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| ===== Exam Import from File ===== | ===== Exam Import from File ===== | ||
| - | The Exam Import tool is used to create an Exam FIXME link from a spreadsheet consisting of a Section_Title and ItemID columns. The import process will create an Exam with a specified Title, add a distinct set of Sections to the Exam with specified Section Titles, and link the Items specified by their ItemID to the various sections. In essence, it is a quick method of constructing and Exam with a known list of Items. | + | The Exam Import tool is used to create an [[exam_entry|Exam]] link from a spreadsheet consisting of a Section_Title and ItemID columns. The import process will create an Exam with a specified Title, add a distinct set of Sections to the Exam with specified Section Titles, and link the Items specified by their ItemID to the various sections. In essence, it is a quick method of constructing and Exam with a known list of Items. |
| The reasons for creating an Exam using Exam Import from File are: | The reasons for creating an Exam using Exam Import from File are: | ||
| - | * More rapid development of Exams, as the spreadsheet import method is faster than linking each Item to the Exam using the Exam Layout (FIXME link) | + | * More rapid development of Exams, as the spreadsheet import method is faster than linking each Item to the Exam using the [[exam_edit_layout|Exam Layout]]. |
| * Limiting exposure of your Exam Banks to external users. By using Exam Import from Ffile, external users to CE such as subject matter experts (SME) or contract authors do not have to be trained to use CE or be exposed to the system at all. | * Limiting exposure of your Exam Banks to external users. By using Exam Import from Ffile, external users to CE such as subject matter experts (SME) or contract authors do not have to be trained to use CE or be exposed to the system at all. | ||
| Exam Import from File is reached from the Main Menu, Item Writing → Exam Tools → New Exam from File | Exam Import from File is reached from the Main Menu, Item Writing → Exam Tools → New Exam from File | ||
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| |SECTION_TITLE|This is the Title that you want to give to the Section you are adding to the Exam. Each Item linked to an Exam must be linked to a Section that has been added to the Exam. For each distinct SECTION_TITLE value, a distinct Section is created. So if there are 3 distinct SECTION_TITLE values, there will be 3 Sections added to the Exam.| | |SECTION_TITLE|This is the Title that you want to give to the Section you are adding to the Exam. Each Item linked to an Exam must be linked to a Section that has been added to the Exam. For each distinct SECTION_TITLE value, a distinct Section is created. So if there are 3 distinct SECTION_TITLE values, there will be 3 Sections added to the Exam.| | ||
| - | |ITEMID|This is the unique identifier of an Item (FIXME link) in the Exam/Item bank. The Item must be a valid Item in the currently selected Exam/Item Bank. See [[glossary#Banks and Bank Level|Bank and Bank Level]]. The Item cannot be Inactive.| | + | |ITEMID|This is the unique identifier of an [[item_entry|Item]] in the Exam/Item bank. The Item must be a valid Item in the currently selected Exam/Item Bank. See [[concepts#Banks and Bank Level|Bank and Bank Level]]. The Item cannot be Inactive.| |
| ==== Exam Import Sample ==== | ==== Exam Import Sample ==== | ||
