Activating Gradable Activities

This chapter outlines some best practices for using gradable H5P activities in conjunction with Pressbooks Results.

Choose Activity Types

While there are over 50 different types of H5P activities that you can include in your book, not all of them can send grades to the Brightspace.

• Only the H5P activity types listed below can be configured for use with Pressbooks Results.
• Items in bold work well with Results.
• Items with asterisks are not recommended for use with Results due to accessibility or usability concerns.

Arithmetic Quiz
Branching scenario
Column
Course Presentation
Crossword
Dictation
Drag and Drop
Drag the Words
Essay
Fill in the Blanks
Find the Hotspot
Find Multiple Hotspots*
Find the Words
Flashcards
Image Choice
Image Sequencing
Interactive Video
Mark the Words
Memory Game
Multiple Choice
Quiz (Question Set)
Single Choice Set
Sort the Paragraphs
Speak the Words*
Speak the Words (set)*
Summary
True/False Question

Choose the Right Activity Settings

Using the right H5P activity settings will allow you and your students to use Results more successfully. Here are a few recommendations:

1. Choose a good title for each H5P activity.
   The activity title will not appear within the Pressbooks chapter (unless you place it above the activity as text), but it will appear in the Results Viewer, where it will be used by you and your students to identify the activity. We recommend using a meaningful and unique name for each activity.
2. Allow Retry.
   If you want to give your students the opportunity to improve their grades by reattempting an activity a subsequent time, you will need to make sure Enable “Retry” button is selected in the Behavioural settings section of the activity.
3. Consider whether or not to reveal answers.
   Enabling the Show Solution button can reward a cursory first attempt if used with allowing retry. Students can make a quick guess, reveal the answer, and immediately reattempt the activity.

Video Guide for using Pressbooks Results

This video shows the process of enabling the H5P plugin in your book, creating a gradable activity, and adding the activity to a chapter: