Export questions

Questions may be exported from the Quiz module and the Question bank in any one of 4 formats:

• GIFT format
• Moodle XML format
• IMS QTI 2.0 format
• XHTML format
• Word table format

Process

• Select the export tab.

Export tab in Question bank

• Select the output type required for the exported file.
• Use the pulldown menu to select the question category you want to export
• Check if you want the category name to exported and/or the context to be included. This only applies to some formats and is used to restore this information on import.
• Click on the export questions to file button
• The exported questions will be listed to the screen for confirmation.

Exported questions screen

• You are invited to download the file to your computer.

• The file has been saved in your course files (course admin block), backup>quiz.

Example uses of exported files

• GIFT and Moodle XML formats can be imported into the Lesson module And Question bank via an import question process.
• Exported question files on one server, can be imported into another Moodle site/server
• GIFT and Moodle XML formats can be tweaked to create word processing or spreadsheet documents suitable for paper tests or vetting.
• In case you want to convert your Moodle XML file into text format upload XML to http://moodle.heroku.com. It automatically generates *.txt with your questions

See also

• Moodle XML Converter to generate in and from XML.
• Website for converting Moodle Questions into tables in a Microsoft Word file, and vice versa.