Could an I-Video Content Type, ever play on a phone without a browser?

Submitted by alco on Wed, 12/08/2021 - 11:49
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Could an Interactive Video Content Type ever play on an iphone without a browser? If someone sends you a video via your text messaging app, the video plays nicely on your phone. But if you have to open a web browser on your phone, and play a video within the browser window, that doesn't work so well for some on their phone. How could I send an H5P interactive video to someone in a texting program, and have their interactions sent to a Learning Record Store (LRS) and have no browser involved? Is this possible? I don't think it is.

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otacke

Wed, 12/08/2021 - 16:38

Hi alco!

I don't think that it is likely in the near future that Google and Apple will put native support for H5P into their operating systems. If you have a look at the roadmap of the H5P core team, then you'll find that they have plans for mobile H5P apps that could then be used to run H5P files locally (similar to what Lumi is doing on Windows, MacOS and Linux). The endpoint for a LRS is not stored within an H5P file however, so in order to support the scenario that you are describing, the H5P specification would probably need to be changed, too.

Best,
Oliver

alco

Wed, 12/08/2021 - 22:47

Hi Otacke, thanks for the info. I guess the hope is that an iphone user clicks on a video inside the browser and the video pops out into full phone screen mode. But even with text app videos, that doesn't always work at least on my phone. 

I don't see why anyone would ever be interested in a Learning Record Store if the H5P video had to play inside a browser and could easily integrate, with, say, moodle.  Why would anyone want to send info to an LRS? 

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otacke

Thu, 12/09/2021 - 09:28

Hi alco!

There's a full screen mode that users can activate themselves. Going to full screen automatically is something that cannot be enforced by web based content (similar to auto-playing audio) as it is restricted by the browsers' policies. A result of aggressive online advertising.

There are plenty of H5P integrations that do not feature a gradebook like moodle and would benefit from a LRS. There are companies using multiple platforms for different things but want to keep track of user experiences across all of them and store and analyze the records in a uniform way and in a central space. And since xAPI is way more then just keeping track of scores, even on moodle there are good reasons to use a LRS.

Best,

Oliver