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Moodle XML Converter - free tool to create quizzes and glossaries for Moodle.
Moodle XML Converter - free tool to create quizzes and glossaries for Moodle.
First line is always a type of question. One blank line must be left between each question.
Converter supports Moodle Questions Types
Question Type | Keyword for Converter |
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Mulptiple choice | multichoice. Can be omitted. It is a default type of question |
Short Answer | shortanswer |
Essay | essay |
Description | description |
Embed Answers | cloze |
True/False | truefalse |
Numerical | numerical |
Match | matching |
Order | order. Requires additional module installed. See in Modules and Plugins page at Moodle.org |
There are some reserved words used to recognize answers and feedback. It is important to write them exactly as is shown in the table
Reserved Words | Meaning |
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Answer: | Correct Answer |
gfeed. | General Feedback |
feed.1. | Feedback for answer variants |
feedback: | Feedback for only correct answer |
Each item is either a number or a letter. Be sure you use the same type for all options within a file. For example:
multichoice Question 1 A. TextAnswer 1 B. TextAnswer 2 C. TextAnswer 3 Answer: B Question 2 A) TextAnswer 1 B) TextAnswer 2 C) TextAnswer 3 Answer: Bor
multichoice Question 1 1) TextAnswer 1 2) TextAnswer 2 3) TextAnswer 3 Answer: 2 Question 2 1. TextAnswer 1 2. TextAnswer 2 3. TextAnswer 3 Answer: 3
1) Choice option - if you use numbers for answers (1,2,3) select first variant [\d+]. If you wish to use letters
(a,b,c) use the second option - [a-z]
2) Shuffle answers - if checked your answers are shuffled within questions
3) Choose answer numbering for Moodle: abc, ABCD, 123, none
4.1. Push Create Moodle XML to view generated XML in Output
Or
4.2. Download XML without previewing
Some examples are shown here:
1. When must a Post Implementation Review take place? A. After every Change B. At the request of the person who submitted the Change request C. In case of emergency changes D. If another incident of the same type occurs again after a Change has been made Answer: A 2. When an organization decides to control the flow of incident information within the IT organization, which ITIL process would it be putting in place? A. Availability Management B. Change Management C. Incident Management D. Problem Management Answer: C, D
essay 3. The new role of social blogging in e-learning. gfeed. Write something about Twitter, Facebook from the aspects of teaching and colloboration.
shortanswer 4. Calculate: 2 + 2 Answer: 4, four
truefalse 5. The founder of "Apple" was Steve Joubs. Answer: True Feedback: Steve Jobs is the CEO of Apple, which he co-founded in 1976.
description 6. Open Office is the alternative to Microsoft Office.
cloze 7. Infrastructure <{1:MULTICHOICE:=Monitoring~Controlling~Service} will provide support teams with alerts directly allowing for faster resolution. Such alerts do not need to be recorded in the Incident Management tool as there is little added value in this {1:MULTICHOICE:=true~false}. Typically the incident will be resolved automatically before the customer recognises it.
You can see details about syntax of Cloze-type question here
numerical 8. How many books are in ITIL V3? Answer only with a number. Answer: 5
matching Match cities and countries 1. Yakutsk match: Russia 2. Tampere match: Finland 3. Harbin match: China
order 10. Place in ascending order 1. 200 2. 500 3. 100 Answer: 3,1,2
Download Sample.txt
This version converts a text file to XML. It should be formatted before inputting to generate XML. See Tutorial for more details. The default format is simple:
Entry1 Definition1 Entry2 Definition2
One empty line must be left between entries for this type of glossary. No need to encode in UTF8.
For Excel files use Concept TAB definition format. For samples see Glossary Tutorial
You can change type of glossary. By default it is dictionary.
Use special words to set categories and aliases >>
Download Sample1.txt