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Creating an H5P Multiple Choice activity

Note: This article is part of the H5P collection.

The H5P Multiple Choice content question type can be used to check students’ understanding of a topic. Multiple Choice questions consist of a question and a set of answers, including one or multiple correct ones. Multiple Choice questions can be an effective formative assessment tool, especially when it provides feedback to students on their performance.

The H5P Multiple Choice questions can be used as a stand-alone activity in H5P or used in H5P Question SetsInteractive Video, and Course Presentation activities. Questions are created in the same way in all of these.

 

Why?

One difficulty students face when engaging with content asynchronously online is the lack of immediate feedback. With H5P Multiple Choice questions, you can provide students not only opportunities to check their understanding, but also immediate feedback for both correct and incorrect answers.

When the questions and feedback are embedded in the learning materials, they provide students with the opportunity to actively engage with content.

 

How?

Click on the headings below to expand/collapse the section.

 
From the Learning Platform site where the activity is to be added:
  1. Ensure Edit mode is on.
    Moodle - Edit Mode On
  2. Click Add an activity or resource button.
    Add an Activity or Resource Button
  3. Select Interactive Content from the Add an activity or resource chooser.
    Moodle - Add an Activity or Resource - Interactive Content
  4. Add a description (optional) to the activity in the Description text field. For the description to appear under the H5P activity on the site, enable the Display description on site page toggle below the description box.
    Moodle - Adding Interactive Content - Description
  5. Select Multiple Choice from the Select content type menu.
    Moodle - H5P Content Menu - Multiple Choice Questions
    This will launch the Multiple Choice question editor.
 
  1. Enter a meaningful title (mandatory) for the question in the Title text field.
    Moodle - H5P - Multiple Choice Question Editor - Title Field
  2. Video, audio, and images can be added to accompany the question. To add media, expand the Media section and upload the desired video (or enter a YouTube video URL into the YouTube text field), audio or image.
    Moodle - H5P - Multiple Choice Question Editor - Media Dropdown
    Added media will appear above the question. Aim to use images that are similar or the same to ensure a smooth user experience for students if there is more than one question, and they will be moving between them.
Note: When adding images, please ensure that you have added appropriate alternate text for users who may be unable to see the image. For more information on writing appropriate alternative text, refer to the Adding images to your subject site article.
  1. Type the question text into the Question field.
    Moodle - H5P - Multiple Choice Question Editor - Question Field
  2. Enter the text for the correct and incorrect answer options into the Text field in each Available options section.
    Moodle - H5P - Multiple Choice Question Editor - Answer Fields
 

H5P Multiple Choice questions allow students to receive feedback upon selecting the correct or incorrect answer; however, they do not support partial marks.

  1. Expand the Tips and feedback section. Provide feedback to students via the Message displayed if answer is selected and Message displayed if answer is not selected text fields as required.
    Moodle - H5P - Multiple Choice Question Editor - Tips and Feedback Dropdown
    • Tip text can be added to the activity to provide a clue when students hover their mouse over one of the answer options.
    • Enter the primary feedback you want to give to students in the Message displayed if answer is selected text field.
    • You can also provide feedback if the correct option was not selected by adding it to the Message displayed if answer is not selected text field.
  2. Click the Add Option button to create space for more possible answers.
    Moodle - H5P - Multiple Choice Question Editor - Add Option Button
  3. Click the Correct checkbox for the answer(s) that is/are correct.
Note: The number of possible answers is essentially limitless, but good practice suggests between 3 – 5 possible answers to maintain the quality of distractors and to reduce the incentives for students to guess. 
  1. Click X to remove answer choices. Click the arrows to move the options up or down the list below the question.
    Moodle - H5P - Multiple Choice Question Editor - Answer Fields - Removing Answers
  2. Select the Question type required from the dropdown menu in the Behavioural Settings section.
    Moodle - H5P - Multiple Choice Question Editor - Question Type Dropdown
    The question types are as follows:
  • Automatic—The default question type. The system will automatically treat the question as multiple choice or single choice based on the number of correct answers indicated.
  • Multiple Choice—Select this if you want multiple correct options.
  • Single Choice—Choose this option if there is only a single correct answer.
Note: The Give one point for the whole task setting is only relevant where you have a series of multiple choice questions as part of an Interactive Video, Question Set, or Course Presentation task.
  1. Expand the Behavioural settings section and click the Randomize answers checkbox to make the answer options display in an arbitrary order.
  2. Enable the Retry, Show Solution, and Require answers before the solution can be viewed settings as needed.
 
These additional settings are optional to change, but can help inform how your students interact with the H5P activity.
  1. In the Behavioural settings section, enable confirmation dialogues when students click the Check or Retry buttons when submitting or repeating the activity by checking the appropriate boxes.
  2. Expand the Text overrides and translations section to change how language is displayed, and the terms used on buttons, e.g., you might prefer Show answer over Show solution.

Saving the activity

To save your newly created activity:

  1. Click Save and return to site when complete.

 

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