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CSV File Format For Lectora Inspire Elearning

The document describes the CSV import file format for questions in four sentence. It can import four question types - true/false, multiple choice, essay, and short answer. Each question record is on a new line with fields separated by commas and text in quotes. The format includes an optional question ID, required question type and text fields, and choice/feedback fields for true/false and multiple choice questions. Examples of valid question records in the format are provided.

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CSV File Format For Lectora Inspire Elearning

The document describes the CSV import file format for questions in four sentence. It can import four question types - true/false, multiple choice, essay, and short answer. Each question record is on a new line with fields separated by commas and text in quotes. The format includes an optional question ID, required question type and text fields, and choice/feedback fields for true/false and multiple choice questions. Examples of valid question records in the format are provided.

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CSV Question import file format

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The following question types can be imported with the CSV Import filter:
- True/False
- Multiple Choice
- Essay
- Short Answer

The format is the same for each question type. All fields are separated by a comma, and all
text fields are enclosed in quotes. Each question record starts on a new line. There can be
line breaks within quoted fields. This is the default export format from Excel and Access
when exporting to CSV.
Each line is formatted as follows:

[question id],<question type>,<question text>,<# of choices>,<correct choice>,<choice 1


text>,<choice 1 feedback>,<choice 2 text>,<choice 2 feedback>,.........
The first field, <question id>, is optional. The import filter will check the validity of
the <question type> field to determine whether or not a question id field is present. For
that reason, none of the possible values for <question type> are allowed in the <question
id> field.

If <question id> is specified, the name will be used for the name of the page the question
is on, the name of the question, and the name of the variable for the question. The
<question id> must be unique for each question.

The next field, <question type> can contain the following values:
True/False or TF
Multiple Choice or MC
Essay or ES
Short Answer or SA

The field is not case sensitive and should be enclosed in quotes


The next field is the actual question text, enclosed in quotes.

Short Answer and Essay questions end here with no more fields on the line.
The next field is the number of choices, a numeric value that indicates how many
choice/feedback pairs will follow.
The next field is the correct choice, a numeric value which starts at 1, that indicates
which of the choice/feedback pairs is correct.

After that follows a variable number of choice/feedback pairs that matches the previous
number of choices field. If there is no feedback for a choice, empty quotes or no entry can
be used. Each filed should be enclosed in quotes.

The following are examples of valid questions:

"Question ID 1","True/False","This is a True/False Question",2,1,"True","Correct


Feedback","False","Incorrect Feedback"
"Question ID 2","Multiple Choice","This is a Multiple Choice Question",3,1,"Choice
1","Correct Feedback","Choice 2","","Choice 3",""
"Question ID 3","Essay","This is an Essay Question"
"Question ID 4","Short Answer","This is a Short Answer Question"

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