H5P: Timeline Walk-Through

H5P Test timeline in action.... please disregard my fallacious dates and dummy text...this was just a quick test.

We are all enjoying working in H5P to create educational content, but a couple of us ran into a snag when working with the Timeline Content Type during the workshop. Below are steps to properly create your timeline.


Start Here:

Create New Content > Add Title (following the appropriate naming convention) > Select 'Timeline' from the DropDown

  • Name the Headline: Same as the timeline title... Remember this is your Opening Screen.
  • Body Text: Introduction to the entire timeline, don't skip this step
  • Background Image: always skip this, it will make your timeline unnecessarily busy.
  • Assets: You can display images, video or even audio in the timeline
    • Media: locate your main image (or other media) by URL and place it here
    • Credit the original creator
    • Add a brief image caption for accessibility
Important: the app does not explicitly state this here, but now you begin adding your content
  1. Dates: Start Date is mandatory...end date is optional
  2. Headline, Body Text, and Asset
    • Again locate your Media asset online and paste the URL; image, video, or audio
    • Credit and caption the asset
    • Thumbnail is optional
Then Add More Items as needed!
(then save and view)


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