Add Interactivity and Engagement to Your Courses

Create Interactive and Engaging Courses with H5P

With this powerful tool, you can add interactive content to your lessons, topics, and quiz questions, giving learners a more immersive and personalized learning experience. Whether you’re a teacher, trainer, or course creator, the H5P plugin is an essential tool for improving the effectiveness of your LearnDash courses

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The H5P plugin and Learndash Plugin must be installed to use the H5P for LearnDash Plugin

eLearning courses are an increasingly popular way to learn new skills and knowledge in a flexible and convenient manner. The H5P plugin for LearnDash takes this to the next level by enabling you to add interactive content to your courses, making them more engaging and enjoyable for learners. With H5P, you can also incorporate interactive elements into quiz questions to track progress and measure learning outcomes. If you want to enhance the effectiveness and appeal of your eLearning courses, the H5P plugin is a must-have tool.

Why the H5P for LearnDash plugin?

The H5P for LearnDash plugin is a game-changer for adding interactive content to your courses without the need for a separate Learning Record Store (LRS). The plugin integrates seamlessly with the LearnDash LMS, so as long as your site is running LearnDash, you can easily insert H5P interactions into any LearnDash content. No complex setup is required – simply install the plugin and start adding interactive elements to your courses. With the H5P for LearnDash plugin, you can also ensure that learners fully engage with your content by disabling the ‘Mark Complete’ and ‘Start Quiz’ buttons until all H5P interactions are completed. Whether you want to create simple or complex interactive elements, the H5P for LearnDash plugin gives you the flexibility and control you need to create a truly immersive and effective learning experience.

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Which H5P Content can be used?

H5P content can significantly enhance LearnDash courses, making them more interactive and engaging for learners. H5P is a free and open-source authoring tool that allows you to create a wide range of multimedia content, including interactive videos, quizzes, and presentations. While you can add any type of H5P content to a LearnDash course, not all of them are able to control course progression or be used in quiz questions. To be used for these purposes, the H5P interaction must have xAPI support and be able to trigger a ‘completion event’ with a statement containing a score. The following whitelist of H5P content types have adequate xAPI support and can be used to control LearnDash course progression and quiz questions.

H5P content types tested with “H5P for LearnDash” plugin (whitelist)

Library name	Version	Supported	Notes
Accordion	1.0.30	NO
Advanced fill the blanks	1.0.1	YES
Advent Calendar (beta)	0.2.5	NO
Agamotto	1.5.2	NO
AR Scavenger	1.2.9	NO
Arithmetic Quiz	1.1.19	YES
Audio Recorder	1.0.23	NO
Branching Scenario	1.7.10	YES
Chart	1.2.21	NO
Collage	0.3.17	NO
Column	1.15.2	YES
Cornell Notes	0.1.4	NO
Course Presentation	1.24.14	YES
Crossword	0.4.9	YES
Dialog Cards	1.9.7	NO
Dictation	1.1.2	YES
Documentation Tool	1.8.15	YES
Drag and Drop	1.14.8	YES
Drag the Words	1.10.4	YES
Essay	1.5.3	YES
Fill in the Blanks	1.14.3	YES
Find Multiple Hotspots	1.0.1	YES
Find the Hotspot	1.8.19	YES
Find The Words	1.4.4	YES
Flashcards	1.6.2	YES
Guess the Answer	1.5.1	NO
Iframe Embedder	1.0.27	NO
Image Choice	0.3.2	YES
Image Hotspots	1.10.1	NO
Image Juxtaposition	1.4.1	NO
Image Pair	1.4.0	YES
Image Sequencing	1.1.0	YES
Image Slider	1.1.4	NO
Impressive Presentation	1.0.3	NO
Interactive Book	1.6.8	YES	Does not support ‘save content state’ see: https://h5p.org/comment/36479#comment-36479
Interactive Video	1.24.4	YES	Must have at-least one interaction and ‘Submit Screen’ (star).
KewAr Code	0.2.1	NO
Mark the Words	1.11.1	YES
Memory Game	1.3.10	YES
Multiple Choice	1.16.5	YES
Personality Quiz	1.0.8	NO
Questionnaire	1.3.5	NO
Question Set	1.20.7	YES
Single Choice Set	1.11.19	YES
Sort the Paragraphs	0.11.2	YES
Speak the Words	1.5.3	YES
Speak the Words Set	1.3.2	YES
Structure Strip	1.0.0	NO	Clicking ‘Check’ button does not trigger the xAPI event.
Summary	1.10.14	YES
Timeline	1.1.24	NO
True/False Question	1.8.3	YES
Virtual Tour (360)	0.5.6	NO

Libraries that are not supported do not have xAPI support and/or are not capable of triggering ‘completion’ event with statement containing score.

