How to import a quiz into Edulastic from any learning platform

Creating a quiz on Edulastic question by question is tedious and cumbersome. This article will show you how you can import a quiz into Edulastic quiz from Canvas, Google Forms, Moodle, Blackboard, Brightspace, Word doc, Kahoot, Quizizz, Quizlet, Blooket, Gimkit, Socrative and more.

Step 1: Import a quiz using GETMARKED Digitaliser

Register for a free trial of GETMARKED Digitaliser. You will get 2 free imports of 20 questions each. GETMARKED Digitaliser is a quiz import and export tool that can allow you to import quiz, test or exams from one platform and export it to another.

You can import your quiz questions from Word, Google Forms, QTI, IMSCC, Moodle, Kahoot, Quizlet, Quizizz, Canvas, Blackboard, Brightspace, Schoology, Gimkit, and Blooket and export it to any learning platform like Edulastic.

For LMS like Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle and Brightspace, you can export the question bank into a flat file and upload it on to our server. For others (e.g. Blooket, Gimkit and Quizlet), we can pull the quiz questions directly from their servers.

Step 2: Click on the Export button

Once you have imported your quiz into GETMARKED, it can be exported by clicking on the Export button like what you see in the screenshot above.

An export menu will appear. Select Edulastic.

Step 3: Provide your Edulastic login credentials

Edulastic do not have any form of import capability. Therefore, we would need your Edulastic credentials to login on your behalf to programmatically create the quiz. Your Edualstic credentials are never stored on our server and is only used to authenticate with Edulastic server. Even our own engineers will not be access your Edulastic credentials.

Click Export once you have filled out your Edulastic credentials.

Step 4: Wait for items to be created

After a short wait, your quiz would be successfully created and it can be found in Edulastic's Item Bank. Additionally, to help you keeps your questions organized, an Edulastic Item Bank Folder of the same name as your job would be created to house those questions.

Please note at the time of writing, only multiple choice questions, multiple response questions and short answer questions can be exported to Edulastic. If you need more, please let our support know.

Click on the blue button to open up a new tab to Edulastic.

Step 5: Go to Edulastic Item Bank

Select the newly created folder and you should be able to see all the items. If you do not see it, please ensure that your Edulastic Item Bank search filters are cleared. Items that we programmatically create are not tagged with any metadata.

Congratulations, you have successfully imported your quiz questions into Edulastic without wasting hours of your time!



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Final Words

Learning platforms make it difficult for teachers to export content out of their walled garden to the detriment of teachers and students alike. At GETMARKED, we to make your quiz content accessible everywhere in one click. If you think this is an endeavour worth supporting, getting your school leaders and administrators to purchase an institutional plan would be the best way to support us.