1. Moodle GIFT Question Format
Simple text markup for importing and exporting quiz and lesson questions for Moodle
der.hans
ScaLE 9x : OSSIE
2011Feb26

2. /whois der.hans
Over 15 years as sysadmin, programmer, analyst, digital janitor
adjunct instructor at Mesa Community College
currently WFH sysadmin
founder of ABLEconf
founder of the Free Software Stammtisch
chairman of Phoenix Linux Users Group

3. What is Moodle? CMS/LMS/VLE Course Management System
Learning Management System
Virtual Learning Environment
“Course Management System for Online Learning”

4. What is GIFT?
Plain text markup for importing and exporting questions with Moodle
Moodle-specific

5. Capabilities Import and Export questions Quizzes and Lessons Feedback
Categories
Question Names
Weighted Answers
Case-sensitive answers

6. Supported Question Types
MCSA
MCMA TF
Matching
Numerical Answers
Essay
Description

7. Multiple Choice Single Answer
What question type does GIFT not support? {
=Calculated
~MCSA
~MCMA
~Short Answer
~Matching }

8. Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
What question types does GIFT support? {
~%-50%Calculated
~%25%MCSA
~%25%MCMA
~%25%Short Answer
~%25%Matching }

9. True-False
Moodle is a web-based course management system. {T}

10. Short Answer GIFT supports { =MCSA =MCMA =True-False =Short Answer
=Matching
=Essay }
question formats.

11. Matching Match the format name with its acronym. {
=MCSA -> Multiple Choice Single Answer
=MCMA -> Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
=T/F -> True-False }

12. Numerical Questions
ScaLE 9x is in the year {#
=2011:0
=%50%2011:2 }

13. Essay
Name 3 formats supported by GIFT. {}

14. Description
No answer part, just text

15. Missing Word Option for all question types
Puts a blank line in the question where the answer would appear

16. Feedback MCSA questions have how many correct answers? { =1 # Correct
=2 # MCSA == Multiple Choice Single Answer, so only one correct answer
=Many # MCSA == Multiple Choice Single Answer, so only one correct answer, MCMA would have many correct answers }

17. Categories
$CATEGORY: Moodle
$CATEGORY: Moodle/GIFT

18. Question Names
::Moodle is CMS:: Moodle is a web-based course management system. {T}

19. Weighted Answers This presentation is about { =GIFT
~%50%Moodle #What specific part of Moodle?
~Presents #No. GIFT }

20. Case-sensitive Answers
$question->usecase = 0; // Ignore case
This presentation is about {
=GIFT
~%50%Moodle #What specific part of Moodle?
~%75%gift #I say case matters, it's GIFT
~Presents #No, GIFT }

21. Tips Use blank lines for seperation
When using a word processor, make sure to save as plain text
Case-sensitivity and Category stay in effect until changed
Import GIFT to Moodle, then export to other formats

22. Resources GIFT Format Documentation http://docs.moodle.org/en/GIFT
OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice GIFT Template
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