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Drag the Words Activity Using H5P

Learn to create a drag and drop activity to assess student knowledge

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to provide step-by-step instructions for creating an H5P Drag and Drop activity in a Moodle course.

Procedures

1. Make sure you are in Edit mode.

Edit mode toggle switch.

2. Click the More tab in your course.

Course tabs with More tab selected.

3. Select Content bank from the dropdown menu.

Options in the More dropdown menu including Content bank.

4. Click the Add button to open the activity menu.

Button labeled Add.

5. Select Drag the Words.

Activity menu with the Drag the Word activity option selected.

6. Title the activity and add text. The answer to your statement or question must be in asterisks.

Text boxes for adding an activity title and the question text.

7. Change the behavioral settings from the default settings if you like.

Behavioral settings such as enable retry selected.

8. Save your changes.

Button labeled Save.

9. Test your activity.

Display of quiz with a check button.

10. Click the Course tab.

Course tabs with Course selected

11. Click Add an activity or resource.

Plus sign icon for adding activities and resources.

12. Choose the H5P mini tile.

H5P tile in activity chooser.

13. Add an activity name, instructions (optional), and check the box next to Display description on course page (optional).

Description box for adding title and instructions.

14. Click the file icon to open the file picker.

File icon labeled Files.

15. Pull the file from the Content bank.

Button labeled Content bank.

16. Select the file and then click the Select this file button in the pop-up.

Button labeled Select this file.

17. The file will load. Set other criteria for the assignment as you normally would.

Partial view of settings sections.

18. Save your changes.

Buttons labeled Save and return to course and Save and display.

19. The activity will appear on your course page.

Activity as displayed on the course page.

20. Students can then drag the answers to the blanks and get immediate feedback.

Complete quiz with perfect results.

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