Incorporate existing objects into a new course presentation

Submitted by Kakav on Thu, 10/17/2019 - 07:50
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Say I created 3 objects on the topic of Heart Anatomy in previous courses.

1. T/F Question, 2. MCQ, 3. Short answer

Can I include each on a separate slide in a new Course Presentation? It seems my only options are to create new ones from the tool menu.

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BV52

Thu, 10/17/2019 - 19:02

Hi Kakav,

You can do this by using the copy/paste feature of H5P contents. First you would have to open in edit mode the content you want to copy. In the edit mode you will see the copy button at the upper right hand corner. Once copied you should now be able to paste this in Course Presentation through the paste button which is situated on the right most part of the tool menu.

Please note that you can only copy/paste contents that are available to be created in Course Presentation.

-BV52

Kakav

Fri, 10/18/2019 - 00:48

Yes, that works exactly the way I wanted it to. Thank you. 

I also noticed that once pasted in the Course Presentation, edits to the original object (T/F) are not reflected in the pasted version. I just tried changing the correct answer in a T/F object, then testing it as it sits in the Course Presentation but it does not reflect the edit I made. 

This might be worth looking in to depending how much interest/demand for this feature there is from the community.

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BV52

Fri, 10/18/2019 - 18:24

Hi Kakav,

The copy/paste option as you have noticed does not "link" the original content to the new one. This is by design, afaik the main reason for creating the feature is to make it easier to reuse contents, but thank you for your suggestion we appreciate it.

-BV52