When to use a Column

The Column content type could be used to organize your H5P content into a one column layout.

Content types that address similar material or share a common theme can be grouped together using Column to create a coherent learning experience. 

You should use a Column whenever you want to group several H5P content items which are listed one below each other on one page.

Accessing H5P in Canvas

You can access H5P in Canvas through the Rich Content Editor (RCE), which is accessible via the edit view of Page, Assignment, Discussion Board, Announcement and Quiz questions. 

For this example, we will be adding H5P onto a Canvas page. The first thing you will need to do is either open the page you want to embed the H5P content into or create a new page. Then click the ‘Edit’ button which will open the RCE. (You will automatically go into edit mode if you create a new page.) 

Next, you will need to locate H5P in the RCE toolbar by clicking on the H5P icon, highlighted in red below.

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Clicking on that menu item will open a pop-up showing your H5P library.

Select Add Content below and a search bar will pop
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Type Column in the search bar . Select Details and Use


Column editor


The Column editor should now appear and looks like this:


You can create new content inside Column or you can paste in existing content already created.


New content

In this example we will add text to the column 

Click the Content dropdown menu and choose Text.

A new Text item will appear.

Type a Title and explanation, it will look something like this. 


Other content you can add

There are many different content types you can add in the Column Format including 

  • Documentation tool 
  • Drag and Drop 
  • Drag the words 
  • Fill in the blanks 
  • Find the Hotspot 
  • Guess the Answer 
  • Image 
  • Image Hotspots 
  • Image Slider 
  • Interactive Video 
  • Link
  • Mark the words
  • Memory game 
  • Multiple Choice 
  • Question set 
  • Row
  • Single Choice Set 
  • Summary 
  • Table 
  • True/False Question 
  • Video 

Adding existing content


As well as add new content to a column, you can add existing content that has already been created.  

First, you need to go to the H5P item you have previously created.  

Follow these steps: 

  1. Find the H5P content type on Canvas and underneath it click Reuse 
  2. Two options will appear Copy content or Download as a .h5p file
  3. Select Download as an .h5p file 
  4. Upload this file onto your H5P area
  5. Save content as usual
  6. Repeat the process for each H5P file you want to add to the column. 


Now, you have these the H5P content types in your system, you are ready to upload them into your Column. Follow these steps to do so:

  1. Open content, click Reuse
  2. Click Copy
  3. Inside the column, click Add content and
  4. Click Paste


Repeat this for any content items you wish to add to the column


Save and Insert when you're satisfied to view your Column.