Advent Calendar!!

Submitted by farrisimin on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 17:30
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Congratulations Oliver on creating another awesome h5p content type!! I was creating some lesson ideas for my class and thought of creating a choice board!! the best h5p content option we have for that is this advent calendar! Not sure if it will work though..

So idealy a choice board functions very similar to Advent Calendar but with lessor options 9 to 16 doors.. another questions could the title be used for the door name in the edit display mode! just a really coold content!!

Thanks again for sharing...

cheers,

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otacke

Thu, 01/21/2021 - 19:28

Hi!

Thanks. I bet there are tons of clever way to use the concept of Advent Calendar, but that should probably rather be a new content type allowing to set the number of "doors", etc.

Best,
Oliver

Jade Found

Wed, 10/04/2023 - 18:23

Hey there,

Using this calendar is a fantastic idea with plenty of benefits. However, the term "Advent Calendar" gives off a religious vibe that may not sit well with everyone. Has there been consideration to a name change such as "Countdown calendar" to make it more inclusive? Your thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated :-D

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otacke

Wed, 10/04/2023 - 20:19

I think this topic was discussed in the beginning in some form or another, but I don't remember the details.

I am not religious in any way, so I am not sure whether I could follow why someone might get upset if the content type was called "advent calendar".

Best,

Oliver 

Jade Found

Tue, 10/10/2023 - 15:08

Good morning Oliver,

I want to thank you for your response. I completely understand that the term "Advent Calendar" may not necessarily have negative associations for everyone, and I respect your perspective. However, it's important to recognize that this term has some strong ties to the Christian tradition and the religious concept of Advent.

In educational and institutional settings, where diversity and inclusivity are highly valued, there's a concern that using a term with such a religious connection might inadvertently make some individuals uncomfortable and excluded.

To avoid any potential issues, some institutions prefer to choose a more neutral term like "Countdown calendar." This adjustment doesn't seek to undermine the significance of Advent but rather aims to make the tool as inclusive as possible. I believe that this change could help ensure that the tool remains universally accessible and doesn't inadvertently create any tensions related to its name.

Thank you for your thoughtful consideration Oliver :-)

Jade

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otacke

Wed, 10/11/2023 - 10:57

As I said, I am not religious in any way. I may have been born into a culture that has ties to Christianity, but the first association that I have related to an advent calendar is a paper container with 24 doors that's stuffed with cheap chocolate in anticipation of some commercial festivity celebrated in winter. The concept of "advent" may have religious origins, but that's about it where I live. Anyway ...

I am more concerned about the content type's name giving authors (students should not see a content type's name at all in common use case scenarios) a fair idea of what the content type does. If called "advent calendar", it's pretty obvious - I have 24 doors to hide a goodie behind. There's no virtual chocolate however.

If it was called "countdown calendar": Where can I set a countdown? Why is this set to 24 doors and cannot be changed? What does this have to do with a calendar? And why can I let it snow? ...

So, I am inclined to not change the name. But I have two counter-proposals:

  1. Ask H5P Group to add a setting to their H5P integrations aka plugins (including H5P.com) that allows setting alternative display names for content types, so that these override the original name on your platform. That would not only solve your issue, but also allow you and others to use names that one may find more appropriate (dunno, "Cloze" instead of "Fill in the Blanks" for instance) or to use translations into other languages (such as "Lückentext" in German instead of "Fill in the Blanks" in English).
  2. Wait a little. There's an upcoming content type called "Content Calendar" which probably rather is what you're looking for in the first place. You can scrap the advent calendar then.

Best,
Oliver

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otacke

Sat, 10/21/2023 - 12:48

Just adding a question that would be solved by implementing suggestion #1:https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-name-in-portuguese-and-english/

farrisimin

Thu, 01/21/2021 - 20:17

That is awesome, to hear!! looking forward to it..

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otacke

Thu, 01/21/2021 - 20:48

Oh, I didn't want to suggest I was working on that :-D I just think it's smarter to create a new more general content type for that instead of trying to bend Advent Calendar.

I hope that others like Yasin Dahi will join developing content types (like his Card Block, https://www.olivertacke.de/labs/2021/01/21/card-block-by-yasin-dahi/) or others like Jithin Thankachan, Sebastian Rettig or Fabian Dennler return.

I may do something like that, but my list of things that I want to do is sooo long and people who provide funding want other things done - so I will have to find free time to do it.

