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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use H5P.org to host my H5P content?

H5P.org is for testing purposes only. You should not use it to host "real" content. Self host or use H5P.com instead.

H5P without a CMS?

You can display H5P content on any website as embeds from H5P.com or a publishing platform with H5P support.

If you would like to create your own plugin for your website, you could try porting the h5p-php-editor library into the language of your choice.

Can I customise H5P?

If you have a little bit of experience with HTML and CSS or the desire to learn how to write code, the answer is 'Yes!'. H5P is open source and everything you install on your site is yours to customise and modify. Take some time to read the documentation on this page. Feel free to ask the developer forum for help. You can find almost all the code related to H5P here.

How can I customise the H5P Editor to match the style of my site?

If you aren't able to customise the code yourself, the answer is probably 'no'. Most of the customisation related to H5P Content Types is visible in the settings in each of their editors. If you can't find what you're looking for there, I recommend reading this page and searching the forums or finding a web developer to do it for you.

With some knowledge of HTML and CSS, you can customise the look of your H5P Editor and H5P content types to the theme and colour scheme of any website. For example, you can change the style of the editor by following this tutorial.

Can I make my content private?

It is not possible to make content private on H5P.org. If you want full control of your content types, have a go at using H5P in one of the supported plugins.

How do I store results and user statistics?

Documentation on storing results can be found here.

How can I add more questions?

You can use Quiz (Question Set), Course Presentation or Column to add more questions. You can also add different content types or activities

Comments

epirir

Wed, 01/13/2021 - 18:00

Help translate to spanish.

How can I translate this content from h5p

the titles of "All types of content"

to Spanish?

Thanks.

david_ioweb-uk

Sat, 01/16/2021 - 18:25

How does one delete/cancel

How does one delete/cancel/unsubscribe from H5P and newletter?

BV52

Tue, 01/19/2021 - 16:57

Hi David,Send an email to

Hi David,

Send an email to [email protected].

-BV

Wed, 01/20/2021 - 00:51

Unsubscribe fail

Hi BV,

I did you asked but email bounced immediately.

David

GIOVANNI RIZZI

Wed, 02/10/2021 - 09:31

Hello, is it still possible

Hello, is it still possible to create an Interactive video content in H5p.org? I am not able to detect that choice amonsgt the 12 contents now available... Giovanni Rizzi

Wed, 02/10/2021 - 18:11

Hi Giovanni,To provide a best

Hi Giovanni,

To provide a best possible experience for new users and to ensure that people use H5P.org only for trying out H5P (we've had more traffic than our server can handle lately, ref also the warnings when you create content, embed content and view the content) there are limited content types that are available.

Check the getting started page for information on how you can use all the content types and use H5P for real. We unfortunately are not able to provide free hosting, only free software :) Hopefully you'll consider supporting the H5P Core Team by using H5P.com.

SeanBarcelona

Sat, 02/20/2021 - 08:23

Embedding//pasting interactive video into a presentation

Have just made my first interactive H5P video and realised I'd like it to be part of a course presentation.

I've since discovered you can create interactive videos directly inside a course presentation, but I don't know how to copy/paste existing content to avoid having to redo all of that work. Is there a solution?

Mon, 02/22/2021 - 17:10

Hi Sean,This is actually

Hi Sean,

This is actually possible by following the steps below:

Open both contents in edit mode.
Click copy at the top right hand side of Interactive Video.
Switch to the Course presentation and click paste on the "Activity Chooser" area.

Please take note not to click on "Paste and Replace" in the Course Presentation editor as it will replace the Couse Presentation with the Interactive Video instead of placing it inside it.

pschiebenes

Fri, 02/26/2021 - 16:47

How can I change my username?

chrysaneo

Wed, 04/07/2021 - 12:28

true/false exercise

How can I add more questions in such an exercise?

Wed, 04/07/2021 - 18:45

Hi chrysaneo,You can use Quiz

Hi chrysaneo,

You can use Quiz (Question Set) to have more than 1 True/False questions. You can also add other quiz type activities by using this content type.

b.trehern

Fri, 04/23/2021 - 16:41

Unable to include images

Hello,

I am using H5P through Moodle and would really like to use a slider of photos. However, there is no option to upload images just "-". I have this with all H5P activities.

