What is H5P?
H5P is a free and open-source content collaboration framework based on JavaScript. H5P is an abbreviation for HTML5 Package, and aims to make it easy for everyone to create, share and reuse interactive HTML5 content. H5P allows you to easily and quickly add rich interactive content to your Canvas course. You can add questions and interactive games as formative assessments inside your Canvas course, you can combine visual information with knowledge checks, and even gamify your video lectures with H5P branching scenarios.
What Tools Are Available?
Here are some examples of how the HTML5 tools can be used:
Flashcards
Free interactive HTML5 flashcards. Create a set of stylish and intuitive flashcards that have images paired with questions and answers. Use this content type with H5P in publishing systems like Canvas.
Course Presentation
A presentation content type which allows users to add multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, text, and other types of interactions to their presentations using only a web browser. Create engaging presentations with H5P and Course Presentation in publishing systems like Canvas.
Branching Scenarios
A HTML5 based branching scenario content type allowing users to create dilemmas, self paced learning scenarios and other types of adaptive learning. The content may be video based or based on a large selection of other H5P content types.
