Import Questions
Online Documentation ANGEL 7.2 > Lessons Tab > Import Questions
To import questions from a word processing document, perform the following steps:
- Click the Add Question hyperlink (located on the quiz toolbar).
- Click the Import Questions hyperlink or icon (
). The Import Questions page appears. - Replace the sample text in the Import Questions text field with the question text copied from your source document.
- Each question must begin on a new line.
- The first line of each question must start with ‘Q:’ or the question number followed by a period (‘1.’, ‘2.’, ‘3.’, etc.).
- If the question has choices the choices must immediately follow the question text.
- Each choice must be on a line by itself.
- Each choice must begin with a choice letter followed by a period (‘A.’, ‘B.’, ‘C.’, etc.).
- Use the Choice, Open-ended, and Points drop-down lists to specify the default point value and question format for choice type questions and open-ended type questions.
- Click the OK button.
You may copy, paste, and import more than one question at a time. However, the pasted question text must follow the format of the sample question text as shown.
The question text must conform to the following specifications:
The following optional settings can be added after the question and choices. Each setting must be on a line by itself and follow the format SettingName: SettingValue. See the image below for a formatting example.
Setting |
Description |
ANSWER: |
For choice questions type the letter of each correct choice separated by commas. For open-ended questions type the actual answer text. |
POINTS: |
The integer point value for the question. For Multiple Select questions this is the value of each correct choice. |
IMAGE: |
The URL of an image to display before the question text. |
FEEDBACK: |
Text to display after the user submits the quiz. |
TYPE: |
Identifies the specific question format to use. |
SH |
Section Heading |
MC |
Multiple Choice |
MS |
Multiple Select |
TF |
True/False |
SA |
Short Answer |
FB |
Fill-in-the-blank |
ES |
Essay |
OI |
Offline Item |
To specify ‘x’ number of questions in a section heading you can use the format section heading SELECT:# where # is the number of questions to select from this section. 
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