Import spreadsheet data into an H5P content type

Submitted by Catherine Mclean on Tue, 10/07/2025 - 16:48
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Hi there, 

One of our academics is wondering if there are any H5P content types that allow importing from Excel? She works in our Medical School and has a list of 50 pathogens that she would like to make more interactive (by using H5P). Does anyone have any advice on whether or not this is possible? Has it been done before? 

Many thanks in advance. 

Catherine Mclean

Mon, 12/08/2025 - 12:18

Any responses to this please? Even if it's just to say that it's not possible. 

Looking at the other Forum posts, they all have replies. I would appreciate some kind of response to this. 

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BV52

Mon, 12/08/2025 - 17:15

Hi Catherine,

This is not possible within the features of H5P. However, there may be some customization from the community that may make this possible. Hopefully, if someone has done so they will provide additional insight into this. 

-BV

Catherine Mclean

Tue, 12/09/2025 - 10:37

Many thanks for responding. 

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otacke

Mon, 12/08/2025 - 23:13

Well, this is a community forum. If nobody in the community knows an answer or if nobody has free time to spare or if they think the subject is boring or ..., then you may in fact not get an answer.

Some content types have a textual editor option, e. g. SingleChoiceSet, QuestionSet, Vocabulary Drill and IdeaBoard. I don't know what the input in Excel looks like, but maybe it's possible to reformat the Excel table as needed and then to use it as input for the textual editor. Or you can use an AI service to read the excel file and to get output suitable for these textual editor fields, cmp. https://h5p.test.schulcloud-thueringen.de/ai

Catherine Mclean

Tue, 12/09/2025 - 10:38

Thanks for your passive agressive response. 

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otacke

Tue, 12/09/2025 - 17:19

You're welcome :-D