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GIFT (file format)

The GIFT (General Import Format Template) format is a "wiki-like" markup language for describing tests, originally proposed by Paul Shew in 2003. It is associated with the Moodle course management system.

Question types in GIFT

GIFT allows someone to use a text editor to write multiple-choice, true-false, short answer, matching, missing word and numerical questions in a simple format that can be imported to a computer-based quizzes. The content is an UTF-8-encoded text file.

Example: <pre> //Comment line

:Question title
: Question {

=A correct answer ~Wrong answer1 #A response to wrong answer1 ~Wrong answer2 #A response to wrong answer2 ~Wrong answer3 #A response to wrong answer3 ~Wrong answer4 #A response to wrong answer4 } </pre>

See also

Notes

External links

  • http://docs.moodle.org/en/GIFT - description of the format
  • http://microformats.org/wiki/gift - includes proposals for extension