Timeline
The Timeline content type displays a series of events in chronological order, each with its date, headline, and text. The AI generates every event from the teacher's prompt, and can illustrate them with generated images.
AI-generated configuration
| Setting | Description | Possible values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of events | How many events the timeline contains. | Any requested amount (no cap) | 4 to 10 when no amount is requested |
| Date format | The precision of each event's date. | Year only, or full date (day, month, and year) | Year only; full dates when the prompt provides or requests exact dates |
| Event images | AI-generated image per event. | Generated / not generated | Follows the Generate images toggle of the AI modal |
Generated content
- One event per milestone, in chronological order, each with its date, its headline, and its text.
- One generated image per event when the images toggle is active.
Rules and behavior
- Timeline is one of the types that respect the Generate images toggle of the AI modal: with the toggle ON, events carry a generated image; with it OFF, events come without images — and that is not a failure.
- Without a syllabus, the dates must match real historical facts.
- When the prompt gives exact dates (day and month), the events use the full date format instead of year only.
- Requested exact event amounts are generated exactly, without trimming, since events have no cap (e.g. asking for twenty-five milestones produces exactly twenty-five), keeping the chronological order.
Example prompts
Without syllabus
A base timeline with about seven milestones, year-format dates matching real historical facts, and generated images when the toggle is on:
I need an H5P timeline on the milestones of aviation for the History of Technology course: from the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 to the first commercial jet flight in 1952 and the Concorde in 1969. About seven milestones with an explanation of each.
A timeline whose events use full dates (day, month, and year) instead of year only:
Prepare an H5P timeline of the Apollo 11 mission for the Astronomy course, with exact dates: the launch on July 16, 1969, the arrival in lunar orbit, the Moon landing on July 20, and the return on July 24.
With syllabus
A high exact amount of events honored in full, drawn from all the units of the uploaded document:
Make me an H5P timeline with twenty-five milestones taken from all the units of the syllabus I uploaded, from beginning to end.