Using Creator+ features in your LEARN course
This article provides steps to use the Creator+ features in your LEARN course.
Please note: Creator+ features are only available from the Create a File option
First you must create a module in the course content area.
Next, “Create a file”, this is the only place Creator+ features can be used in a LEARN course.
From the “Create a file” page, you will see an option to Select a document template, there are four Creator+ specific templates available.
If you want to insert an element, use the Creator+ icon in the HTML editor bar and choose to insert an element, a practice element, select a different layout for the page or insert an H5P interactive.
Using the insert Element option will allow you to add the below Elements to your HTML page.
If you choose to insert a Practice element, you will see the below list of Practice elements available. The elements with the symbol to the right of the practice type include D2L’s Creator+ Lumi AI tool.
If you choose to use Layouts, you will see the below options available.
New for Spring 2025 is the addition of H5P Interactives.
Selecting the H5P Interactives menu option will open a popup window where H5P will be available. On the left hand side, you will see My Content tab where all content you create will be available, Shared with me tab where all content others have shared with you will be visible and the All Content tab where there is a folder of templates and examples of H5P interactives.
To create H5P content inside Creator+, click the Add Content button to see the question types available. Click on the specific question type to create it. Once complete, click the Save or Save and Insert button.
If you want to create a question type available from the templates folder, click the three dots to the right of the template and choose Clone to make a copy of the template.
Once the cloned version is created you can then edit the template as you see fit. Once done, click the Clone and Insert or the Clone button.
Next, click the Insert button to add the Interactive to the page, then click Save and Close. You will now see the H5P interactive in LEARN. This interactive can be edited by clicking the Edit link with the pencil icon in the top left hand corner.
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