Updated on: 20 January, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

u003cstrongu003eDoes the H5P for LearnDash use an LRS (Learning Record Store)?u003c/strongu003e

No. We don’t use an LRS (Internal or External) for ease of use and speed. An LRS would add another layer of complexity and slow down the loading of courses.

u003cstrongu003eOn how many sites can I activate the H5P for LearnDash Plugin?u003c/strongu003e

If you’re a web developer, then you know that having a testing or development site is essential for trying out new code or features. And if you’re using WordPress, then you might be wondering how many sites you can have the plugin active on. The answer is 1 testing/development site and 1 live site. This means that you can use the plugin on your localhost or on a staging site, in addition to your live site. Of course, if you need to use the plugin on more than 1 live site, then you’ll need to purchase a separate license for each site. But overall, this policy allows for a great deal of flexibility when it comes to using the plugin.

u003cstrongu003eCan I use an H5P that is not on the whitelist?u003c/strongu003e

You can use H5P interactions that are not on the white list. However, you will not be able to control the Mark Complete or Start Quiz buttons. While this may not be ideal for all learners, it can still be useful in some situations. For example, if you only want to use the interaction for practice and not for assessment, you can still do so without having to mark the activity as complete. Using H5P interactions that are not on the white list can still be a valuable way to enhance your learning content.

u003cstrongu003eCan I use more than 1 H5P on a page?u003c/strongu003e

A H5P stack is a page arrangement where more than one H5P interaction is used. This can be useful if you want to ignore any of the H5Ps in the stack from controlling LearnDash progress. To do this, you can use the u0022ignoreu0022 attribute in the elc_h5p shortcode. For example, will ignore the H5P with an ID of x from LearnDash progress. This can be helpful if you have a complex interaction that you don’t want to overwhelm your learner with. By using the u0022ignoreu0022 attribute, you can ensure that only the most important content controls LearnDash progress.

u003cstrongu003eWhat if I add an H5P and it is not working?u003c/strongu003e

If you’re having trouble with your H5P content not controlling course progression or returning a score in quiz questions, there are a few things you can try.

u003cstrongu003eWhat if I add an H5P and it is not working?u003c/strongu003e

If you’re having trouble with your H5P content not controlling course progression or returning a score in quiz questions, there are a few things you can try.u003cbru003eu003cbru003e- Check to see if the H5P is on our whitelist.u003cbru003e- Check the h5p shortcode.u003cbru003e- Be sure you are using the messaging shortcode after the h5p shortcode: ex: , where x equals your H5P id. We will not act on support tickets without messaging info in the ticket.u003cbru003e- If you still feel there is a bug u003ca href=u0022https://elearningcomplete.com/bug-submission-form/u0022u003eplease report it hereu003c/au003e.

u003cstrongu003eAre there any security issues to be aware of?u003c/strongu003e

With some programming knowledge it is possible to view correct answers in H5P content. For above reason it is not advisable to use H5P interactions in questions where security is a absolute requirement e.g. final exams, or quizzes that issue completion certificates etc. There are however many use cases for the quizzes where security is not a requirement e.g. assessment and/or preparatory quizzes, review of previously taken lessons etc. The main benefit of using H5P in the quiz questions is that it can be reused in the same course as a part or entire quiz.

u003cstrongu003eRequirementsu003c/strongu003e

The u003ca href=u0022https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/h5p/u0022u003eH5P pluginu003c/au003e and Learndash Plugin must be installed to use the H5P for LearnDash Plugin

u003cstrongu003eKnown issues…u003c/strongu003e

H5P interactions will not load in quiz questions when using a subset of questions. Unfortunelty this is not something we can control.