H5P Workshop

I presented the innovative design of unique H5P Structure-strip H5P elements for the Ben interactive for Monash Online's PSY4111 in the Graduate Diploma of Psychology. The H5P workshops brought OES LDs and LDAs from Melbourne, Cape Town and Edinburgh together to share their wicked problems and workshop H5P solutions.

The H5P workshops over the last two weeks were hugely successful and fun - thank you to everyone who came and shared their previous work, ideas and enthusiasm. I am always reminded during these workshops of how true it is that two heads are better than one. And when we combine the experience, creativity and willingness to explore new ideas from a creative group like ours we really do come up with amazing work for our students.

OES Senior Learning Designer
8 December 2023

PSY4111 'Ben' critical thinking interactive series

I was tasked to innovate an interactive solution to an important piece of critical thinking learning for the GDP unit PSY4111.

Using HTML, CSS and Javascript I developed the email interactive which includes a feedback mechanism using H5P.

If you see Leigh, could you give him a big high five for his work on the critical thinking stuff? It's so impressive to see someone reinterpret a brief to make it a hundred times better.

Monash Educational Designer
August 2023

LOVE IT!!!!!
This is a billion times better than what was there.

OES Learning Designer
August 2023

Watch the following video which walks through the functionality of the 'Ben' critical thinking interactive and how the H5P works to deliver feedback to the student.

H5P lead-in sentences for ITO5147 Data exploration and visualisation

I developed a special approach to instructing student in the use of H5P interactives for Monash Online's ITO5147 Data exploration and visualisation for TP2 2023.

Using Font Awesome icons, CSS abd Bootstrap styling, I emulated the buttons and controls of the H5P interactives and included those into the instructions for the activity.

By surrounding the activity and the instructions in a shadow box, it appears to students that the instruction sentence is an integrated part of the H5P itself.

The following images capture the use of H5P in ITO5147 Data exploration and visualisation.

ITO5147 Data visualisation

I respectfully disagreed with ITO5147 academic over pedagogic direction of the unit, but was able to develop a respectful collaboration.

good to see you noting how you worked well with a very challenging stakeholder in ITO5147!

OES Lead Learning Designer
May 2023

DATA

ITO5147 Data exploration and visualisation TP2-23: Pass rate = 100%

I'm comfortable delegating tasks to other LDs. I entrusted the development of ITO5147 H5P activities and HTML embedding to our LDA while I was on leave.

Watch the following video in which Leigh provides instructions for some of the Bootstrap code elements which needed to be included into ITO5147 in Moodle.

Canvas Studio Instructions for students

Through my work with the Canvas Studio Project, I collaborated on the development of improved instructional resources for students when the new video platform Canvas Studio was introduced to Swinburne Online, and other OES partners in 2022.

I designed Canvas Studio general instructions H5P using a generic template generated elsewhere, into a version better designed to help learners.

You have participated in and led several projects that have had a large impact on both the way we work and the experience our students have as the end user. In particular, your work on creating instructional resources for student use of Canvas Studio

Lead Learning Designer
May 2022

The improved instructional guidance.

The former H5P instructions.

Canvas Studio Project

I was invited to join the Canvas Studio Project Team in 2021 to test and implement the video devlivery platform into Canvas. As part of that team, I did the following:

• User testing and insightful advice in the Canvas Studio project.
• Developed instructional resources for student use of Canvas Studio
• Participated in the Canvas Studio project where I brought a wealth of experience to the group. I proved to be an asset in designing test cases, testing solutions in Canvas, designing student instructions.
• Designed Canvas Studio general instructions H5P using a generic template generated elsewhere, into a version better designed to help learners.
• Created use-cases and tested the functionality of Canvas studio and reported on it's suitability to perform compared to Kaltura.
• Technical assistance and advice on Canvas Studio and other technologies to podmates and to other pods across the LD team including via OES Learning Design Training.

Watch the following Canvas Studio help resources video in which Leigh explains a code solution to a difficult error which plagued many LDs.

Thank you for all your user testing and insightful advice in the Canvas Studio project. You've been a real asset to the team, bringing a wealth of experience to the group. It's great having you as part of the team! Thank you.

OES Lead Learning Designer
July 2021

HLTENN010 Apply a palliative approach in nursing practice

Build achievements

• Palliative care case studies using H5P Course Presentation.
• Applied trauma-informed learning design methodologies, including UX design choices.
• Trauma-Aware Learning Design and Delivery
• Redeveloped on-campus learning materials to support student's engagement with difficult content.

Thanks Leigh. That was really great, and considering we're moving into the Graduate Certificate of Domestic Violence units at the moment, this looks really really great...

OES Lead Learning Designer
13 December 2021

Canvas pages and video content presented with permission from OES and Swinburne Online.

Watch the following video which showcases the work achieved in the HLTENN010 build.

