Quiz Tips: How to create multiple choice quiz questions in Gauchospace using Word

The questions must be written following these format guidelines:

• Each question must be on one line.
• Each answer option must start with a single uppercase letter, followed by a period "." or a right parenthesis ")", then a space.
• The "correct answer" line must immediately follow answer options, starting with "ANSWER: " (with a space after the colon) and then giving the letter for the correct answer. The word "ANSWER" and the answer letters (A,B,C etc.) must be capitalized
• An empty line must separate each question.
• The document must contain questions/answers only. No headings are allowed. 

Here are two example problems using an appropriate format:

Once you have a document with all of your questions, you need to save it in a format that can be uploaded to GauchoSpace, specifically Unicode (UTF-8) format.

In Word, go to File < Save As… and in the Format drop-down, select Plain Text (.txt).

Under Other encoding:, choose Unicode (UTF-8).

Once you have the file saved as a UTF-8-formatted .txt file, you are able to import it into the question bank in GauchoSpace by doing the following:

1. Log in to GauchoSpace and enter your course site.
2. In the Administration block expand the Question bank section and click Import. 
   
   
3. On the quiz question import page, choose Aiken format, then upload your file.
   • If you have already added categories to your question bank, you can import your questions into a specific category by expanding the General tab and selecting that category from the Import category drop-down menu.
4. Click Import.