Drag the Words

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Submitted by H5P Group on Mon, 01/19/2015 - 09:18

A free HTML5 based question type allowing creatives to create text based challenges where users are to drag words into blanks in sentences. Excellent for language training among other things. Use this with the H5P plugin for WordPress, Moodle or Drupal.

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In this example we've included a tip for the first blank, other then that we're using the default settings.

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In this example, we've enabled instant feedback so that learners get feedback instantly as they match words with blanks.

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Description

Drag the Words allows content designers to create textual expressions with missing pieces of text. The end user drags a missing piece of text to its correct place, to form a complete expression.

May be used to check if the user remembers a text she has read, or if she understands something. Helps the user think through a text.

It's super easy to create a drag the words task. The editor just writes the text and encloses the words that are to be draggable with asterix signs like *draggableWord*.

Features

Add as many expressions and missing pieces of text as you like
A hint may be added to each missing piece of text
Drag the Words can be included in Presentation, Interactive video and Question set content types

Learn how to create Drag the Words in this tutorial.

The H5P content on this page is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International unless another Creative Commons license is specified under rights of use. The author of the content is H5P Group

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Comments

falcon

Wed, 04/12/2017 - 09:37

Hi,Try using Drag and drop

Hi,

Try using Drag and drop instead of drag the words.

Best,
Falcon

Marcel2017

Thu, 05/25/2017 - 13:33

Limited amount of characters?

I would like to use this content type to let students order steps in a process. I tried Drag and Drop, but this task uses too much space and so I tried Drag the Words. Some of the steps that need to be dragged, contain quite some characters. Some of them are too long for the gap and are being cut off, for example: Stap 2: *Omgeving object observeren*. When I drag this to the right gap, it shows 'Omgeving object o...' That's not I want... Can I change the amount of characters that I can fill in the gaps, without missing one?
Thanks in advance!
Marcel

thomasmars

Fri, 05/26/2017 - 10:19

Hi Marcel,You can not change

Hi Marcel,

You can not change the amount of characters that is truncated when a word is dropped. The truncation feature is there in order to make the content type not jump around when words are moved to and from dropzones.

Rakesh Arora

Sun, 07/23/2017 - 02:33

Sir;drag and drop words problems on android

Sir;drag and drop words embedding on blogger working on window desktop but not even displaying on android mobile.kindly guide.

BV52

Mon, 07/24/2017 - 05:23

Hi Rakesh,Would it be fine if

Hi Rakesh,

Would it be fine if you can share the site where you have the H5P content?

-BV52

Fri, 08/04/2017 - 18:09

Response regarding previous post and as per your's demand

(i)https://growwithmathscience.blogspot.in/p/whole-number.html

(ii)https://kskeduplanet.blogspot.in/p/blog-page_23.html

please see this links;

on mozilla ,it is not working on window desktop and android.

4/8/2017 timing 9:30

Secondly ;ensure me is this platform always free or you will start taking charge after certain uploads on my blogger.

Sun, 08/06/2017 - 04:38

Unable to reproduce

Hi Rakesh Arora,

Does this issue happen all the time? I was able to open both websites in a Mac Laptop using (Chrome, Safari and Mozilla) as well as using an Android and iOS based mobile devices with the 3 browsers mentioned earlier.

As for your other question. Contents created in H5P.org is free forever :-)

Sun, 08/06/2017 - 07:50

displaying and working of drag words

Sir; On sunday 6/8/2017; I tried on mozilla on window desktop .it worked.Thanks a lot for supporting.

brusselsshrek

Thu, 11/16/2017 - 17:49

5 wrong, only 4 corrections?

If I do the quiz above and get all 5 wrong, it only gives me 4 corrections. Maybe I just need to study more?

Fri, 11/17/2017 - 09:02

Hi brusselsshrek,Thank you

Hi brusselsshrek,

Thank you for pointing that out. We'll make the necessary changes asap :-)

Mon, 11/20/2017 - 13:09

Hi brusselsshrek,I've created

I've created a request to update the example here.

Mon, 11/20/2017 - 14:35

Great, thanks for the update.

LeonieBaert

Fri, 01/12/2018 - 09:04

Capitals of the UK

Test je kennis over de hoofdsteden van de deelstaten van het Verenigd Koningkrijk.

Qanik

Mon, 01/15/2018 - 10:57

Double xAPI message

Hi
When we use this template we get a duplicate xAPI messages to the LRS. The student completes the H5P once, but we get 2 result messages. The only difference between these 2 messages is the duration.
Is this a bug, or is it by design?
If this is by design how do we know which duration corresponds with the time the student actually used to solve the problem?

Best regards

Jakop Berg

tim

Mon, 01/15/2018 - 15:13

Hi Jakop, this may be a

Hi Jakop, this may be a problem with the code that is listening to xAPI events and sending them to your LRS. Which platform are you on and how are you capturing these events?

Mon, 01/15/2018 - 15:16

Hi Tim

Hi Tim. Thanks for your answer.
We are hosting the H5Ps in WordPress.

