What is the default text format for GIFT?

What is the default text format for GIFT?

Stewart Hutton -
Number of replies: 3
As the subject says - if a text format isn't specified in a GIFT file for import, how will the question be treated? plain text? moodle auto-format? something else?

I know - I could try it to find out - but I have to write some notes this evening without access to the system so I'm hoping I can get a quick answer here!

Thanks
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In reply to Stewart Hutton

Re: What is the default text format for GIFT?

Mary Cooch -
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I don't know but you could test it out on heresmile
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Re: What is the default text format for GIFT?

Stewart Hutton -
Thanks Mary - thats doubly useful.

I can use it to test out things when writing my notes - and then the question authors can use it to test their files.

I didn't know it existed.
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Re: What is the default text format for GIFT?

Tim Hunt -
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Thank you for asking this question, I just learned something!

I did not know the answer, so I went to look at the code (question/format/gift/format.php), and the answer is much more interesting than I expected.

By default, it is Moodle auto-format, however, you can write something like

[html]<p>Here is some HTML question text</p>

That is, with the format you want in square brackets. The format names recognised are moodle, html, plain and markdown.
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