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Quiz Text File

Instead of creating individual questions in WebCT, you can set up multiple questions in a text file and import the file into a quiz.

The Quiz Text File is designed to assist you in creating multiple quiz questions. You will need to add the Quiz/Survey Tool to your WebCT unit and create a new quiz, before setting up the Quiz Text File.

• Download the Quiz Text File
• Edit the Text File
• Import Quiz Questions into WebCT

Download the Quiz Text File

The Quiz Text File must adhere to a predefined format such as:

You can download and edit the Quiz Text File, or create a new file based on the above format.

Edit the Quiz Text File

Once you have downloaded the Quiz Text File,

• Open quiz_text.txt using your text editing software. Suitable software includes Notepad or Microsoft Word
• Edit the file to include your own Quiz questions.

Specific help on editing each Question type is available. Multiple Choice, Paragraph, Short Answer and Matching Question formats can be included in the Quiz Text File. Calculated Questions need to be created in WebCT's Quiz/Survey Tool. You must be careful not to introduce extra spaces and observe case sensitivity of the field name in the format of the file.

You must also be aware that Murdoch Policy does not allow negative marks (e.g. -200) to be assigned to assessable questions.

When you have added all the questions to your file,

• Save the file in .txt or Text Only format
• Proceed to upload the file into WebCT

Importing Quiz Questions into WebCT

Your edited Quiz Text File will need to be uploaded into WebCT and then the questions are imported into the Quiz.

• From your WebCT unit's Homepage, browse to the Quiz/Survey Tool
• Go to the Questions Database
• From the Designer Menu, choose Import questions from file (see below)

• Select Browse to view the File Browser.

• Browse to your computer and click on the text file's filename
• Select the folder where you would like to save the file
• Click the Upload button
• Choose Add Selected.

In the Import from File screen:

• Click Import
• A confirmation screen will allow you to preview your questions
• If the questions are displayed correctly, click the Continue button to finish the importing process.