Thanks for any help in advance

Fri, 04/23/2021 - 19:07

Hi b.trehern,It is possible

Hi b.trehern,

It is possible that the "images" libraries are not installed in Moodle. The easiest way to install these is to download and upload into your system one of the sample contents that has an image.

Tue, 04/27/2021 - 15:59

Hi BVThanks for the

Hi BV

Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately this still didn't solve the problem

Tue, 04/27/2021 - 19:41

Hi b.trehern,Do you see any

Do you see any errors in the browser console?

priti raghav chauhan

Fri, 04/30/2021 - 04:59

मैं एक प्रश्न सैटकर रही हूँ। लेकिन वो बार बार अपने-आप बदल जाता ?

मैं जैसे ही h5p की साईट पर बहुविकल्पी प्रश्न लिखती हूँ उसका स्वरूप बदल जाता है। मैं वहां लिख रही हूँ आन्या आर्किटेक्ट बनना चाहती है। वो बारीकी से देखती है?

ये अपने आप बदल जाता है।

Fri, 04/30/2021 - 19:36

Hi,Would you mind translating

Hi,

Would you mind translating in English? Google translate is not translating this correctly.

Charlotte805

Wed, 05/19/2021 - 00:52

Edited videos disappeared

I edited three videos about two months ago. These videos were part of an assignment from my studies. Now, these videos seem to have disappeared from my account? I never deleted them, though my profile says I have 'no content', so now I have sent meaningless embedded code sto my teacher, since are no videos attached to the codes. Is it normal that my edited videos are just gone? Can I get them back somehow? ...

Wed, 05/19/2021 - 18:45

Hi Charlotte805,Where did you

Hi Charlotte805,

Where did you create these contents? Would you mind provided a URL of your content?

MONIQUEBAUTISTA

Sat, 05/22/2021 - 01:10

BRANCHING

I am trying to find the BRANCHING option on my VLEARN but I can only see the interactive video.

Do I need to download it from somewhere?

Thank you

Mon, 05/24/2021 - 18:31

Hi Monique,I don't have

Hi Monique,

I don't have experience using VLEARN but if it uses a similar plugin as what Moodle, Drupal or Wordpress is using you should be able to download and upload the sample content. This should install the necessary libraries for all the content types to show up. Please be advised that you need admin access to install the libraries.

MaloneD

Tue, 06/22/2021 - 16:54

How can a get information on

How can a get information on a license for H5P? including costs.

SHOBHAADIGA

Fri, 07/23/2021 - 14:41

regarding h5p usage.

sir we are creating contents for govt school students of mandya district, karnataka state. how long can we save and publish the content through h5p.

Fri, 07/23/2021 - 19:40

Hi SHOBHAADIGA,There are no

Hi SHOBHAADIGA,

There are no immediate plans from the website admins to delete contents. However since H5P.org is a test website it was never designed to host "real" contents. Check the getting started page for information on how you can use all the content types and use H5P for real. We unfortunately are not able to provide free hosting, only free software :) Hopefully you'll consider supporting the H5P Core Team by using H5P.com.

Daniel Orantes

Tue, 08/10/2021 - 03:04

uso de h5p sin plataforma de incrustacion

dado que no se puede incrustar en edmodo, podria enviarl hep a mis alumnos para utilizarlo!¡?

gradsias por su respuesta

Binay

Sat, 08/21/2021 - 10:06

Adding HTML page in Interactive books

Hello, I wanted to know if we can add an HTML page inside the Interactive book instead of the default contents. Is it possible?

lbarrett

Thu, 09/09/2021 - 04:50

H5P

This is really new to me, but I am very excited to begin.

CoralieBDY

Sat, 11/06/2021 - 20:53

CSS responsive

Hello

I can't get media queries to work in H5P to work on responsive. Can anyone do this and give me some advice? Thanks in advance

Zaida

Fri, 12/03/2021 - 11:27

Help with Content Creation

Some of the resources on the .org site aren't available on the .com site, for which I have a registered account. I wanted to know how do I get the ones that I want to use on my .com site, from the Examples and Downloads page on the .org site? When you click on the H5p logo, it is taking me to register for a 30 day trial period, which I don't need since I already have an account. Would appreciate your help please.

nazarih5p

Fri, 01/07/2022 - 06:07

Combining Multiple Items

Can I combine a number of the options provided by H5P and create one single document? For instance, I use course presentations combined with virtual tour and timeline?

