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Introduction

At the end of the 2024-25 academic year, Georgian’s H5P license and integration with Blackboard will not be renewed. Faculty will continue to be able to source, adapt, and create H5P content through the eCampusOntario H5P Studio. 

eCampusOntario has an H5P studio that faculty across Ontario, from all public post-secondary institutions, can use to create, adapt, reuse and share H5P content (so long as the copyright allows!). Many faculty took advantage of this design space prior to Georgian integrating H5P into our own Blackboard, but then started creating directly in Blackboard. Now that our license will not be renewed, faculty are faced with having to move their content to the eCampusOntario H5P Studio if they would like to keep it. 

This article will explain how to move your H5P content from Georgian's H5P integration in Blackboard into the eCampusOntario H5P studio.

🗺️ Text Instructions

Here are step by step instructions for moving your H5P content from Georgian's H5P integration in Blackboard into the eCampusOntario H5P studio.

Download the H5P content:

Open your H5P content that is stored in Blackboard. Click the Reuse button found at the bottom left corner of the content. Click Download as an .h5p file.

Save the file in a location that you can easily find again.

If you do not see an option to Download as an .h5p file, please see Make your H5P content downloadable.

Upload to eCampusOntario:

Login to the eCampusOntario H5P Studio. If you do not already have an account, see What is the eCampusOntario H5P Studio? Click the Create button found near the top left corner of the page, and then click on Upload.

Upload the .h5p file you downloaded in a previous step, and click Use. Once the file has successfully uploaded, edit what you need to, and then click the Save button found at the top right-hand corner of the page. 

You can now link or embed the H5P content where you'd like in your Blackboard course. 

For more details on how to add H5P content to your Blackboard course, please see H5P Basics.