• Due to Microsoft Word's automatic formatting which conflicts with Respondus, quiz questions created in Word will not correctly transfer to Respondus.  We highly recommend using Notepad, which is compatible with Respondus, to create quiz questions.  

• Open the Word document.

• Click File on the top left corner.

• Click Save As.

• Click Browse.

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• Select Windows (Default) within the File Conversion window.

• Click OK.

• Navigate to your Online Quiz & Exam Questions folder and open the new Notepad document.

• Follow the instructions below to correctly format your questions.

Formatting the Questions

• Each question must begin with a question number, followed by a period "." or a right parenthesis ")" then a space. 

• Each answer must begin with a letter (A-Z) followed by a period "." or a right parenthesis ")" then a space.

• Enter an asterisk before the correct answer for Multiple Choice, True/False, Essay (optional) and Multiple Answer questions.

• Point values can be set for each question or for a group of questions.  Points are set by adding "Points:" followed by a space and the point value.  The point value is used for the question following the point value and all following questions until a new point value is set.  If you do not indicate a point value, each question will automatically be set to 1 point.

• A "title" can be imported with each question. If a title is not provided for a question, the first 20 characters from the question wording will be used as the question title. Titles must be placed at the beginning of a question and begin with "Title:" followed by the actual text for the title. If the title exceeds 20 characters, the remaining characters will be dropped during the import.

Multiple Choice:

True/False:

• True/False answers can be listed as "True", "False" or "T", "F".

• It is important to note that the "True" (or "T") answer choice must be listed prior to the "False" (or "F") answer choice.

• Enter an asterisk before the correct answer.

Essay:

• The logic for importing essay questions is similar to what is described above for Multiple Choice and True or False questions.  The primary difference is that the first line of formatting must begin with "Type: E."  

• (Optional): You may provide an essay answer by beginning the answer with "a. "

Fill in the Blank:

• Fill in the blank questions may be imported by starting the first line of formatting with "Type: F".  

• Respondus allows only one correct answer per question, but it does permit you to enter multiple forms of that answer.

Matching:

• Matching questions may be imported by starting the first line of formatting with "Type: MT".  

• Each answer (which consists of both parts of a correct match) must begin with a letter (a-t).  The two parts of the match must be separated with an "=" symbol.

• Spaces before or after the "=" symbol are optional, but it is important that an answer only uses the = symbol for the purpose of separating the two parts of the match.

Multiple Answer:

• Multiple Answer questions are, essentially, multiple choice questions in which more than one correct answer can and generally should be selected by the student.  

• Multiple Answer questions may be imported by starting the first line of formatting with "Type: MA".

• Enter an asterisk before the correct answer.