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About
Respondus is a Windows-based desktop quiz-making program, which allows instructors to create questions offline (and not directly inside Moodle sites), and then import them into the Moodle or WebVista.
Respondus can be also used to convert WebVista quizzes into Moodle and vice versa.
Download and install Respondus
- University of Minnesota has campus-wide license for Respondus software, therefore you may use it for free.
- To get your own copy of Respondus, e-mail moodle@umn.edu and ask for Respondus access.
You will be then enrolled into the special "Respondus Quiz Tool Information" course site located at Moodle. You will be able to download the program from there and read set up instructions.
Create quizzes offline with Respondus
Moodle
Export questions from Respondus to Moodle
Option A: Publish questions from Respondus to Moodle directly
Please make sure to use version 4.0.1.02 which is available for download in "Respondus" course site.
- Open a quiz with Moodle personality chosen
- Click Publish to Moodle
- Click Publish Wizard
- Select Publish to a Single Course. If you never connected to Moodle before, then:
- Choose Add new server
- Select Yes, check the reconfigured server settings
- Add a name of the server, and:
- in 1.9 enter your Internet ID and password, in 2.0 enter your Internet ID@umn.edu and password
- Contrary to WebVista/Respondus connection, you should use your regular x500 password
- If your password contains special characters, like apostrophe, then connection to 1.9 may fail. In such case you will need to change your password temporarily.
- Save changes
- Click Next
- Choose a Moodle course site to publish to:
- Specify Question category if needed
- Select Section (Week or Topic) where you want this quiz to be added. Or choose to replace a quiz.
- Click Next to publish
Option B: Export questions from Respondus to Moodle via Exporting to a question bank
 TIP: This option is extremely useful, if you need to clean-up some questions first. E.g. by using Dreamweaver to find and replace wrong links/strings in the .xml file in bulk.
Step 1: In Respondus:
- Start the Respondus program
- Click the Start tab:
- Select IMS QTI under current personality
- Click the Open button > select and open Respondus file with your questions
- Click the Preview and Publish tab:
- Click Save QTI XML File
- Select QTI XML zip file using IMS Content Packaging
- Click the Save as button
- Download the zipped file to your desktop
Step 2: In Moodle:
- Go to your Moodle site
- Add a new question category to your question bank, e.g. "Chapter1".
- Click the Import tab
- Select the appropriate category
- Under File format select Respondus QTI format
- Browse to the .zip file on your computer
- Click Upload this file button
Create printable view of a Moodle quiz
If you have student who needs to take a quiz offline, or if you want a paper copy with answers for yourself, you can create a very nice printable view of your quiz with the Respondus program.
- Start the Respondus program
- Click the Start tab
- Select Moodle under Current Personality
- Click the Retrieval and Reports tab
- Click the Retrieve Questions sub-tab
- Select the appropriate server and section from the drop-down menus
- Select the appropriate quiz
- Type a name for the new file
- Click Retrieve button.
- Click OK once prompted. The status area should change to Completed
- Click the Start tab:
- Change Current Personality to Platform Neutral
- Click OK. Respondus will ask you whether you want to replace current quiz file that you have just retrieved, or save it under different name. It does not matter which option will you choose.
- Click Preview and Publish > Print Options. Modify the settings if needed and print
Webvista
Convert WebVista quizzes into Moodle format
Step 1: Retrieve questions and/or question categories from WebVista:
- Download and install Respondus 4.0 from the WebVista course site - see instructions above
- Set up a special separate (!) WebDAV password at https://webdavpassword.webvista.umn.edu/password.pl
- You will need your InternetID (X.500) and WebDAV password to connect to WebCT with Respondus
- Open Respondus and choose the WebCT 6-8 / Vista 4-8 personality.
- Click the Retrieval & Reports tab.
- Click Retrieve Questions (left menu bar.)
- Vista server: If you never connected to WebCT before, then configure server settings and use your Internet ID (X.500) and WebDAV password to access the WebVista server
- Group or section: Retrieve the category of questions or specific quiz(es).
- Select a quiz or question category
- Type a name for the new file
- Click Retrieve button
- Click OK once prompted. The status area should change to Completed.
Step 2: Convert and publish to Moodle 1.9:
- Click the Start tab.
- Change Current Personality personality to Moodle. Click OK.
- Respondus will ask you whether you want to replace current quiz file that you have just retrieved, or save it under different name. It does not matter which option will you choose.
- Click the Review and Publish tab.
- Click Publish to Moodle (left menu bar).
- Click Publish Wizard
- Select Publish to a Single Course. If you never connected to Moodle before, then:
- Choose Add new server
- Select Yes, check the reconfigured server settings
- Add a name of the server, and enter your Internet ID (x500) and regular x500 password.
- Save changes
- Click Next
- Choose a Moodle course site to publish to:
- Specify Question category if needed
- Select Section (Week or Topic) where you want this quiz to be added. Or choose to replace a quiz.
- Click Next to publish
Tip for WebVista users:
- Do not use Title area as the question text. This will 1) not allow the student to see the text in the title area, and 2) will truncate the title text to a limited 65 characters.
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