Thanks!

Fri, 01/07/2022 - 17:18

Hi nazarih5p,Yes and no. It

Hi nazarih5p,

Yes and no. It is possible to combine to combine contents that you have already created by using the copy/paste function. However this is only true if the content that you are pasting to supports the contents that you copied. In the contents that you mentioned only Course Presentation can be copied to a more complex content like Branching Scenario or Interactive book but virtual tour and timeline.

Dennys Barrios

Sun, 03/06/2022 - 05:34

necessary parameter missing contentid

I tried to upload a video and I got this message. necessary parameter (contentid) missing

DavidTGM

Tue, 03/29/2022 - 21:50

Virtual Tour Moodle

After implementing our virtual tour into our Moodle course, we couldn't figure out how to resize it on the Moodle front page. Does anyone know how we can do that

Best regards,

Pookoya CP

Thu, 04/07/2022 - 03:44

Interactive Video,Multiple choice and Esay ,One word , Etc.... a

Interactive Video and Multiple choice and Esay , One word , Etc... are not found in the content list to creat.Please early as help me.

Thu, 04/07/2022 - 18:20

Hi Pookoya CP,To provide a

Hi Pookoya CP,

Katherine.lee

Thu, 05/19/2022 - 10:37

For interative video, do I

For interative video, do I need to log in for submit the answer?

Thu, 05/19/2022 - 18:57

Hi Katherine,Yes you need to

Hi Katherine,

Yes you need to be logged in to be able to submit the answer for any content type.

Shake

Sat, 05/21/2022 - 19:37

re: command line

Hi there. Is there any way to connect to an H5P module via command line so that we can automate the creation process?

thanks!

Phet

Mon, 09/19/2022 - 11:35

Uploading PDF Files into H5P

Is it possible if I want to upload PDF files into H5P to create interactive lessons?

Mon, 09/19/2022 - 17:58

Hi Phet,I'm afraid you can

Hi Phet,

I'm afraid you can only upload videos, audios and images to H5P contents.

wilson77

Sun, 10/16/2022 - 18:51

Facebook Social Media Share

I am working on an exercise and I would like my students to be able to share their summary scores on our FB page, and I wonder if you have a sample that I can look at. When I test the item out, everything works (share to the page), but I can't see the "score" out of "number."
screenshot of social media share probelm

Panox

Tue, 11/29/2022 - 11:45

Links in interactive videos should open in the same browser-tab

Links in interactive videos should open in the same browser-tab, link should be _top, not _blank.

How can I manage this?

Karenpetra

Fri, 01/06/2023 - 16:34

Import export

I want to move the content of my site to another wordpress site. Can I export en then import all the H5P exercises I have made?

Fri, 01/06/2023 - 17:06

Hi Karenpetra,There are no

Hi Karenpetra,

There are no features to import/export all contents from one site to another. The only way to move the contents is to download/upload them from one site to the other.

Fri, 01/06/2023 - 17:55

export import

Thank you. That will be a lot of work for about 50 exercises. I have to see how download/ upload works. Is there a tutorial?

Fri, 01/06/2023 - 17:59

Hi Karenpetra,The

The documentation I linked to above provides the steps in downloading/uploading contents.

Fri, 01/06/2023 - 20:29

export/import

Thank you very much.

PJMiguel

Wed, 03/29/2023 - 10:32

I am new to the sofware.

Good afternoon,
Can the Virtual Tour (360) have similar interactions to those in an interactive video? (interactions like multiple choice questions, drag and drop, false questions, fill in the blanks)
Big help if there's a possibility of it happening!

Wed, 03/29/2023 - 18:25

Hi PJMiguel,There are some

Hi PJMiguel,

There are some additional improvements for Virtual Tour however I'm not sure what exactly those are. You are also welcome to post a feature request. 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 learner 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.

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