Difference between revisions of "EDT4OL/H5P/Crossword"

1. Do the crossword below to help you revise some of what you have learnt about H5P so far.

2. Now reflect on your experience as a learner doing this learning activity:

• Were there enough instructions and were they easy to follow?
• Did you feel the activity helped your learning? If so, how? If not, why not?
• Did the activity help you identify any gaps in your understanding of the materials so far? If so, what will you do about it?
• What was your reaction to the feedback? Would you have found a different sort of feedback more helpful?

Share your thoughts on one or two of these questions with your fellow learners by posting a response on WEnotes:

Note: Your comment will be displayed in the course feed.

In this activity, you will use your reflections above, together with your knowledge of H5P, to create a crossword for your own learners.

1. Decide on a topic.
2. Consider how you want to support learners' learning through this activity. Will they be remembering useful words, checking their understanding, distinguishing similar concepts, or something else?
3. Make a list of 10 - 12 words for your crossword and devise appropriate clues and feedback.
4. Follow the usual steps to install Crossword as an H5P content type and reach the editing screen. (Note: There isn't a tutorial available at present but the on-screen instructions are clear.)
5. Type in some instructions.
6. Type in your words, clues and feedback; the software then decides on the best layout for your crossword.
7. Review the Theme menu to decide if you want to change any of the colours in your crossword or add a background image.
8. Decide if you want to change any of the behavioural settings.
9. Save your crossword.
10. Review your crossword with your learners' needs in mind:
    • Are the instructions clear?
    • Do the clues make sense?
    • Is the crossword a sensible shape? (Sometimes, if you have too many long words, the software produces a grid with a lot of blank squares; if so, try using some shorter words as answers.)
    • Do the clues take up too much space on the page? (If so, try to shorten some of them by being more concise in your wording.)
    • Is the feedback appropriate for different ranges of scores?
11. Edit your crossword if needed and save again.
12. Embed your crossword in your H5P practice blog post.

If you are satisfied with the crossword you have created, you could use it as one of the H5P objects in your submission for the H5P Author Badge learning challenge.