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F) Ilias | F) Ilias | ||
ANSWER: A</pre> | ANSWER: A</pre> | ||
Both these examples imported into Moodle (1.9) gave questions looking like: | |||
Which LMS has the most quiz import formats? | |||
Choose one answer. | |||
a. Blackboard | |||
b. WebCT | |||
c. ATutor | |||
d. Moodle | |||
e. Claroline | |||
f. Ilias | |||
so it apparently accepted even F) and ignored if it was a or A. | |||
===Hints and Tips=== | ===Hints and Tips=== | ||
* Use a text editor to write the questions. | * Use a text editor, like PSPad, (Windows "notepad" may not save with right encoding) to write the file with questions and save as a TXT file in UTF-8 format. Use only simple ' not slant ones ´ ` ! Avoid other exotic characters like … HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS (http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2026/index.htm, three dots as a single character). | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 11:54, 15 November 2008
The Aiken format is a very simple way of creating multiple choice questions using a clear human-readable format. The question must be all on one line. Each answer must start with a single-letter character, followed by a period '.' or a bracket ')', then a space. The answer line must immediately follow, starting with "ANSWER:" and then giving the appropriate letter. Here is an example of the format:
What is the correct answer to this question? A. Is it this one? B. Maybe this answer? C. Possibly this one? D. Must be this one! ANSWER: D Which LMS has the most quiz import formats? A) Moodle B) ATutor C) Claroline D) Blackboard E) WebCT F) Ilias ANSWER: A
Both these examples imported into Moodle (1.9) gave questions looking like:
Which LMS has the most quiz import formats? Choose one answer. a. Blackboard b. WebCT c. ATutor d. Moodle e. Claroline f. Ilias
so it apparently accepted even F) and ignored if it was a or A.
Hints and Tips
- Use a text editor, like PSPad, (Windows "notepad" may not save with right encoding) to write the file with questions and save as a TXT file in UTF-8 format. Use only simple ' not slant ones ´ ` ! Avoid other exotic characters like … HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS (http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2026/index.htm, three dots as a single character).