Tue, 01/16/2018 - 15:43

Are you using a plugin to

Are you using a plugin to capture the xAPI events?

jnavroski

Fri, 06/15/2018 - 16:03

Issue with scrolling

First, thanks for the awesome work.

Having a problem with content not scrolling when dragging the draggables for smaller screens or when the text is bigger than the screen.
Is it possible to make the words scroll together with the screen?

Mon, 06/18/2018 - 07:18

Hi jnavroski,Thank you for

Hi jnavroski,

Thank you for the kind words and welcome to H5P!

The issue that you mentioned above is a known bug. There is a report that aims to resolve this and you can follow it here.

mpetrich

Wed, 06/27/2018 - 18:32

Mouseless navigation

Hi there! I love this idea, but obviously I can't use content types that are user-friendly to people with accessibility needs. Can someone help me understand how people can answer these questions without using a mouse? Are there hot keys they can use? I've tested this with a screen reader and I'd love to know more about how blind, low vision, and other users who rely on keyboard navigation can actually interact with this content (rather than just know that it is there).

Fri, 06/29/2018 - 04:38

Hi mpetrich,Drag and Drop and

Hi mpetrich,

Drag and Drop and Drag Text both follow the same procedure if you are going to use the keyboard. The arrow keys lets you navigate though the draggables. Once the desired draggable is highlighted you can press "space bar" or "enter/return" to lock the draggable. This in turn highlights the drop zones and again using the arrow keys you can navigate through them. Pressing the "space bar" or "enter/return" will drop the draggable in the desired drop zone.

I hope this helps if you have further questions feel free to post in the forums.

Manu2018

Wed, 08/01/2018 - 00:40

como criar jogo arraste e solte

Como fazer um exercício com esta ferramenta? Não há exemplos para serem modificados?

Wed, 08/01/2018 - 06:46

Hi Manu2018,You can check

Hi Manu2018,

You can check this tutorial. You can also download the sample contents and upload it to your account to check how it was created.

Você pode verificar este tutorial. Você também pode baixar o conteúdo de amostra e enviá-lo para sua conta para verificar como ele foi criado.

BiLachner

Wed, 09/05/2018 - 15:02

Add picture to quiz

Hi, why does this quiz have the possibility to add a pictures? I don't mean it as a background.

Thanks, Birgit

Thu, 09/06/2018 - 05:45

Hi Birgit,I'm not sure I

Hi Birgit,

I'm not sure I follow what you mean. Do need to use an image for this content?

Sun, 05/12/2019 - 18:34

Image

Hi, I have the same wish as Birgit: I'd like to be able to place an image above the sentences and the words (for example in Multiple choice or Fill in the blanks), so that the text could be linked with the image. Thomas

i.Ron

Thu, 09/27/2018 - 14:11

Add Text Formatting Feature?

I love this formative, self-check assessment type question, but find it to be very limiting because I can't format the text. In particular, I'd like to present the questions in a 2x2 or 3x3 table perhaps. If Drag-the-Words permitted simple HTML, that would be good; if it permitted <table> tags, that would be great!

Fri, 09/28/2018 - 05:17

Hi i.Ron,Thanks a lot for

Hi i.Ron,

Thanks a lot for contributing your ideas on how to make H5P better! We’re now working on something called the H5P supporter program allowing the H5P community to vote for and fund the top voted H5P features. Also there are developers in the community who every now and then works on a feature they find interesting or useful. In order for your feature request to attract as much interest as possible make sure it follows the below guidelines:

It is clear from every perspective how the feature will work. We recommend describing the feature with one or more user stories, for instance “As an author I want it to be possible to pick between different effects for the check answer animation so that the learners will see a variety of effects and also I can adapt the effects to my target audience(I’ll be using pink unicorns which works really well for both my target audience which are 4 year old girls and venture capitalists)”
If the feature can be illustrated with images or videos it always helps
Make it clear what content types this is relevant for, and or if this is a new content type

Make sure you post the feature in the Feature Request forum.

LANGCOM

Wed, 10/24/2018 - 16:00

extra alternatives

Hi, there.

Is there a way to add "extra" draggable word that don't fit anywhere (because they are incorrect alternatives). Let's say that there are 5 blank spaces but 8 draggable word, obviously only 5 of them are correct.

I'd really like to have this option available.

Thanks, and keep up the great wor

Thu, 10/25/2018 - 04:39

Hi LANGCOM,There have been

Hi LANGCOM,

There have been several requests regarding this and you can read more about this here and here.

Olgaedu

Fri, 11/23/2018 - 21:07

Thanks a lot

Rosolak

Tue, 01/22/2019 - 18:36

Tlanslation "Correct Answer", "Your correct answer", ect.

I can't find palce where could insert tralslation some words in the end of the quiz.

"Correct Answer", "Your correct answer", "Your incorrect answer"

Do anybody know were I could change it? Please help.

Thanks.

