Platform: D2L, Respondus
Affiliation: Instructors
Quiz questions can be automatically imported to an Elearning Quiz from a Microsoft Word document. In order to do this, specific formats for questions are required and outlined below.
Use the following question formats when setting up your questions in a Microsoft Word document. If you have question types that are not listed here, we will format those manually when importing.
Additional formatting considerations are to ensure the question and answer alignment is to the left, no extra spaces or formatting is needed.
Important: DO NOT use automatic numbering - this can be disabled from the Paragraph Format section on the Home ribbon in Microsoft Word.
Any images associated with questions will import automatically as long as they are embedded in the Word file.
If you are working with publisher test banks please reach out to the ITC at wmux-ftc@wmich.edu.
Please submit your request and file here:
Elearning Test Bank Submission Form
True/False Question Format
Put an asterisk, without any spaces, in front of the correct option.
1. The sky is blue.
*a. True
b. False
Multiple Choice Question Format
Put an asterisk, without any spaces, in front of the correct option.
2. What color is the sky?
a. yellow
*b. blue
c. green
d. red
Multiple Response Question Format
Multiple response questions are used when there is more than one correct answer to a multiple-choice question.
Multiple response questions require "Type: MR" to be typed in the line above the question so that the import system formats the type of question correctly.
Type: MR
4. Which of the following individuals are credited with determining the exact speed of light?
a. Albert Einstein
*b. Albert Michelson
c. Thomas Edison
*d. Edward Williams Morley
Written Response Question Format
Written response questions are used for short answer, long answer, and essay questions. These must be manually graded in the quizzing tool.
Written response questions require "Type: E" to be typed in the line above the question so that the import system formats the type of question correctly.
Type: E
5. Explain, to the best of your understanding, why the sky is blue.
Matching Question Format
Matching questions require "Type: MAT" to be typed in the line above the question so that the import system formats the type of question correctly.
For matching questions, list the pairs of matched terms separated by an equals sign "=". The Elearning quizzing system will automatically randomize the order of the terms.
Type: MT
6. Match the correct name to the discovery or theory.
a. Michelson-Morely = Speed of light
b. Einstein = Theory of relativity
c. Marconi = Radio waves