Export questions

Questions may be exported from the Quiz module and the Question bank in any one of 3 formats:

• GIFT format
• Moodle XML format
• XHTML format

In addition, questions may be exported into Word format using a contributed plugin, Word table format. These can then be easily used to create paper tests.

Process

• Click Settings>Quiz Administration>Question bank>Export.

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

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.