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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 | The Aiken format is a very simple way of creating multiple choice questions using a clear human-readable format in a text file. (The [[GIFT format|GIFT format]] has many more options and perhaps is less prone to errors, but doesn't look as straight-forward as AIKEN. ) The question must be all on one line. Each answer must start with a single uppercase letter, followed by a period '.' or a bracket ')', then a space. The answer line must immediately follow, starting with "ANSWER: " (NOTE the space after the colon) and then giving the appropriate letter. | ||
IMPORTANT NOTES: | |||
* You have to save the file in a '''text format'''. Don't save it as a Word document or anything like that. | |||
* Non-ASCII characters like 'quotes' can cause import errors. To avoid this always save your text file in [[UTF-8|UTF-8 format]] (most text editors, even Word, will ask you). | |||
* The answer letters (A,B,C etc.) and the word "ANSWER" '''must''' be capitalised as shown below, otherwise the import will fail. | |||
Here is an example of the format: | |||
<pre>What is the correct answer to this question? | <pre>What is the correct answer to this question? | ||
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ANSWER: A</pre> | ANSWER: A</pre> | ||
Both these examples imported into Moodle | Both these examples imported into Moodle gave questions looking like: | ||
<div class="note"> | |||
Which LMS has the most quiz import formats? | |||
Choose one answer. | |||
* a. Blackboard | |||
* b. WebCT | |||
* c. ATutor | |||
* d. Moodle | |||
* e. Claroline | |||
* f. Ilias | |||
</div> | |||
=== Importing === | |||
When importing there are many options, but these do not influence Aiken Format import: | |||
* Get category from file [_] | |||
* Get context from file [_] | |||
* Match grades [Error if grade not listed/Nearest grade if not listed] | |||
* Stop on error [Yes/No] | |||
===Hints and Tips=== | ===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). | * 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|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). | ||
*[http://moodle.heroku.com Moodle XML Converter] - more extensive version of AIKEN format. Supports almost all Moodle questions types - multichoice, shortanswer, cloze, essay, order, matching, numeric, truefalse | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:Questions]] | [[Category:Questions]] | ||
[[Category:Quiz]] | |||
[[de:AIKEN]] | |||
[[es:Formato Aiken]] | |||
[[fr:Format Aiken]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:54, 29 August 2015
The Aiken format is a very simple way of creating multiple choice questions using a clear human-readable format in a text file. (The GIFT format has many more options and perhaps is less prone to errors, but doesn't look as straight-forward as AIKEN. ) The question must be all on one line. Each answer must start with a single uppercase letter, followed by a period '.' or a bracket ')', then a space. The answer line must immediately follow, starting with "ANSWER: " (NOTE the space after the colon) and then giving the appropriate letter.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- You have to save the file in a text format. Don't save it as a Word document or anything like that.
- Non-ASCII characters like 'quotes' can cause import errors. To avoid this always save your text file in UTF-8 format (most text editors, even Word, will ask you).
- The answer letters (A,B,C etc.) and the word "ANSWER" must be capitalised as shown below, otherwise the import will fail.
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 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
Importing
When importing there are many options, but these do not influence Aiken Format import:
- Get category from file [_]
- Get context from file [_]
- Match grades [Error if grade not listed/Nearest grade if not listed]
- Stop on error [Yes/No]
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).
- Moodle XML Converter - more extensive version of AIKEN format. Supports almost all Moodle questions types - multichoice, shortanswer, cloze, essay, order, matching, numeric, truefalse
