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Editing H5P for Different Sections

Learn how to edit H5P content in just one course that is used in multiple courses

Updated over 7 months ago

Purpose

Editing H5P content in one course will result in changes to the content in all courses. The purpose of this article is to cover the necessary steps to change the content for a single course.

Procedures

Download the H5P Module

1. Go to the H5P activity in your course.

2. Navigate to the Settings tab.

3. Scroll down to H5P Options section and expand it.

4. Click the box to Allow download

Allow download option selected

5. Scroll to the bottom and click

6. Your H5P content will now have a Reuse option visible on the bottom left of the content. Click on that Reuse button and then click on Download as an .h5p file in the pop-up window.

Button labeled Reuse

Download as an .h5p file

7. Navigate to the Downloads folder to find your H5P file

File displayed in Downloads

8. Click on the file name to highlight it, then press the F2 button on your keyboard. Type the new file name and hit Enter

Upload the file to Moodle

9. Go back to your Content Bank and click on the Upload button on the top right

Button in the Content bank labeled Upload

10. Select the file you renamed from the above steps and click Upload this file

File uploaded in the File picker and a button labeled Upload this file

Make the changes to the H5P content

Now that the new file is uploaded, you can make any edits to the content that you need to by going to the Content Bank and editing the file you just uploaded.

Connect the Activity to the Edited H5P content

11. Once the changes are made, navigate to the Setting tab

12. Click on the original H5P file. In the pop-up screen click delete, and confirm that you want to delete it

Button labeled Delete

13. Click to add a file and select the new file from the Content bank

14. Click Save and display to verify the change is correct

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