Best,

Oliver 

farrisimin

Fri, 01/22/2021 - 01:59

I completely agree with you!! on the new content type!! and today I did see the new content type by Yasin!! very creative .. I must say that h5p has gained some big grounds on the content types avaiable now... special thanks to all the contributors and testers and developers!!

Thanks for sharing!!!

tonygil

Sat, 01/30/2021 - 16:04

Hi 

Is it possible to have a calendar for lent ?

It starts the 17th Feb to  3rd Apr .

Would really be nice

Tony

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otacke

Mon, 02/01/2021 - 17:07

Hi Tony!

My previous answer still holds. There are probably many similar use cases, but instead of cramming more and more edge cases into the advent calendar rendering the editor UX horrible, it makes more sense to create a more general content type that's not limited to a fixed number of doors or dates.

Please note that I created that content time in my free time - and that's a quite limiting factor. If someone wants to reuse of the code to create something similar, there's nothing that stands in her/his way legally.

Cheers,
Oliver

jennyreekie

Thu, 09/30/2021 - 11:51

I can see loads of ways to adapt this as it is - a great resource. Quick question - will using it in its original format, releasing one day at a time work for Dec 2021?

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otacke

Mon, 10/25/2021 - 13:20

It will work in 2021, 2022, 2023, ...

jennyreekie

Fri, 10/29/2021 - 14:52

Thanks Oliver

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otacke

Fri, 10/29/2021 - 18:37

Thanks. Too kind. That content type would be brilliant if I had not created in a weekend hackathon but given it a little more thought ;-) I still need to take care of responsiveness, accessibility and automating cutting door images from larger images ...

tonygil

Fri, 12/03/2021 - 09:56

Hi

I have notciced in using the advent calendar I have to double click my mouse to open a window and also to close a window.

Do you know why  and how we get round that .

Thanks

Tony

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otacke

Fri, 12/03/2021 - 21:02

Hi Tony!

A double click is definitely not required by the content type and no, I don't know why that might be the case on your end. More interestingly: I am not even sure why you can close a door again - that's not even a function of the H5P advent calendar. Are we talking about the same thing? :-D

Cheers,
Oliver

MatzJB

Wed, 12/08/2021 - 19:03

If I remove some windows and update it doesn't show up at all. Is this a bug?

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otacke

Thu, 12/09/2021 - 09:19

Hi MatzJB!

An Advent Calendar always has 24 doors. So, no. Not a bug.

Best,

Oliver 

MatzJB

Thu, 12/09/2021 - 09:36

Fair enough, however the ability to remove and add doors indicates that it is generic enough to allow for say 25 doors. So, maybe remove this ability, otherwise the user will think that you can add more doors?

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otacke

Thu, 12/09/2021 - 10:07

Hi MatzJB!

Very first of all: Thanks for contributing your suggestion!

First of all: Please read this very thread, as I already elaborated on the number of doors and the difference between an Advent Calendar and a similar content type that might have a different number of doors.

Second: This content type was hacked in a weekend only (which is my free time) in order to provide a basic Advent Calendar. It has many shortcomings, that's why it's labelled "beta". I am well aware of the door number situation: I set the minimum and maximum number of doors to 24 already, but unfortunately the H5P core list editor does only prevent you from exceeding the maximum, not prevent you from going below the minimum. Either this needs to be changed in the H5P core list editor (which would make sense as this setting influences other content types, too), or I'd have had to create an extra editor widget for the Advent Calendar. Time ... Other shortcomings are a lack of responsiveness, a lack of full accessibility and a lack of auto-cropping the door images from one large background image. Time ...

Cheers,
Oliver

knlmm

Thu, 09/29/2022 - 15:24

Hi!

I was wondering if a version of advent calendar would be coming up in which the teacher/peraon setting it up could determine when the advent calendar is opened? This type of activity is supper needed but I would in addition to December also need it during the summer time for example to easily share tips with my students daily to help them with their writing. 

Thank you so much!

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otacke

Thu, 09/29/2022 - 16:57

Hi!

There is an update that the H5P core team still needs to check/release. No, I don't know when they are going to do that. That update doesn't allow to set the month though anyway.

As I have already mentioned in this thread: It's an advent calendar :-) The code is out there and openly licensed. If someone want to use it to create something more general, he/she can. I will, however, definitely not add options that ony would not need for an advent calendar.

Cheers,
Oliver