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Moodle XML format From MoodleDocs Main page ► Managing a Moodle course ► Questions ► Managing questions ► Export questions ► Moodle XML format Export questions GIFT format Moodle XML format XHTML format The XML Format is a Moodle-specific format for importing and exporting questions to be used with the Quiz module. The format has been developed within the Moodle Community but other software may it to a greater or lesser degree.
Contents 1 A word about validity (and CDATA) 2 Overall structure of XML file 3 Tags common to all question types 4 Multiple choice 5 True/false 6 Short answer 7 Numerical response 8 Matching 9 Essay 10 Other question types 10.1 Cloze 10.2 Description response type 10.3 Random matching 11 Text formats 12 Useful utilities 13 See also
A word about validity (and CDATA) The XML parser assumes that the XML file is well formed and does not detect or report errors. If it is not you are very likely to get unexpected errors. If you are hand-coding the XML file it is strongly recommended that you it through some sort of XML verifier before importing into Moodle. A simple way to do this is to open 1 of 7
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the XML file using Firefox or Internet Explorer. Note particularly that embedded HTML fragments should be within CDATA sections (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDATA) . CDATA example:
<![CDATA[ Now I can include <strong>any HTML that I
wish. Without the CDATA, the HTML tags would break the XML!! ]]>
Overall structure of XML file The file is enclosed by tags as follows. It is important to make sure the xml-line is really the first line of the file. A blank first line turns your otherwise compliant file into a source of frustration.
. . .
Within the
tags are any number of
tags. One of these
tags can be a dummy question with a category type to specify a category for the import/export.
$course$/XXXX
Where XXXX is the new category name. If the category exists, the question(s) will be added to the existing course; otherwise a new category will be created. This only works if you have "Get category from file" checked. Multiple categories can be specified in the same file. Just add another dummy 'category' question each time you would like to establish a new category and the questions that follow it will be placed there. The file must be encoded in UTF8 Moodle XML import and export are balanced in functionality, so if you need to understand the format you can simply create some questions and export them to see what it looks like.
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Tags common to all question types A question is written as follows.
Name of question
What is the answer to this question?
. . .
"Format" selects the Formatting options for the question text. The options are html (the default), moodle_auto_format, plain_text and markdown. The choice effects the way in which the text will be displayed. Further tags, which usually include at least one
tag, follow in the space marked with dots as child nodes to the
tag. The response-related tags are listed further down on this page. Various (optional?) tags are possible. penalty general defaultgrade hidden The
![]()
tag contains the url of any included image. Nested within the
![]()
tag may be an
tag which contains the actual image data encoded in base64 [1] (http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.base64-encode.php) . In the following question type examples the common parts of the question are not shown to improve clarity. It's a good idea to export some examples yourself to see a full example.
Multiple choice MC questions have one
tag for each choice. Each choice can carry and score weighting (by using the fraction attribute). In addition, an MC question has the following tags: single (values: true/false) shuffleanswers (values: 1/0) correct partiallycorrect incorrect answernumbering (allowed values: 'none', 'abc', 'ABCD' or '123') The <single> tag is used to distinguish single response (radio button) and multiple 3 of 7
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response (checkbox) variants.
The correct answer
<>
Correct!
>
A distractor
<>
Ooops!
>
Another distractor
<>
Ooops!
>
<shuffleanswers>1 <single>true
abc
True/false Two answer tags are given, one which is true, and one which is false. The fraction attribute of the answer tag identifies which option is correct (100) and which is false (0). is ed. The following example shows the format when true is the correct answer and false is wrong.
true
<>
Correct!
>
false
<>
Ooops!
>
Short answer The short answer question type s alternative correct responses, each with its own weighting and . The Moodle XML format uses one
tag for each of the alternative correct answers. The <usecase> tag toggles case-sensitivity with the values 1/0.
The correct answer
<>
Correct!
>
The correct answer
<>
Correct!
>
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An alternative answer
<>
Correct!
>
Numerical response The following is a simplified version of the Moodle XML format for numerical responses.
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Moodle also s a
tag (how accurate must the number be?) and one or more
tags. Unit tags have names and multipliers. E.g. if the main answer is in kilometres, an additional answer could be the equivalent in metres with a multiplier of 1000. Note: prior to 1.7.2 the fraction was expressed as a value between 0 and 1 in a
element and the answer value was not enclosed in
tags. This format of the numerical question type is deprecated but will still be correctly imported if found (for now).
Matching Pair matching responses use the <shuffleanswers> tag to determine whether the order of the items should be randomized. Each pair is contained inside a <subquestion> tag. The first item of each pair is contained with a
tag, while the second has an
tag around it as well. and score weighting is not ed by Moodle for this response type.
<subquestion>
This is the 1st item in the
This is the 2nd item in
<subquestion>
This is the 1st item in the
This is the 2nd item in
<shuffleanswers>true
1st pair. the 1st pair.
2nd pair.
the 2nd pair.
Essay An example of the essay type question...
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There isn't an answer and there isn't a grade in this case. Note: prior to 1.7.2 the fraction was expressed as a value between 0 and 1 in a
element and the answer value was not enclosed in
tags. This format of the essay question type is deprecated but will still be correctly imported if found (for now).
Other question types Cloze It is ed, and depends on a special format for the
tag.
Description response type This response type has no further tags other than those contained in the question header (such as
).
Random matching Moodle has a question type which consists of taking short answer questions in the same quiz and displaying them as a pair matching exercise. However Moodle is neither able to export nor import this question type.
