Here’s yet another H5P content type that NDLA sponsored and that you may want to try out. It was not coded by myself, but that’s no reason to not show it to you, right? NDLA will set up their own page, but why shouldn’t you know about the content types now?
Without further ado, here’s Escape Room (or a very rough idea of it that I patched together quickly):
It’s quite obvious that this is based on H5P Group’s Virtual Tour, but it has been changed a lot and many features were added. Among other things, with Escape Room you can:
- use panoramic images (instead of 360° images that require a special camera),
- add audio playlists to play ambient music in your rooms (optionally),
- add more subcontent types (Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blanks and Crossword),
- optionally block access to a scene until a correct code is entered,
- add invisible hotspot areas,
- add text to a scene directly,
- have a score board for the exercises (optionally),
- zoom in and out of a scene (optionally),
- …
Want to use it already?
The content type is still lacking a final round of testing, so small things may still be changed or tweaked. But it should be fine to be used. The H5P core team will also be asked to review the content type, and when they find time , they should release it on the H5P Hub.
If you want to use the content type right away, look for the Reuse button underneath the content. Use that button to download the demo content, and then upload the .h5p file onto your H5P enabled platform. Please note that you will need to have permission to install H5P libraries. Otherwise, you cannot install the content type this way. In that case, your system admin will need to assist you.
The source code is available as well, if you want to check it before installing or if you want to build the libraries yourself:
- H5P.EscapeRoom: https://github.com/ndlano/h5p-escape-room
- H5PEditor.EscapeRoom: https://github.com/ndlano/h5p-editor-escape-room
- H5P.NDLAThreeSixty: https://github.com/ndlano/h5p-ndla-three-sixty
Is it available in my language?
In theory: yes! If it’s missing, you can fill in the gaps yourself on translate-h5p.tk (seems to be down currently).
Any future plans for that content type?
You will have to ask NDLA 🙂 It is their content type.