How do I create an H5P Interaction that will report to my gradebook?

You will learn how to create an H5P interaction which will report the students' scores to your gradebook in Canvas. We will insert an H5P interaction into an Assignment.

1. Log in to Canvas and navigate to your course from the Dashboard.

course main page

2. Click on the + icon to add content.

+ icon selected

3. Select Assignment.

Assignment selected from dropdown

4. Click on Create Assignment.

Create Assignment is selected

5. Type a title.

Assignment Name field selected

6. Click on Add Item.

Add item button

7. Click on the title of the new assignment.

'My H5P Assignment' link selected

8. Click on Edit.

Edit button

9. Type how many points to assign.

This number does not have to be the same number of questions or points within the H5P interaction that you are going to use or build.

Points field selected

10. Select External Tool from the Submission Type dropdown menu.

External Tool selected from dropdown menu

11. Click on Find.

Find button

12. Select H5P from the list.

H5P selected

13. Click on the Add Content button.

Tip: once you have created some interactions in H5P, you will see a list of them below and can even search for a desired interaction to add to any of your courses in Canvas.

Add Content button in H5P Window

14. Type "true" in the search field or scroll down the page to True/False Question.

For this guide, we are simply going to create a quick True/False Question interaction, but you can select to create any type that you want.

search field selected

15. Click on True/False Question.

Selecting an H5P True/False Question type

16. Type a title for the interaction.

For example, if the interaction is learning about Napoleon, then type a title relevant to that.

Title field selected

17. Type a statement.

Question field selected

18. Select either True or False as the correct answer.

True radio button selected

19. Click on Save and Insert.

Save and Insert button

20. Click on Select.

Select button.

21. Decide how many attempts you are going to allow.

Allow Attempts dropdown menu

22. Click on Save & Publish.

Save & Publish button

23. The H5P interaction displays within the Assignment.

Assignment page shows the H5P interaction

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Article Summary

You have now learned how to create a basic H5P interaction and add it to an Assignment in your course in Canvas.