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

Process

• Select the export tab.

Export tab in Question bank

• Select the file type for the exported file.
• Use the pulldown menu to select the question category
• Check if you want the category name to exported and/or the context (Course is a context).
• Click on the export questions to file button
• An HTML popup window will show you the questions which have been exported.

Exported questions screen

• 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

• Website for converting Moodle Questions into tables in a Microsoft Word file, and vice versa.