In 2018, we transitioned our First-Year Writing (FYW) classrooms to OER-only materials to support all students and replace traditional textbooks. Our OER, A Guide to Rhetoric, Genre, and Success in First-Year Writing, was collaboratively developed by full-and part-time faculty at our urban university with the guidance of librarians and instructional content designers. In 2023, we received university support to create interactive ancillary materials using Pressbooks and H5P. These include quizzes, editing exercises, skill reviews, and case studies, offering students practice without grading pressure. Our presentation will detail the creation process (including challenges and constraints), offer examples of curriculum integration, share student survey responses, and invite audience discussion and feedback.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Explore existing H5P repositories and OERs
- Create an interactive activity using H5P in Pressbooks
- Develop Creative Commons licenses for remixed H5P interactive content
- Integrate the interactive H5P activity into a lesson
- Discuss the benefits and challenges of creating interactive materials using H5P