Visit facsimile HLTENN010 Apply a palliative approach in nursing practice site.

Chemical Engineering Technical Report Writing Module

I worked closely with Chemical Engineering teaching staff and the Academic Skills unit to develop the Technical Report Writing Module. The module targets writing skills in areas which Engineering students are known to be typically deficient.

Developed for the Canvas LMS platform and making use of the H5P LTI plugin, the module is an interactive and student-centered experience which teachers can embed into their teaching program. 

Report Writing Module

Canvas content reproduced with permission from The University of Melbourne Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

I can’t tell you how happy I feel seeing the module fully mocked up in Canvas. Wow! You’ve done a fantastic job translating my basic copy into a fully functioning and interactive experience for students. Thank you! I’m so grateful you persisted with H5P, too – it has made such a difference!

University of Melbourne Academic Skills Advisor
2020

Arts Graduate Essentials Moodle modules

I designed and implemented the student-user-experience for the Arts Graduate Essentials Moodle modules. I designed interactivity using Moodle's restricted access functionality as well as designed and developed the structuring and and flow of pages within Moodle Lessons. I developed and embedded H5P interactive activities.

Arts Graduate Essentials

• Arts Graduate Essentials: Active Learning Module
• Arts Graduate Essentials: Academic Integrity Module
• Arts Graduate Essentials: Critical Thinking Module
• Arts Graduate Essentials: Approaching Your Research Task Module

Reproduced with permission from Monash University Faculty of Arts

Creating Interactive Content with H5P Workshop 2019

I developed the workshop, the content and the Moodle site experience for Creating Interactive Content with H5P, an Educational Design workshop in the 2019 workshop series.
The Moodle site contains resources to help Monash Faculty of Arts teaching staff develop their use of H5P (a Moodle integrated tool for developing interactive content).
Of particular interest is the 🏆Interactivity Challenge which is a 'gamified' experience that guides users through various levels of achievement in order to expose users to various different H5P content types.

Interactive Content with H5P

Moodle pages reproduced with permission of Monash University Faculty of Arts

Corporate Sustainability Modules

I helped create the Corporate Sustainability modules. I worked with academics to design and develop the interactive elements which test students' understanding of the lecturer's content. In most instances I developed H5P Interactive content.

• What is Sustainability and Materiality?
• The Environmental Business Challenge
• Social Sustainability
• The Economic Business Challenge
• The business case for sustainability
• The Sustaining Corporation
• First wave organisations
• The sustainability change process

Reproduced with permission from Monash University Faculty of Arts

H5P Con 2018

At the 2018 H5P Conference, I delivered a working paper called "Gradable Videos for Proficient French", to the global H5P community of software developers, content creators and academic educators. In the paper, I recommended improvements to H5P based on pedagogical insights gained during the French Proficient H5P Grammaire development.

Conference program

View the H5P Conference 2018 Program for Monday 03 December, 2018

Working paper description

The Challenge: Teachers in the School of LLCL: French Proficient 2 unit face the challenge of: Requiring students to prepare for class by completing grammar exercises. Requiring students to prepare for class by watching video grammar lessons.

The Solution: H5P exercises that integrate with Moodle gradebook Make gradable videos. IE: To build H5P interactive video which grades students according to how much (%) of the video they have watched. 

Conference responses

Positive conference reactions to "Gradable Videos for Proficient French" indicated that my approach to H5P was stimulating and engaging.

@LeighCanny uses @H5PTechnology yo create a series of interactive statements with low-stakes assessable grades to deliver gradable interactive content - initial findings suggests it helps with #studentengagement, #studentmotivation and #studentlearning #h5pcon2018 X

Deakin University Learning Innovations Lead
3:11 PM Dec 3, 2018

#h5pcon2018 here’s an example using gradable videos in @H5PTechnology. Looks really simple and easy to use and students are liking it! X

Deakin University Learning Innovations Lead
3:14 PM · Dec 3, 2018

Leigh Canny using #h5p and the LMS gradebook with release conditions to motivate students to come prepared to class #H5PCon2018 X

Victoria University Associate Director Improving Learning and Teaching
3:06 PM · Dec 3, 2018

Proficient French H5P & Moodle

In 2018 I began collaboration with an academic in the school of Lanuages, Literacy, Communication & Literature to develop of the H5P Grammar component of Proficient French. The online, interactive approach was intended to alleviate the problem of students of Proficient French being unprepared for their class-time seminar. The H5P interactives guide the student user through various French grammar topics using Interactive Video, Question Sets, and Fill the Blanks exercises. The allocation of graded marks and the carefully constructed interactive sequences using Moodle's restricted access functionality, helped motivate students to prepare for their face to face lessons.

Proficient French Moodle site

The 2019 redevelopment of the Proficient French units saw further refinement of the H5P interactives based on student feedback about their learning experience.

Moodle pages reproduced with permission from Monash University Faculty of Arts