Description
Questions may be exported from the Moodle Question Bank in the following formats: Aiken, GIFT, Moodle, and XHTML. This will allow the instructor to store questions on their computer or import questions into another Moodle Course or learning management system.
This Guide Will Help You to:
Export Questons from Question Bank
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From the course page, select More,
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Choose Question bank.
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In the Questions dropdown menu, select Export.
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Choose the desired File Format:
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Aiken - Simple format for multiple choice questions to a text file. (editable)
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GIFT - Complex format for multiple choice, true/false, short answer, matching, missing word, numerical, essay, to a text file. (editable)
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Moodle XML - Complex Moodle-specific format for importing into other Moodle courses. (non-editable)
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XHTML - Format enables all questions in the category to be exported to a single page of strict XHTML for possible use in another application. (non-editable)
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In the Export category field, choose the desired question bank category.
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Write category to file - If you want the category name to be included.
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Write context to file - If you want the context (course, general, or system level) to be included in the file.
Note: This only applies to some formats and is used to restore this information on import.
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Click Export questions to file.
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Follow the prompts of your Operating system to download and save the file.
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Click Continue.
Seek Further Assistance
For additional assistance, please contact the ITRC at (208) 282-5880 or itrc@isu.edu.
For more information, please visit Moodle.org: Export questions