GIFT

From Wikipedia:GIFT_(file_format): The GIFT format 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. It's used in Wikipedia:Moodle.

Example

// true-false
::Q1:: 1+1=2
{ T }

// multiple choice with specific feedback
::Q2:: What's between orange and green in the spectrum?
{
  =yellow
  # correct!
  ~red
  # wrong, it's yellow
  ~blue
  # wrong, it's yellow
}

// fill-in-the-blank
::Q3:: Two plus
{
  =two
  =2
} equals four.

// matching
::Q4:: Which animal eats which food?
{
  =cat -> cat food
  =dog -> dog food
}

// math range question -- note: {#1..5} is the same range
::Q5:: What is a number from 1 to 5?
{ #3:2 }

// multiple numeric answers with partial credit and feedback
::Q7:: When was Ulysses S. Grant born?
{
  #
  =1822:0
  # Correct! You get full credit.
  =%50%1822:2
  # He was born in 1822. You get half credit for being close.
}

// essay
::Q8:: How are you?
{}

Resources

• http://microformats.org/wiki/gift - article on Microformats.org
• Wikipedia:GIFT_(file_format) - article on Wikipedia

-- Contributors: PeterThoeny - 2010-06-11

Discussion

This could be the syntax of the SurveyPlugin (SurveyPluginDev).

-- PeterThoeny - 2010-06-11