Multiple choice - single answer questions (15 answers max.), Multiple choice - many answers, Short Answer and Paragraph questions may be imported.

** Text questions will import the Explanations and Memory to the questions.

Open your word .doc (or .txt document) and make sure you put QST (with a space after it) as the first word at the beginning of each question.

Each answer should have )@ at the begining of the line with each answer.

Each correct answer should have ** as the first letters of the answer.

The characters )@ and ** and QST should not be used in any questions or answers as they are special characters in the import format.

Once you have done the above, save your word doc as xml (and .txt as .txt) and import it.

An example of Multiple Choice:

QST What is the bird below?

)@ duck
)@ owl
)@
)@ ** pheasant

An example of Many Answers:

QST Select all the cities that are within Alberta.

)@ **Calgary
)@ Winnipeg
)@ **Red Deer
)@ **Edmonton
)@ Victoria
)@ Toronto

An example of Short Answer:

QST Who invented the theory of relativity?

)@ **Albert Einstein

An example of Paragraph:

QST Why is the sky blue?

)@ **Because of the refraction of the light as it is passing through the atmosphere.

An example of including Explanation and Memory in Text question:

QST Who did not go along for the ride?

)@ Dave
)@ Bill
)@ Kristin
)@ ** Donna
%EXPLAN% Donna's name was never mentioned.
%MEMORY% Dave, Bill, Don and Kristin went for a drive in the country and saw cows, sheep and a horse.