Text formats Moodle XML files should explicity specify the text format (html, moodle_auto_format, plain_text and markdown - these correspond to the constants , FORMAT_HTML, FORMAT_MOODLE, etc used in the Moodle code) for each piece of content. Note that, by default, the format should be specified on the parent of the
element. This is slightly odd, but a remnant of history. If the format is not specified for the questiontext, then html is the default. If the format is not specified on any other part of the question, then the format of the questiontext is the default. (This default changed around November 2011. Before that, the default was moodle_auto_format whenever the format was not specified.)
Useful utilities
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Online Moodle XML converter (http://vletools.com) Convert from existing text files glossaries and quizzes to Moodle XML format. Also can convert from Moodle XMl to text. Word Template for generating Moodle XML (http://finemetronome.com /moodle/) . MoodleXMLBuilder (http://www.nashcc.edu/moodlexmlbuilder) converts commonly-used test generator output into Moodle XML. MoodleXMLBuilder currently s converting tests and question banks created in Blackboard, ExamView, TestGen, and EZTest. Images are fully ed within all question fields where images are allowed within the Moodle quiz module.
See also Quedoc's Moodle XML documentation (http://www.qedoc.org /en/index.php?title=Moodle_XML_format) Aiken format XML FAQ Import and export FAQ Retrieved from "http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Moodle_XML_format" Category: Questions This page was last modified on 10 January 2012, at 11:47. Content is available under GNU General Public License.
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Moodle XML format From MoodleDocs Main page ► Managing a Moodle course ► Questions ► Managing questions ► Export questions ► Moodle XML format Export questions GIFT format Moodle XML format XHTML format The XML Format is a Moodle-specific format for importing and exporting questions to be used with the Quiz module. The format has been developed within the Moodle Community but other software may it to a greater or lesser degree.
Contents 1 A word about validity (and CDATA) 2 Overall structure of XML file 3 Tags common to all question types 4 Multiple choice 5 True/false 6 Short answer 7 Numerical response 8 Matching 9 Essay 10 Other question types 10.1 Cloze 10.2 Description response type 10.3 Random matching 11 Text formats 12 Useful utilities 13 See also
A word about validity (and CDATA) The XML parser assumes that the XML file is well formed and does not detect or report errors. If it is not you are very likely to get unexpected errors. If you are hand-coding the XML file it is strongly recommended that you it through some sort of XML verifier before importing into Moodle. A simple way to do this is to open 1 of 7
Moodle XML format - MoodleDocs
the XML file using Firefox or Internet Explorer. Note particularly that embedded HTML fragments should be within CDATA sections (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDATA) . CDATA example:
wish. Without the CDATA, the HTML tags would break the XML!! ]]>
Overall structure of XML file The file is enclosed by tags as follows. It is important to make sure the xml-line is really the first line of the file. A blank first line turns your otherwise compliant file into a source of frustration.
Within the
Where XXXX is the new category name. If the category exists, the question(s) will be added to the existing course; otherwise a new category will be created. This only works if you have "Get category from file" checked. Multiple categories can be specified in the same file. Just add another dummy 'category' question each time you would like to establish a new category and the questions that follow it will be placed there. The file must be encoded in UTF8 Moodle XML import and export are balanced in functionality, so if you need to understand the format you can simply create some questions and export them to see what it looks like.
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Tags common to all question types A question is written as follows.
"Format" selects the Formatting options for the question text. The options are html (the default), moodle_auto_format, plain_text and markdown. The choice effects the way in which the text will be displayed. Further tags, which usually include at least one
Multiple choice MC questions have one
Moodle XML format - MoodleDocs
response (checkbox) variants.
True/false Two answer tags are given, one which is true, and one which is false. The fraction attribute of the answer tag identifies which option is correct (100) and which is false (0). is ed. The following example shows the format when true is the correct answer and false is wrong.
Short answer The short answer question type s alternative correct responses, each with its own weighting and . The Moodle XML format uses one
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Numerical response The following is a simplified version of the Moodle XML format for numerical responses.
Moodle also s a
Matching Pair matching responses use the <shuffleanswers> tag to determine whether the order of the items should be randomized. Each pair is contained inside a <subquestion> tag. The first item of each pair is contained with a
1st pair.
2nd pair.
Essay An example of the essay type question...
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There isn't an answer and there isn't a grade in this case. Note: prior to 1.7.2 the fraction was expressed as a value between 0 and 1 in a
Other question types Cloze It is ed, and depends on a special format for the
Description response type This response type has no further tags other than those contained in the question header (such as
Random matching Moodle has a question type which consists of taking short answer questions in the same quiz and displaying them as a pair matching exercise. However Moodle is neither able to export nor import this question type.
Text formats Moodle XML files should explicity specify the text format (html, moodle_auto_format, plain_text and markdown - these correspond to the constants , FORMAT_HTML, FORMAT_MOODLE, etc used in the Moodle code) for each piece of content. Note that, by default, the format should be specified on the parent of the
Useful utilities
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Moodle XML format - MoodleDocs
Online Moodle XML converter (http://vletools.com) Convert from existing text files glossaries and quizzes to Moodle XML format. Also can convert from Moodle XMl to text. Word Template for generating Moodle XML (http://finemetronome.com /moodle/) . MoodleXMLBuilder (http://www.nashcc.edu/moodlexmlbuilder) converts commonly-used test generator output into Moodle XML. MoodleXMLBuilder currently s converting tests and question banks created in Blackboard, ExamView, TestGen, and EZTest. Images are fully ed within all question fields where images are allowed within the Moodle quiz module.
See also Quedoc's Moodle XML documentation (http://www.qedoc.org /en/index.php?title=Moodle_XML_format) Aiken format XML FAQ Import and export FAQ Retrieved from "http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Moodle_XML_format" Category: Questions This page was last modified on 10 January 2012, at 11:47. Content is available under GNU General Public License.
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