Incorporating H5Ps in the VU Collaborate Quiz Tool
Adding H5Ps to quizzes gives the opportunity for more interactive question types and authentic assessment by using content types such as Branching Scenarios and Interactive Videos. It also extends to the list of quiz question types you can utilise. The score from the H5P will be incorporated into the overall quiz attempt score, rather than create its own grade item.
We recommended only using the H5P in Quiz feature for Formative assessment at this time. If you wish to use this feature in Summative assessment, please contact our team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
You must have either created and/or have collaborator access to an existing H5P activity to be able to import them into a Quiz. Go to Introduction to H5P to learn how to create an H5P in VU Collaborate, or learn how to share and collaborate with others.
Related Guides
See some great examples and learn how you can create an H5P
Step One: Check these settings in H5P activities
1. From your H5P activity, select Edit.
Disabling Retry and Show Solution options
2. Now review the H5P activity Behavioural Settings to ensure both the Retry and Show Solutions options are disabled.
- The Retry option allows students to retake the quiz questions or redo the activity, and overwrite their attempt scores.
- The Show Solutions/Results allow the system to display the correct answers to students before their submissions.
You can simply disable these settings through Behavioural Settings located at the bottom of each H5P tool.
Depending on your H5P type, you will see different options as below.
Retry and Show Solutions options - Interface 1
Option 1:
Expand the behavioural settings and untick the Enable 'Retry' button and Enable 'Show Solution' options
Retry and Show Solutions options - Interface 2
Option 2:
Expand the behavioural settings and select Disabled from Override 'Show Solution' and 'Retry' button options.
Step Two: Enable sending scores to the unit space
After that, we will need to enable the LTI Settings to send scores to the VU Collaborate system.
Enabling LTI Settings
Scroll down to the bottom of the H5P, and select LTI Settings (1).
- Choose the attempt type (2) that will be sent to the VU Collaborate system.
- First attempt - to allow students to take only one attempt.
- Best attempt - to allow students to take more than one attempt.
- Tick Allow logged-in users to resume content (3) to ensure the student progress will be saved in case of connection issues.
Some H5P content types currently do not support this resume feature, refer to Content Resume for more details on the content-type support list.
When complete, select Save.
For Branching Scenario
For an H5P Branching Scenario type, you must also enable scoring methods, go to Settings, and then select Scoring Options.
For differences in scoring options, refer to Branching Scenario Tutorial - Step 8: Scoring.
Step Three: Access a Quiz
H5P Quiz Tools can be only created and accessed from a VU Collaborate Quiz, not through Question Library.
If you aren't familiar with the quiz creation, refer to our guide below.
Step Four: Import an H5P activity into a Quiz
1. Under Questions, select H5P from Add Existing.
2. An H5P dashboard will pop up, go to your desired activity,
then select Insert.
3. If the import is successful, an External Activity successfully imported message will be displayed.
If an error message is displayed, ensure you have enabled the activity to send scores to LMS in step two.
4. By default, each H5P activity will score 10 points.
You can change the score in the Points field and Update, or skip it.
5. To change settings such as points, tick on the relevant H5P question (1),
Then, select More Actions (2) to expand the options.
Step Five: Preview Question Details and Save
1. Checking your quiz questions by selecting the Preview option.
This will open the preview mode in a new tab.
2. On returning to the Quiz Settings, when complete select Save and Close.
Student View
When the students access the quiz, the system will display any H5P quiz questions as an External Activity.
Marking an H5P quiz question
Marking H5P in quizzes will have the same process as a normal quiz attempt. To refresh your knowledge, refer to Marking a Quiz
Once you're in a student attempt, you can:
- (1) Open the student responses.
- (2) Adjust the scores.
An example of student responses in an H5P:
H5P in Quizzes FAQ
Can I allocate more than one H5P question per quiz page?
No. Any VU Collaborate quiz with External Activities will be displayed to students as one question per page.
Can we use Respondus Lockdown Browser on H5P quiz questions?
Yes. The respondus tool can be activated for H5P quiz questions.
Can I add an H5P activity as read-only material to a quiz?
Yes, it can be an option. Expand the collapsable below to see more details.
Adding Read-only H5P activity into a Quiz
Optional - Adding Read-only H5P activity into a Quiz
1. Create a new quiz question or import one from a Question Library:
2. In the edit question page, place your cursor in the Question Text, then select Insert Stuff from the menu bar.
3. Follow the same process of inserting H5P in your VU Collaborate space,
you can also refer back to our guide Inserting an H5P in VU Collaborate for more information.
4. Once you insert the H5P, it will appear within the Question Textbox,
you can also view how the question will be displayed to students on the right.
5. When complete select Save.
Student View
Once students enter the quiz, they will see the H5P activity attached to a quiz question.
Further Support
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