Release Note
April 2026
Dates
- US: April 27th, around 2:00 AM PT
- Canada: April 27th, around 2:00 AM PT
- Australia: April 28th, around 2:00 AM AEST
- Europe: April 28th, around 6:00 AM GMT
Highlights
Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) – Coming Soon
We are preparing the updated Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) for H5P Group in 2026, aligned with WCAG 2.2 Level A/AA, Revised Section 508 (2017), and EN 301 549 V3.2.1 (2021-03). These standards also support alignment with requirements under ADA Title II.
As part of our ongoing accessibility work, we recently completed an independent audit against WCAG 2.2 AA, and we’re committed to meeting WCAG 2.2 AA over time through regular, incremental updates across our content types and workflows.
The initial scope of this report will focus on the learner-facing experience for 26 H5P content types. These content types are among those recently updated with a new look and feel, including Interactive Book. The authoring experience will be addressed separately as part of future modernization efforts.
The ACR is planned to be published and made publicly available in late April to early May 2026 and will be updated periodically as additional content types are modernized and accessibility improvements are rolled out.
Content Type improvements
The following updates in this release are available only for content types using the new look and feel, which is built on new design foundations that enables a more consistent and accessible experience going forward. Legacy versions will continue to work as before, but will not receive these updates. Therefore, the new look and feel must be enabled at the organisation level by an administrator to access these updates. Instructions are available here: https://help.h5p.com/hc/en-us/articles/27671687770141-New-Content-Look-and-Feel.
Interactive Video and Video: Keep videos playing while you scroll
What’s possible now?
Authors can now decide whether a Video or Interactive Video should pause when it’s scrolled out of view, or keep playing in the background. This makes it easier to support “listen while you scroll” usage: learners can keep listening to explanations while reading instructions, transcripts, or related content further down the page, without the video pausing unexpectedly.
How to enable it
In the Video or Interactive Video editor:
Open or create a Video / Interactive Video.
Go to the video behavioral / playback settings.
Turn on the “Deactivate auto-pause” option to let the video continue playing while the learner scrolls, or keep them off as before.
Backward compatibility
Existing Video and Interactive Video content continues to behave exactly as before. For existing content, “Deactivate auto-pause” stays off by default; authors must explicitly turn it on per activity if they want continuous playback.
Interactive Video: "Tap to play / pause" on HTML5 video
What’s possible now?
In Interactive Video, learners can now simply tap or click anywhere on the HTML5 video itself to play or pause (for uploaded / direct MP4 or WebM sources). The existing play/pause controls still work as before.
This makes Interactive Video feel more like modern video players learners are used to, reducing friction and making it easier to quickly start and stop playback during learning activities.
How to enable it
No action is needed. For Interactive Videos that use uploaded video files or direct links to MP4/WebM, tap‑to‑play / tap‑to‑pause now works by default.
Note, Interactions and overlays on top of the video still behave as normal and clicking them will not accidentally start/stop the video unless they are designed to do so.
Backward compatibility
All existing Interactive Videos continue to work as before, now with the added ability to tap/click the video area to play/pause.
There is no change to non‑HTML5 video providers embedded via remote iframes where taps/clicks can’t be detected the same way.
Accessibility Improvements for WCAG 2.2 AA
The following updates in this release are available only for content types using the new look and feel, which is built on new design foundations that enables a more consistent and accessible experience going forward. Legacy versions will continue to work as before, but will not receive these updates. Therefore, the new look and feel must be enabled at the organisation level by an administrator to access these updates. Instructions are available here: https://help.h5p.com/hc/en-us/articles/27671687770141-New-Content-Look-and-Feel.
Based on the results of our recent WCAG 2.2 AA audit and the upcoming Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR), we’re prioritizing and rolling out ongoing accessibility improvements across our content types and workflows, including the updates listed below.
Screen readers now announce the correct answer in Single Choice Set
In Single Choice Set, when “auto‑continue” is enabled and a learner selects a wrong answer, screen readers now clearly announce which answer should have been chosen before moving on. This helps blind and low‑vision learners understand their mistakes instead of the feedback being cut off by the automatic move to the next question.
Dialog Cards respect “reduce motion” for simpler animations
When learners have “reduce motion” turned on in their operating system, Dialog Cards will no longer use large sliding animations when moving between cards. Instead, navigation between cards is calmer and less distracting, which reduces motion‑related discomfort and makes Dialog Cards more comfortable for learners who are sensitive to movement or animation.
Audio player no longer overflows at high zoom
When the full‑width audio player is used (for example in True/False or Mark the Words) and a learner zooms the page up to 400%, the audio controls now stay fully within the activity frame instead of overflowing or being cut off. This makes it easier for low‑vision learners who rely on high zoom to reach and use the play/pause and other controls.
Documentation Tool has a clear label for “Remove” button
In the Documentation Tool, on the Goals page, the small “X” Remove goal button is now properly labelled for screen readers and has an accessible tooltip. Learners using assistive technologies will clearly hear what the button does (for example, “Remove goal”) instead of only hearing a vague or incomplete title.
Hotfixes since last release
2026-03-26 - Hotfix for Flashcards breaking on new design when only a single card is used.
2026-04-08 - Hotfix for Crossroads (in Interactive Video) failing to open when using the legacy design.
2026-04-09 - Hotfix for Branching Scenario not using the latest Interactive Video version.
2026-04-09 - Hotfix for Drag and Drop issues in Course Presentation (visibility) and accessibility fixes.