Quick and Easy H5P: Engaging Activities in 10 Minutes or Less - Chad Bousley

Presentation Description

H5P is one of Moodle’s most powerful tools for creating interactive, student-centered learning experiences. With more than 40 activity types available, it offers enormous potential, but for many instructors, the variety can feel overwhelming, making it difficult to know where to start. This session is designed to cut through that complexity by focusing on practical, high-impact H5P activities that can be created in 10 minutes or less.
Participants will see live demonstrations of five versatile activities: Fill in the Blanks, Drag the Words, Crossword, Image Hotspots, and Flashcards. Together, these examples highlight different ways to engage learners: through quick checks of understanding, interactive visuals, puzzle-based problem solving, and memory practice. Each activity will be built live to show just how fast and easy H5P can be, with tips for adapting them across a wide range of teaching contexts.
By the end of the session, attendees will leave with classroom-ready examples, practical workflows, and the confidence to start building H5P activities that make Moodle courses more engaging without requiring extensive preparation time.

About the Presenter

Chad is the Senior Instructional Designer at Oakland University as well as a Moodle trainer and H5P Ambassador. He has experience working in secondary and higher education as a language teacher since 2014 and as an instructional designer and e-learning specialist since 2020. He holds a Master’s degree in German studies and TESOL from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Arts in German studies and classical guitar performance from Albion College.