Mark the Words

Mark the words allow content designers to create textual expressions with a defined set of correct words. The end-user highlights words according to the task description and gets a score. For wrong answers, the user gets negative points.

Mark the words can be used efficiently in language learning exercises. For example, to create challenges where the user is to mark specific types of verbs in a text. 


Accessing H5P in Canvas

You can access H5P in Canvas through the Rich Content Editor (RCE), which is accessible via the edit view of Page, Assignment, Discussion Board, Announcement and Quiz questions. 

For this example, we will be adding H5P onto a Canvas page. The first thing you will need to do is either open the page you want to embed the H5P content into or create a new page. Then click the ‘Edit’ button which will open the RCE. (You will automatically go into edit mode if you create a new page.) 

Next, you will need to locate H5P in the RCE toolbar by clicking on the more external tools icon.


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Clicking on that menu item will open a pop-up showing your H5P library. From here, you will have the option to either insert previously created content or create something new. 


Creating a Mark the words

Select the New content option and choose Mark the words from the list of Content types: 


Mark the words editor

Mark the words editor should now appear. The editor looks like this:


Task description 

In the Task description field we give the learner basic instructions or introduce the problem to be solved.

We'll use this text for the Task description: Click the various types of berries mentioned in the text below!


Define a task

Under Textfield, add our text and define which words the learner needs to identify. This is done by putting the word between asterisk like so: This is the *answer*.


If you need instructions on how to create content you can press the "Show instructions" button at any time and the instructions block will open. It looks like so:


Finishing up 

Save and Insert to view your finished Mark the words activity.