LXD Style Guide

iPD’s Guide for Course Design & Development

H5P File Management

Standard

The standard with which Michigan Virtual courses need to comply.

To ensure file access and organization, H5P content utilized in courses or other shared materials should adhere to a standardized naming convention, file structure, and sharing rights, thereby guaranteeing access for the entire team.

 

Requirements

What exactly do course developers need to include in order to comply with this standard?

Content used in a course or other shared material must:

  • Be created (or created, then moved) into the appropriate COURSES folder.
  • Named with the following convention: ShortCourseName Unit.Lesson Descriptor
  • Shared with the organization in the correct course folder.

Content for individual use may be created and stored in a personal folder within H5P.

 

Implementation

How can course developers implement this standard? What is the process for doing so?

Content location for all content created if used in a course or other shared material should be located as follows:

  • Create (or create and move) content into the appropriate COURSES folder . The course folders are shared with the ipd team, and any item within these folders will be shared by default. If the course folder does not exist, create a Wrike Request. iPD Support Technology Request (5) H5P User and/or Shared Folder Request)
    • COURSE FOLDERS-PLS/COURSE_NAME
    • COURSE FOLDERS-SLS/COURS_ENAME

Name the content:

  • Content name could include the following 3 parts
    • ShortCourseName
    • Unit.Lesson
    • Descriptor
  • Examples:
    • Math6 1.1 Ratios
    • Sp1A 1.2 Vocabulary Set 1
    • Sp1A 2.2 Summary

Share with Organization:

In edit mode:

  1. Click on the three horizontal dots at the top right of the screen
  2. Choose “Share with Organization”
  3. Choose the appropriate shared folder. If the folder does not exist, submit a Wrike request linked above.

At the folder level:

  1. Check the box to the left of the content title. You may select multiple files.
  2. Click on the “Share with Organization” button at the top right of the screen.
  3. Choose the appropriate shared folder. If the folder does not exist, submit a Wrike request linked above.

NOTE: Sharing with the organization only allows a user to clone the item. The user must have edit rights to edit the content from the Shared Organizational folder.

Content for individual use may be created and stored in a personal folder within H5P.

 

Resources

What resources would help a developer implement this standard appropriately?