Import questions
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If you have questions from a textbook question bank, or if you don’t want to use the web interface to create your questions, you can import them from a text file. Moodle supports eight formats natively, and provides an easy way of creating new importers if you know a little PHP.
Once you get to know a format, it may be easier to simply type them into a text file than to use the web interface. You can just keep typing instead of waiting for new web pages to load for each question.
The formats available by default include:
GIFT
- With GIFT format you can write multiple-choice, true-false, short answer, matching and numerical questions.
File:Gift.jpg
screen shot from quiz help file documentation
Aiken
- Aiken format is an easy way of writing multiple-choice questions for import. It’s a very easy, readable format.
screen shot from quiz help file documentation
Missing Word
- If you’re going to write a lot of missing word multiple choice questions, the missing word format is an easy way to create them.
File:Missing word.jpg
screen shot from quiz help file documentation
AON
- The same as the missing word format, except it creates matching questions from the multiple choice questions. ;Sample of the formatting here.
Blackboard
- If you’re converting from Blackboard to Moodle, you can export your course and then import the question pools into Moodle using the Blackboard format.
WebCT
- Currently, the WebCT format only supports importing multiple-choice and short answers questions
Course Test Manager
- This will enable you to import questions from the Course Test Manager from Course Technology
Embedded Answers (Cloze)
- The Cloze format is a multiple question, multiple answer question with embedded answers. They can be a bit tricky to develop, but they are a unique way of asking questions
Moodle XML
Need an example with an embeded image or the DTD posted here.
The help file available from the help button next to the import file button gives a lot of detail about each format.
