Word Table quiz import

The Word Table format lets you create Moodle quiz questions, including comprehensive  feedback and grades in Word tables, then upload them to Moodle. This can save you time.

All the main question types except Calculated questions are supported. That means you can import the following:

• Matching: Match 4 or more words or phrases. No feedback is included.
• Multiple-Choice: Choose the 1 correct answer from 4 or more possible answers. Specific feedback can be added for each answer. 
• Multiple-Answer: Choose 1 or more correct answers from 4 or more possible answers. Specific feedback can be added for each answer.
• Short Answer: Free text answer. Specific feedback can be added for each possible answer.
• Cloze: Fill-in-the-blanks or Embedded answers question. Use bold to enter Multichoice items, italic to enter Short Answer items, and underline to enter Numerical items. 
• Description: Not a question, just a facility to add some text, usually instructions for a set of following questions.
• Essay: An essay question allows the entry of free text, which is not graded.
• True/False: Choose whether a statement is true or false. Specific feedback can be added for each answer - NOTE:  these are usually best avoided as they are easy to guess.

Creating your quiz questions in a Word document

You can either use this Word template file* *and copy and paste the tables for how ever many questions you want to create or install a plugin for Word (see below) to allow you to create new quizzes and add new questions into a Word table by clicking on buttons within the Word Add-Ins tab.

Installing the Word Add-In

1. Download the plugin for your platform:

• Windows: Word 2007+
• Macintosh: Word 2002+

2. Follow these instructions to install the Add-In. Once installed it should appear in the Add-Ins tab in Word.

1. Download the Word 2007 installer Zip file, and unzip the files to a folder. There are two files included in the installer package: moodle2WordInstaller_v2_0.docm and moodleQuestion.dot.
2. Start Microsoft Word, and use the command File>Options>Trust Center>Trust Center Settings... and set Macro Settings to “Disable all macros except digitally signed macros”.
3. Open the file moodle2WordInstaller_v2_0.docm, and you will see a Security Warning bar at the top of the file. Click on the “Options” button to open the Security Options dialog box. The publisher who digitally signed the files is "XML Workshop Ltd.", the company I work for.
4. Click the check box next to "Trust all documents from this publisher". See the Set Security Options GIF animation (new window).
5. Click Yes to Install the Moodle Word template in your startup folder. A message box should then be displayed, saying the templates have been installed/copied, and you must restart Word. Click Yes to exit Word, then start it again.
6. A new menu called "Moodle" should appear to the right of the menu bar, and clicking on this will display the Moodle question ribbon.
7. In the Moodle ribbon, click the "New Question File" button and start a new question file. You will be prompted to save it in Word 97-2003 format (.doc) immediately.

Importing the Word document to Moodle

1. Navigate to your Moodle course
2. In the Settings menu, click Question Bank.
3. In the Settings menu, click Import.
4. Select Microsoft Word table format (wordtable)
5. Choose the category you would like to import questions in to. You can leave this as the default if you like.
6. If you keep 'Get category from file' selected, Moodle will create categories based on those in the Word file you upload.
7. Drag your Word document to the import file area, or click Choose a file... > Upload a file and Choose File, then select it from your computer and click Open and Upload this file.
8. Click Import.