BrightSpace Quiz Question Converter

This tool generates a CSV file for importing questions into Brightspace.

Published and maintained by Sanoop S.
Detailed Credits.

Paste the Formatted Quiz text in the box (Formatting Instructions).

Sample Question Set

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Result

OPTIONS

Default point value:

Default difficulty value:

Remove enumeration from answers

Credits and Important Information

Published and maintained by Sanoop S.—glad to share this tool with you! Feel free to explore or fork it on GitHub at D2L-QGen. Special thanks to Render for their awesome free hosting plan!

A huge thanks to D2L BrightSpace Community and Alex.V.58 for creating this tool. We’ve made some design updates and hosted it here to make it easier to use and access. All programming credit goes to the original developers. We're just here to help share their great work with you!

Question Formatting

The Quiz Question Converter currently supports the following question types.

Enter your question on a single line.
Enter the answer on the next line using either: True or False
Do not use an identifier or enumerator in the answer line.

True or False Example

Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
True

Enter your question on a single line.
Answers immediately follow the question, each on a new line.
Place an asterisk (*) in front of the correct answer choice.

Multiple Choice Example

Which of the following is a planet?
Sun
*Earth
Proxima Centauri

Enter your question on a single line.
Answers immediately follow the question, each on a new line.
Place an asterisk (*) in front of all the correct answer choices.

Multi-Select example

Which of the following is a planet?
Sun
*Earth
*Mars
Proxima Centauri

Enter your question on a single line.
Do not provide an answer.
Leave a blank line between this question and the next question.

Written Response example

Tell me about yourself.

Enter your question on a single line.
Type SA directly before your question text, followed by a space.
Do not provide an answer.
Leave a blank line between this question and the next question.

Short Answer example

SA What's your favorite food?

Type match directly before your question text, followed by a space.
In each answer line, separate the choice and its correct match with a slash (/) and one space on each side of the slash. Do not include more than one slash character in each answer line.
You can include extra choices that have no corresponding match. Simply place no text to the left of the slash—see the last choice/match entry in the example at the right (“/fore”).
Any identifiers or enumerators included at the beginning of choice/match text lines will be automatically removed, regardless of the selection made in the “Remove enumeration from answers” box.
The answer match entries will be automatically randomized when this question is presented in a D2L quiz.

Matching example

match Match the number with its spelling.
3 / three
1 / one
12 / twelve
/ fore

Type order directly before your question text, followed by a space.
Following the question, list the answers in the correct order, each answer on a separate line.
Each answer line may begin with an identifier/enumerator.
The order of the answer list choices will be randomized when this question is presented in a D2L quiz.

Ordering example

order Order the following planets according to distance from the sun, shortest to longest.
Mercury
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Neptune

Adding Feedback and Hints to Questions

In a separate line under the question text, type an “at sign” (@) immediately followed by your feedback text.

Overall Feedback example

1. Which of the following is a planet?
Sun
*Earth
Proxima Centauri
@Earth is the only planet in this list.

Multiple Choice, Multi-Select and Ordering Question Type

In a separate line under the answer text, type @@ (two “at symbols” instead of just one) immediately followed by your feedback text for that particular answer. Note: you do not have to provide feedback for every answer—in the multiple choice question below, notice that answer C has no feedback associated with it. You can also include feedback for both the entire question (@) and for individual answers (@@) within the same question.

Multiple Choice Answer Feedback example

At pH 7, arginine side chains would be…
*a) virtually all positively charged
@@Correct!
b) 50% positively charged
@@Close—positive charge, but more than 50%.
c) 50% negatively charged
d) virtually all negatively charged
@@Nope, choice A is correct.

True or False Question Type

For a “true” response choice, on a separate line type T@@ immediately followed by the feedback text. For a “false” response choice, on a separate line type F@@ immediately followed by the feedback text (see example at the right below).

True or False Answer Feedback example

Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
True
T@@Correct…hence “H2O
F@@Incorrect…remember “H2O”.

In a separate line under the question text, type a question mark (?) immediately followed by the hint text. Hints can be included only for questions, not for text-only or image-only items.

Hint example

Which of the following is a planet?
Sun
*Earth
Proxima Centauri
?Hint: a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
@Earth is the only planet in this list.