H5P Frequently Asked Questions and Support

H5P is a digital activity creator tool that allows teachers to create graded and ungraded interactive learning activities related to course content.

Currently, Algonquin College has an unlimited licensing, meaning that any number of faculty can use the tool. In year two, we will evaluate tool usage to determine what Year 2 and Year 3 licensing levels should be.

Our students cannot edit our H5P content. If we view the course as a student, it looks like there is an edit button. When an actual student logs in, the student does not have an edit button.

The majority of H5p activities and content types are accessible.

However,  some activities are not accessible. Also, care needs to be taken to properly complete all activity creation steps relating accessibility.

Joubel, the creator of the H5P platform, is continuously updating their activities to improve accessibility.

Please review the complete inventory of H5p content and their accessibility status below.

In keeping with principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), in which  providing varied means of action, expression, and representation of learning is recommended, offering an equivalent, alternative learning activity/content in addition to the H5P can be an option for those H5p items that are not fully accessible.

H5P.org is the website where all of the activities are demonstrated and documented. H5P.com is where Algonquin College has purchased a license and allows us to integrate H5P activities with Brightspace. 

Yes. However, you need to first create a basic activity through via H5p in Brightspace. Then, you can go directly to https://algonquin.h5p.com and log into your H5p account from there. Create your first activity in a Brightspace content area of your course by going to: Upload/Create > Create a File > “Insert Stuff” – a litle icon that looks like a media play button. Also, keep in mind that you need to set up a password for H5p by clicking on “Password Reset” on the H5p log in page. Following this sequence is important.

1) First, you must delete “associations” to the H5p activity before the Grade book will allow you to delete the column.

• In the Content Area where you have your H5p activity, click on the drop down and click on Delete Topic.  
• Select the second option: “Permanently delete both the topic from Content and the associated file or activity from the course”.
• The second option must be selected to enable you to select the activity column in the grade book for deletion.
  

Another way to delete activity associations is:

• Tools > Course Admin > External Learning Tools.
• Click the LTI Advantage tab.
• Browse for the name of the activity.
• Beside the activity link, click the chevron (upside-down bracket) to see menu.
• Click on Delete.

Yes. The maximum file size for upload within an H5p activity is 2 GB.