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🏆️ The Third Annual H5P Awards! 🤵♂️
You're invited to the third annual H5P Awards, happening today, March 25, at 5 PM EST! Join the H5P team as they celebrate the best H5P interactives across five categories. It's a perfect opportunity to get inspired and check in with the H5P Community. You can register for this event and see the nominees by following this…
Update: New Look & Feel for H5P Interactives
H5P has launched a modernized, more accessible content experience — and it brings H5P visually closer to Brightspace. What’s changing? Cleaner layouts and improved typography More consistent interactions across content types Preset and custom themes (brand-aligned) Automatic WCAG 2.2 AA colour contrast compliance…
Creator+ or H5P: Which Image Carousel is Right for Me?
In web design, an image carousel is used to display images in a slideshow format. This is a common element that can be found on almost any website (look for it at the bottom of the Brightspace Community homepage!). Image carousels are also common in learning design. So, it’s no surprise that Creator+ offers not one, but…
📣 H5P Update: A New Menu for Inserting Interactives
Filter, search, and streamline your design process with a new H5P menu in Brightspace. Creator+ users may have noticed a new way to select H5P interactives in Brightspace. This new content picker provides clear, direct access to H5P interactives and improves navigation for course authors. Keep reading to learn more about…
Creator+ or H5P: Which Hotspot is Right for Me?
Did you know that Creator+ has two hotspot tools? The Creator+ Hotspot is a fully-accessible Brightspace Element, and the H5P Image Hotspots tool is part of the H5P suite of interactives. Both hotspots accomplish the same thing: creating interactive images for a dynamic learning experience. However, there are some…
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4 Simple H5P Interactives to Try This School Year
Kick off the school year with these easy-to-implement tools. It’s almost September, which means teachers and administrators are getting ready for another school year. There are lessons to prepare, meetings to attend, and classrooms to set up. When it comes to content creation, H5P is here to lend a hand. The H5P…
Content Styler: Essential Guide
Content Styler is an important piece of Creator+. It lets creators set a consistent theme that is applied across all course pages. When Content Styler is enabled, every content page that you create will have the same font style, font colour, and accent colours. How Does it Work? Content Styler applies a universal CSS style…
4 Game Maps That Level Up Course Content 🎮
Have you tried out the H5P Game Map interactive? Brightspace is brimming with gamification tools. There are leaderboards to encourage competition, awards for trophy hunters, and release conditions for guided learning. H5P brings gamification to another level.You can use simpleinteractives like Crosswords or Arithmetic Quiz…
H5P Modularity: Combining Interactives
One of the best things about H5P is the modularity of interactives. Designers can combine H5P interactives by nesting them within one another to create sophisticated learning solutions. For example, check out the following Interactive Book. Not only does it use the features of an Interactive Book like text and images, but…
🏆️ You're Invited to the Second Annual H5P Awards! 🏆️
The H5P team is celebrating community contributions with the 2nd Annual H5P Awards! This special event will showcase outstanding creativity and learning design across six categories. It's a great opportunity to get inspired with the best-of-the-best! Categories include: Community Choice Impressive Use of Multimedia…
Upcoming Webinar: 💡 Bright Ideas: D2L Adoption Team's Introduction to Creator+
Are you looking for an introduction to Creator+? Do you have a question for our Creator+ experts? Check out the following Zoom webinar with D2L's Adoption Team on March 7 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM (EST). Register for the event here: Register for Event About the event Save your seat in our Bright Ideas 💡 Webinar Series for…
Interactive Video: Technical Considerations
Authors have two options for uploading their Interactive Video. They can either upload a video file from their computer or link to an existing video online. Use this guide to ensure a seamless video experience across multiple devices and web browsers. 📽️ Video URL considerations Authors can use a link to YouTube, Vimeo, or…
Go from Designer to “Director” with H5P Interactive Video
H5P Interactive Video is a powerful tool that puts instructional designers in the director’s chair. It allows for new levels of control over video-based learning, giving course authors the ability to inject unique learning interactions into an existing video. Like directing a movie, setting up an effective Interactive…
Branching Scenario: 3 Examples to Spark Your Creativity
H5P’s Branching Scenario is a fantastic way to introduce immersive learning to your Brightspace course. This tool has been a favourite amongst designers for years, and it’s now available to All-New Creator+ users right in Brightspace! Branching Scenario is unlike any other H5P interactive. It includes a powerful editing…
