

Interactive activities

Interactive activities are where students can apply their learning or new skills by modelling, trialing, checking their knowledge in a simulated environment.

  • Drag and drop
  • Find multiple hotspots
  • Quizzes
  • Branching Scenario
  • Interactive video

Student generated activities

Student generated activities are where students produce artifacts, reflect, design a document, write reports, create notes, etc.

  • Documentation tool
  • Essay
  • Exportable long-form text in Course presentation