Examview: Enables the import of questions from Examview 4 XML files. For newer versions of Examview, Blackboard format may be used.
Gift format: Enables the import of multiple-choice, true-false, short answer, matching, missing word, numerical and essay questions via text file.
Missing word format: Enables questions to be imported via text file.
Totara XML format: This is a Totara-specific format for importing and exporting questions.
WebCT format: Enables multiple-choice and short answer questions saved in WebCT's text-based format to be imported.
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Import category
Use the dropdown list to select into which quiz category to import the questions.
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Additional import options
To import additional information with the selected questions, select from:
Get category from file
Get context from file
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Match grades
If any imported grades do not match the fixed list of valid grades, select from:
Error if grade not listed: If a question contains any grades not found in the list an error is displayed and the question will not be imported
Nearest grade if not listed: If a grade is found that does not match a value in the list, the grade is changed to the closest matching value in the list
Valid grades are: 100, 90, 80, 75, 70, 66.666, 60, 50, 40, 33.333, 30, 25, 20, 16.666, 14.2857, 12.5, 11.111, 10, 5, 0, and negative values of these grades.
Stop on error
Determines whether the import process stops should an error be detected, resulting in no questions being imported, or whether any questions containing errors are ignored and all valid questions imported.
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Import questions from file
Use the file selector or drag and drop to upload the required file.
Select the export format of the file. Choose from:
Gift format: Gift format enables multiple choice, true/false, short answer, matching, missing word, numerical and essay questions to be imported or exported via text file
Totara XML format: This is a Totara-specific format for importing and exporting questions
XHTML format: XHTML format enables all questions in the category to be exported to a single page of strict XHTML for possible use in another application
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Export category
From the dropdown list choose from which quiz category to export the questions.
Please see question banks for more information on quiz categories.
Additional export options
To export additional information with the selected questions, select from:
Write category to file
Write context to file
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There are two courses in the Totara Academy about using quizzes in Totara Learn, Getting started with quizzes and Advanced quiz Using these courses you can learn more on how to use these features, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.
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