Using the H5P Image Hotspot Tool
This guide uses a H5P object. For getting started on placing H5P into a space, please see Inserting H5P in VU Collaborate.
The H5P Image Hotspot Tool creates an image based test where the student is required to find the correct spot on an image. Hotspots can reveal text, images and videos when clicked.
Image hotspots can be useful for creating infographics fast and simple. Use any image and enrich it with points of interest and in-depth information about the details depicted. The student interacts with the image to get more information about a particular topic and engage with it in a visually ordered way. H5P.org also offer their own tutorial on this object.
Below are the steps for using the H5P image hotspot tool:
Step One: Create a New Image Hotspot Object
1. In the Insert Stuff menu, click to open the H5P Learning Object.
2. In the H5P tool, click Create new Learning Object.
3. Add a Title that will be easy to remember and find.
4. Using the dropdown menu, set your Content Type to Image Hotspot.
Note: If you click on the name of the object type, a summary of the tool and an option for a demonstration will appear. If satisfied with your tool selection, click Use. If you do not require this step, click Use from the content type menu.
5. Select your relevant College and enter Discipline/Area and in the fields provided.
6. Write a Description for your activity, to provide context for the object if you're sharing it with other staff.
Step Two: Add Hotspots and Media
1. Under Background image, click the green plus icon 
to choose the image that you will place hotspots on for this interactive. For example, this could be a model from your course content.
2. Click the Hotspot colour dropdown to open a colour picker. This determines what colour the hotspots (appearing as small icons) will be. When you've found a colour you're happy with, click Choose.
If you select black, for example, the hotspot will appear like this 
. Remember to choose a colour that will be clearly visible against your background image.
3. Now that your image is in place, we can start creating hotspots. Click anywhere on the image preview to place a hotspot.
4. The Cover entire background image tickbox appears in each hotspot and is unchecked by default. If you are adding a video or image (see 2.1 Adding a Video to a Hotspot and 2.2 Adding an Image to a Hotspot) you may want to tick this so that students can see or focus on your content better. Leave it unchecked to generate a smaller popup for this hotspot's content.
5. Enter a Header for the popup. This is the title of your content, and optional - though helpful for adding extra context where needed.
6. Click the Content menu and select the content type you want to add to the hotspot from the dropdown. There are three content types you can add to a hotspot: Text, a Video or an Image. For the purposes of this guide, we're going to start with Text.
7. Enter your Text in the text field that will appear when the student clicks the hotspot. Try to keep it short - 3-4 sentences is best - so that the popup won't take over the screen.
8. When you're finished with your text item, click Add hotspot to add another hotspot.
Note: You will have to enter a new hotspot position and header each time (steps 3-6) you add a hotspot.
2.1 Adding a Video to a Hotspot
You can add a video to a hotspot by uploading it from your computer or adding a link to a video hosting site.
1. Click the Content menu and select Video from the list.
2. Click the plus sign in a dashed rectangle border to add your video.
3. A pop-up window will appear where you can choose to upload a file or enter a link to the video you want to include. When you have added the right video, click Insert.
4. Under the Visuals tab, you can choose to upload a Poster image for your video. This is a static image that will display if the video is not playing. Click the green plus icon to browse for a poster image on your computer. The poster image is optional, and will not work if you have your video set to autoplay.
5. Below the poster image upload area, you can choose whether to fit the video to the space (this will resize the video to fit if you have Cover entire background image ticked for this hotspot), and show or hide video player controls (play, pause, and navigate) in the video. These are ticked by default, and it is recommended you leave these options ticked if you're not sure.
- If you untick Fit video player to use all available space, the video will retain its original size and aspect ratio.
- If you untick Show video player controls, the student won't be able to pause or rewind the video.
6. Under the Playback tab, you can choose whether the video automatically plays when the hotspot is clicked, or choose to loop the video. Both options are unticked by default.
- Tick the box next to Auto-play video to play the video as soon as it opens.
Note: if you leave the auto-play option unticked and also disable video player controls, the video will not play.
- Tick the box next to Loop video to make the video automatically replay when it finishes.
Once you've configured your video, it's ready to go. Don't forget to add your copyright if the video is yours, or an attribution if it's from an external source.
2.2 Adding an Image to a Hotspot
You can add an image to a hotspot by uploading it from your computer.
1. Click the Content menu and select Image from the list.
2. Click the green plus icon to browse for and upload your image.
3. Enter some Alternative text for your image. This will help students using text-to-voice software understand what the image depicts.
4. You can choose to enter some Hover text to add extra context, but this is optional. (Hover text may not work on mobile devices).
5. You can click the Add item button to insert another content type into any hotspot.
6. The H5P options that appear at the bottom of the screen determine the accessibility of the tool. Set your preferences before you Save.
Select Shared to enable other staff to copy this learning object to use in their spaces.
Select Send Grades to VU Collaborate if you have a grade item enabled and would like the marks to be sent straight through to a connected gradebook.
Display action buttons will allow users to navigate via the action bar.
Download button enables users to download the learning tool.
Embed button enables users to embed your learning tool elsewhere.
Copyright button will assign your copyright to this tool.
7.Once you're finished adding all of your hotspots, click Save to finish creating the object.
Step Three: Preview and Publish Image Hotspot
Before the object gets inserted into the space, previewing it for any possible errors is a good idea. You can check your settings and elements for broken links or inappropriate sizing before you share the object in your space.
1. In the main H5P object menu, click Insert to open a preview of your new object.
2. Click around in your new object to see how students can interact with it, and check videos are working correctly. The hotspots will appear as small plus signs inside a circle of the colour you chose earlier.
3. If you want to reset all elements click Refresh Preview to start again.
4. Once you've finished checking all of your elements work correctly, click Insert to add the question to the document (or other embeddable area) you are working on. If there's something you need to change, click Back to return to the main H5P menu where you can Clone, Edit or Delete the object.
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