How To Import Questions

How To Import Questions

Help Teaching allows you to import questions that you have written in other programs such as Open Office or Microsoft Word. Use this guide to format your questions before using the question import tool.

Formatting Your Questions

  • Questions must begin with a number followed by a period or right parenthesis.
    • 1. Which city in the United States has the largest population?
    • 4) Name the five boroughs of New York City.
  • Answer choices must begin with a letter followed by a period or right parenthesis. Do not include both.
    • 1. Which city in the United States has the largest population?
    • A. San Francisco
    • b. New York City
    • c) Houston
    • D) Orlando
  • The correct answer(s) can be marked by placing an asterisk, *, in front of the correct answer choice.
    • 1. Which city in the United States has the largest population?
    • A. San Francisco
    • * b. New York City
    • c) Houston
    • D) Orlando
  • You can also mark the correct answer choice on a separate line. Type the word Answer: followed by the correct answer choice letter.
    • 1. Which city in the United States has the largest population?
    • A. San Francisco
    • b. New York City
    • c) Houston
    • D) Orlando
    • Answer: B
  • For an open-ended question, type the complete answer after Answer:.
    • 4) Name the five boroughs of New York City.
    • Answer: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island
  • For a true or false question, use the words True and False as your answer choices.
    • 2. The Statue of Liberty is located on Ellis Island?
    • A. True
    • * B. False
  • For a fill-in-the-blank question, use at least 3 underscores, ___, to represent a blank in your question.
    • 3. New York is know as "the city that never ___."
    • Answer: sleeps
  • More than one answer can be correct in a multiple-choice question.
    • 5. The ___ was once the tallest building in the world.
    • * a. Empire State Building
    • * b. Chrysler Building

Sample Questions

1. Which city in the United States has the largest population?
    A. San Francisco
    * b. New York City
    c) Houston
    D) Orlando

    2. The Statue of Liberty is located on Ellis Island?
    A. True
    * B. False

    3. New York is know as "the city that never ___."
    Answer: sleeps

    4) Name the five boroughs of New York City.
    Answer: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island

    5. The ___ was once the tallest building in the world.
    * a. Empire State Building
    * b. Chrysler Building

    6. Central Park is located in what borough of New York City?
    A. The Bronx
    b. Brooklyn
    C) Queens
    d) Manhattan
    E. Staten Island
    Answer: D