Importing new questions

This function allows you to import questions from external text files, uploaded through a form, or by choosing a suitable file already in the course Files area.

A note about character encodings

If your file contains non-ascii characters then it must use UTF-8 encoding. You may be able to select or convert to UTF-8 using your favourite editor, or it may be an option in the exporting software. XML based import formats will be handled automatically provided your Moodle server is running PHP 5.

A number of file formats are supported:

GIFT format

Aiken format

Missing Word

AON

Blackboard

Blackboard V6+

WebCT

Course Test Manager

Embedded answers (Cloze)

Learnwise format

Examview format

Moodle XML format

More formats are yet to come, including WebCT, IMS QTI and whatever else Moodle users can contribute!