Export exercises from your question bank

QTI 3.0 export

Ans supports exporting exercises to the QTI 3.0 format, the latest version of the Question Test Interoperability standard. The exported file can be imported in other systems that support the QTI 3.0 format, or re-imported into Ans.

The QTI 3.0 export is currently only available for question bank assignments. To export, follow the steps below.

1. Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
2. Click folder Question banks in the menu at the top.
3. Select your question bank or use the search bar. 
4. Click assignment Question bank assignments in the menu at the top.
5. Select your question bank assignment or use the search bar. 
6. Click settings Settings in the menu at the top.
7. Click Export next to Export this assignment to the QTI 3.0 format in the Actions section.

Below you can see how question types in Ans are exported to QTI 3.0 interactions.

In addition to the standard QTI 3.0 interactions listed above, some Ans-specific question types are exported using Ans extensions. These extensions can only be re-imported into Ans.

The export of exercises is done as a background job. The file will start downloading automatically. You can also check the status of your background jobs from within the platform by following the steps here.

QTI 2.1 export

Ans also supports exporting exercises to the QTI 2.1 format. This is a legacy format and is useful for sharing exercises with systems that do not yet support QTI 3.0.

To export exercises from a question bank to QTI 2.1, follow the steps below.

1. Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
2. Click folder Question banks in the menu at the top.
3. Select your question bank or use the search bar. 
4. Click settings Settings in the menu at the top.
5. Scroll down to the Export section.
6. Click Download next to QTI 2.X export.

error_outline Open questions, multiple-choice questions, fill-in questions, match questions and order questions can be exported with QTI 2.1. All questions of an exercise will be exported as separate QTI-files.

The export of exercises is done as a background job. The file will start downloading automatically. You can also check the status of your background jobs from within the platform by following the steps here.

Respondus export (CSV)

Ans supports exporting exercises to the Respondus format (CSV). This is useful for sharing exercises with systems that support the Respondus import format.

To export exercises from a question bank to Respondus, follow the steps below.

1. Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
2. Click folder Question banks in the menu at the top.
3. Select your question bank or use the search bar. 
4. Click settings Settings in the menu at the top.
5. Scroll down to the Export section.
6. Click Download next to Respondus package.

The export of exercises is done as a background job. The file will start downloading automatically. You can also check the status of your background jobs from within the platform by following the steps here.