This dialog box is designed to specify preferences and used tags before import of test blank from text file in RTF or TXT format.
See the image below:
Do you have a large test bank in text files of RTF or TXT format and want to use them in TestGold? Do you prefer to prepare test questions and answers in your favorite text editor?
Now you can do it! To convert them, first, you need to place some tags in original texts at the beginning and the end of appropriate test elements. To specify actual value of some used tag before the launching of test import, click appropriate cell in Tag Value column and edit the value.
To recognize tags typed in any case, deselect Case Sensitive option. By default, a new empty test will be created before import of test blank from text file. Press OK button to launch the process of test import.
Notice: The example is given below. Also, you can find it in file {TestGold}DataTestsImportExample2.txt.
[Question]Is Washington a capital of USA?[Question] [Question]Words with similar meaning are called antonyms.[Question] [Question]Tsunami is the wave sweeping away everything on the way.[Question] [Question]How do people call collectors of stamps?[Question] [Question]What kind of animals are grass-feeding?[Question] [Question]Arrange the planets of solar system by way of their remoteness from the Sun.[Question] See Also:
You can easily migrate to TestGold tests from test blanks, prepared in text file of RTF or TXT format.
(in this case: if tag Name of the test is specified as [Test.Name], then [Test.Name] and [TEST.NAME] will be equal,
otherwise: only Test.Name is valid).
But you can import the data to a new test, created on the basis of the existing test. To use this useful possibility, select Use Test Template option and specify the file of test template in Test Template File entry field.
The converter allows to import some elements of test description and texts of questions and answers.
Imported answers are not linked to some question and added to the answer list of the test. Imported questions have default type Single Response. You can specify actual question properties (choices, key, weight, time and etc.) later manually in visual environment of TestGold or specify them by means of special keys of a new tag [QuestionProperties].
Keys are defined in notation <Key Name>=<Key Value>. Keys are separated by semicolon. This tag and its separate keys are optional for specific question, in that case default values will be applied. Placing of the tag in text file doesn’t matter, binding is by means of No key (index number of question). Question choices are specified in the form of list with index numbers of choices within text file, numeration begins with 1, comma as delimiter.
Keys of [QuestionProperties] tag and their meaning:
<No – Number of Question>;
<Type – Type of Question from 1 to 6>;
<Choices – Test Choices with comma as delimiter>;
<Key – Numbers of Right Choices>;
<Weight – Weight of Question>;
<Time – Time for the Answer>
IDs of Question Types:
1 – Alternative
2 – Likert Scale (3-Option)
3 – Likert Scale (5-Option)
4 – Single Response
5 – Multiple Response
6 – Ranking
[QuestionProperties]No=1;Type=1;Key=2;Time=180[QuestionProperties]
[QuestionProperties]No=2;Type=2;Key=5[QuestionProperties]
[QuestionProperties]No=3;Type=3;Key=1;Weight=2[QuestionProperties]
[QuestionProperties]No=4;Type=4;Choices=1,2,3,4;Key=1;Weight=3[QuestionProperties]
[Choice]Philatelist[Choice]1
[Choice]Philologist[Choice]
[Choice]Cynologist[Choice]
[Choice]Archivist[Choice]
[QuestionProperties]No=5;Type=5;Choices=5,6,7,8,9,10;Key=1,2,4;Weight=4;Time=120[QuestionProperties]
[Choice]Elephant[Choice]5
[Choice]Monkey[Choice]
[Choice]Crocodile[Choice]
[Choice]Koala[Choice]
[Choice]Panther[Choice]
[Choice]Lion[Choice]
[QuestionProperties]No=6;Type=6;Choices=11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19;Key=4,6,7,5,3,9,2,8,1;Weight=5[QuestionProperties]
[Choice]Mars[Choice]11
[Choice]Saturn[Choice]
[Choice]Uranus[Choice]
[Choice]Jupiter[Choice]
[Choice]Earth[Choice]
[Choice]Pluto[Choice]
[Choice]Venus[Choice]
[Choice]Neptune[Choice]
[Choice]Mercury[Choice]
How to Import test blank from text file
Import of Existing Data