Importing new questions

This function allows you to import questions from external text files.

Several common file formats are supported:

Missing word format

This format only supports multiple choice questions. Each answer is separated with a tilde (~), and the correct answer is prefixed with an equals sign (=). Here is an example:

> As soon as we begin to explore our body parts as infants we become students of {=anatomy and physiology ~reflexology ~science ~experiment}, and in a sense we remain students for life.

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IMS QTI format

The standard format for Question and Test Interoperability, from IMS.

Not yet implemented

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WebCT format

The format of files exported from WebCT.

Not yet implemented

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Custom format

If you have your own format that you need to import, you can implement it yourself by editing mod/quiz/format/custom.php

The amount of new code needed is quite small - just enough to parse a single question from given text.

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