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How Can I Add Lots of Multiple Choice Questions to a Question Bank at Once?

  1. Open a blank Notepad.
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  2. Write the question on the first line.
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  3. Write the options for the question on the bottom lines.
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  4. No matter how long the questions and their answers are, they must be entered on a single line. Questions and answers that do not fit on a single line and go down to the bottom line may cause you to get an error during the Import process.

    Important Reminder: Capital letters and parentheses should be used while writing the choices, different usages may cause errors

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    Sample of incorrect usages
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  5. Write the correct option on the bottom line. You can add as many new questions and options as you want in the same way as here.
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  6. Write the other questions one after the other in the same format and save the file as .txt extension.Çok-Sayıda-QBank-5 

  7. Open the course LMS page where you will import the questions.

  8. Click on the "Question Bank" from the Course Administration tab in the left menu and then click on the "Import".
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  9. Tick the checkbox next to "Aiken Format" on the page to upload the questions with .txt extension.
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  10. Drag and drop the .txt text file to the Import section at the bottom of the page or click on the “Choose a file” button to select your .txt file.
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  11. Finally, click on the "Import" button and import your file.
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  12. You can view your questions on the page. Complete the process by clicking the Continue button to transfer the questions to the Question Bank.

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  1. Open the TextEdit application from your computer.
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  2. Write the question on the first line.
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  3. Write the options for the question on the bottom lines.
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  4. No matter how long the questions and their answers are, they must be entered on a single line. Questions and answers that do not fit on a single line and go down to the bottom line may cause you to get an error during the Import process.

    Important Reminder: Capital letters and parentheses should be used while writing the choices, different usages may cause errors

    Sample of correct usages
    A)
    B)
    C)

    Sample of incorrect usages
    A-
    B-
    A-)
    B-)

  5. Write the correct option on the bottom line. You can add as many new questions and options as you want in the same way as here.
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  6. Write the other questions in the same format and click on the "Make Plain Text" option under the Format tab.
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  7. When saving the file, make sure that the "Plain Text Encoding" field is "Unicode (UTF-8)" and the "If no extension is provided" field is marked "use ".txt", and click on the “Save” button to save your file.

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  8. Open the course LMS page where you will import the questions.

  9. Click on the "Question Bank" from the Course Administration tab in the left menu and then click on the "Import".
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  10. Tick the checkbox next to "Aiken Format" on the page to upload the questions with .txt extension.
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  11. Drag and drop the .txt text file to the Import section at the bottom of the page or click on the “Choose a file” button to select your .txt file.
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  12. Finally, click on the "Import" button and import your file.
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  13. You can view your questions on the page. Complete the process by clicking the Continue button to transfer the questions to the Question Bank.
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