---
title: "Quiz import and export settings"
slug: "quiz-import-and-export-settings"
tags: ["Totara Learn", "Content Creator", "Reference"]
updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:17Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:17Z
canonical: "totara.help/quiz-import-and-export-settings"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://totara.help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quiz import and export settings

## Import settings

When [importing quiz questions](/totara-20/docs/import-and-export-quiz-questions) into a quiz activity you can configure the following settings.

| **Setting** | **Description** | **Notes** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| File format | Select the format of the file you wish to import. Choose from: - **Aiken format:** This is a simple text format for importing multiple choice questions. - **Blackboard:** Enables questions saved in all Blackboard export formats to be imported via a .dat or ZIP file. For ZIP files, images import is supported. - [**Embedded answers (Cloze)**](/totara-20/docs/embedded-answer-cloze-quiz-question)**:** Enables the import of multi-type questions. - **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. | - |
| Import category | Use the dropdown list to select into which quiz category to import the questions. | - |
| Additional import options | To import additional information with the selected questions, select from: - Get category from file - Get context from file | - |
| 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. | - |
| Import questions from file | Use the file selector or drag and drop to upload the required file. | - |

## Export settings

When [exporting quiz questions](/totara-20/docs/import-and-export-quiz-questions) into a quiz activity you can configure the following settings.

| **Setting** | **Description** | **Notes** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| File format | 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 | - |
| Export category | From the dropdown list choose from which quiz category to export the questions. | Please see [question banks](/totara-20/docs/setting-up-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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