{"id":2802,"date":"2021-11-25T11:44:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T11:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/?p=2802"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:54:01","slug":"supporting-maths-teaching-with-h5p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/2021\/11\/25\/supporting-maths-teaching-with-h5p\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Maths teaching with H5P"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong style=\"color: #003f80;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252733283 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252733283 BCX0\">Dr Paul Mackay, Academic Tutor (Maths and Physics), International Foundation in Science, Computing, Engineering and Mathematics<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW252733283 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"entry-content\"><strong style=\"color: #e96556;\">INTO Newcastle University<\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>What did you do?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Paul Mackay has\u00a0been\u00a0creating and\u00a0incorporating\u00a0H5P content\u00a0as a regular\u00a0part of\u00a0teaching mathematics\u00a0at\u00a0INTO.\u00a0The\u00a0H5P content\u00a0editor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.h5p.com\/content\/1290620298372631978\">supports the use of LateX<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 speeding up the creation of content, and this is\u00a0a feature that\u00a0Paul uses in most of his resources.<\/p>\n<p>Paul\u00a0uses\u00a0H5P content in two ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\">As resources to use during\u00a0self-directed\u00a0study;<\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\">As part of in-class teaching \u2013 using tablets, students work through learning resources on Canvas and use H5P to explore their understanding. Paul uses H5P reports to give live feedback on how students are progressing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2803\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/content\/1291442611199842797\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2803\" class=\"wp-image-2803 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/files\/2021\/11\/H5P1-1024x571.png\" alt=\"H5P Screenshot showing a polygon problem with a multiple choice question\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/files\/2021\/11\/H5P1-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/files\/2021\/11\/H5P1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/files\/2021\/11\/H5P1-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/files\/2021\/11\/H5P1.png 1093w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click the image to see the live content on H5P.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Paul has experimented with a number of content types \u2013 he\u2019s made effective use of drag and drop and multiple hotspots content types, eg this resource about resistor combinations:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/content\/1291492970152851587\/embed\" width=\"900\" height=\"637\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/js\/h5p-resizer.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He is also using H5P accordions to replace some HTML5 coded pages, both as an alternative to bullet pointed lists, and also as a way of self-guided study where the title contains a question or a hint, and the solution is revealed on click. Furthermore, he has created <a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/content\/1291429850227024147\">crossword puzzles<\/a> which he realised can be populated with numerical answers.<\/p>\n<p>H5P complements other technologies used in his teaching. On his course, NUMBAS is used ubiquitously for summative tests, but H5P is a useful tool to create short puzzles and scenarios that challenge students\u2019 skills and knowledge, presenting material in a very different format to the formal approach of NUMBAS, and that can be presented in-line with teaching materials.<\/p>\n<p>Paul has also been trying to find ways to create maths resources that students can\u2019t just use Google or WolframAlpha to find the answers to. One particular type of resource he has created regularly uses the Find Multiple Hotspots content type to identify errors in a handwritten solution of a problem. Students have found these challenging and Paul sees this as a way of setting maths problems that can\u2019t be as easily Googled.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/content\/1291492971502370897\/embed\" width=\"900\" height=\"637\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/js\/h5p-resizer.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Student Engagement<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The students that Paul teaches value and engage well with H5P content as it is used as an in-class teaching tool.\u00a0 By contrast, optional asynchronous H5P activities were used well at the beginning of term, but have dwindled since (perhaps inevitably). However, Paul will be drawing attention to these to support revision as assessments approach.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Contact Details<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dr Paul Mackay, INTO Newcastle University, <a href=\"mailto:paul.mackay@newcastle.ac.uk\">paul.mackay@newcastle.ac.uk\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Useful Resources<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/learning-and-teaching\/digital-technologies\/h5p\/\">H5P Guides on Learning and Teaching Website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Mackay has\u00a0been\u00a0creating and\u00a0incorporating\u00a0H5P content\u00a0as a regular\u00a0part of\u00a0teaching mathematics\u00a0at\u00a0INTO.\u00a0The\u00a0H5P content\u00a0editor\u00a0supports the use of LateX\u00a0\u2013 speeding up the creation of content, and this is\u00a0a feature that\u00a0Paul uses in most of his resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4699,"featured_media":2810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,280,576,568,417],"tags":[608,606,600],"class_list":["post-2802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-assessment-and-feedback","category-digital-education","category-h5p","category-into","tag-digital-skills","tag-problem-solving","tag-reflective-and-self-aware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4699"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2802"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4055,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802\/revisions\/4055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}