Wed, 01/23/2019 - 09:38

Hi Rosolak,I'm afraid this is

Hi Rosolak,

I'm afraid this is not possible with the current features of this content. You can of course post a feature request. In order for your feature request to attract as much interest as possible make sure it follows the below guidelines:

LMSadmin

Tue, 02/12/2019 - 13:26

Can Anyone help me in

Can Anyone help me in creating five blanks with 8 words in the drag and drop fill in the blanks?

Wed, 02/13/2019 - 08:48

Hi LMSadmin,I'm not sure I

Hi LMSadmin,

I'm not sure I follow what you mean. Did you mean having a sentence with 8 words and 5 of them should be draggables? If so here's a sample content feel free to download it and upload to your account. If not please elaborate on what you meant.

KAVITASRI

Fri, 03/29/2019 - 07:31

different words for different questions

Hi, I'm trying to create an exercise where students have to drag words (like 4-5) to put it in the correct order. But, I also want to have a few questions like that. And, I want to have the answers separately for each question.

For example:

1. I *arrived* when they *were* *having* dinner.

2. I *had* lunch *with* my *friends* today.

So, I want the options to be listed separately, for question 1 and 2. Not all jumbled together. Is this possible?

Mon, 04/01/2019 - 04:25

Hi KAVITASRI,Depending on how

Hi KAVITASRI,

Depending on how you want the content to look like you can choose from these 3 content types to create multiple instances of Drag the Words.

Amukina

Thu, 04/18/2019 - 22:07

Content

To create content with h5p, is it necessary to have the plug ins in wordpress,etc or you can do the content without that? I can´t seem to start making it work...Thanks

Fri, 04/19/2019 - 06:00

Hi Amukina,It is not

Hi Amukina,

It is not necessary but it is advisable to use one of the 3 supported frameworks.

mannvdn

Sat, 07/13/2019 - 21:12

How to add Previous and Next to post

Hey, please tell me add Previous and Next to post, as example

Mon, 07/15/2019 - 19:55

Hi mannvdn,The next/previous

Hi mannvdn,

The next/previous button is not part of the H5P, instead it is a part of the page written in HTML. However you can create a Quiz (Question Set) that will let you have multiple instances of Drag the Words in a single content.

Ogle

Sun, 05/24/2020 - 01:53

More draggables than spaces

I would like to enhance the level of difficulty by having more possible answers (draggables) that spaces shown; is this possible? how?

Thank you

Mon, 05/25/2020 - 18:35

Hi Ogle,I'm afraid this

Hi Ogle,

I'm afraid this feature is not yet available.

-BV

Luisa Fernanda ...

Sat, 07/25/2020 - 02:39

Registro de calificaciones

Buenas tardes habrá alguna forma de registrar las calificaciones de los estudiantes en los juegos interactivos?

Mon, 07/27/2020 - 18:22

Hi Luisa,H5P emits data in

Hi Luisa,

H5P emits data in the form of xAPI statements and you will need a plugin or custom code to listen to these statements and a data store such as a learning record store to save them in.

I highly recommend looking through these documentation:

https://h5p.org/documentation/x-api

https://h5p.org/documentation/for-authors/analyzing-results-and-answers

petzi

Sun, 08/09/2020 - 17:55

WordPress plugin: Screen size limits Drag the Words

One of the claimed features of Drag the Words: "Add as many expressions and missing pieces of text as you like." (see https://h5p.org/drag-the-words under the heading „Features“).

But I have a different experience at least with the WordPress plugin: Whenever the user must scroll the window with the draggable word than it is not possible to drop the word in its location. The screen does not scroll up. See my example.

Mon, 08/10/2020 - 19:34

Hi petzi,There is an existing

Hi petzi,

There is an existing bug report for this issue.

Tue, 08/11/2020 - 15:52

Sorry, never seen this page

Thank you for the link, and sorry, I didn't know that.

Before I wrote my comment, I had a look at the H5P Drag 'n Drop. I thought that it was the GitHub repo of Drag and Drop. As I didn't find anything relevant there, I wrote my comment.

What is the https://h5ptechnology.atlassian.net/ page about? I have never seen it. Is it the place for all bug reports?

Peter

Tue, 08/11/2020 - 20:33

Hi petzi,No need to apologize

No need to apologize ;-)

The H5P core team uses the Atlassian site as some sort of a tracker/reporting tool for updates, feature enhancements and bug reports. If you are reporting a bug it is best to post in the Bug Reports forum. This way I can filter it out before reporting it to the core team, so that we do not have duplicate or incorrect reports (i.e. not a bug but a feature request, issue not caused by H5P etc.)

examsextra

Tue, 12/08/2020 - 15:09

Text box has no formatting options

Hi all,

Just a general query for you. I really love using Drag the Words and they have quickly become a key component in my course lessons. However, I'm a little puzzled as to why there are no options for bold, underline or italics in the text box. I am able to format text in the Task Description, as well as the text within other activity types, but for some reason Drag the Words has no options whatsoever. This is unfortunately creating inconsistencies with the appearance of text within my course. Is this a deliberate decision for technical reasons? Or should I make a feature request? FYI I use it within an Interactive Book.

Many thanks indeed!

Paul

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