Questions Regarding Quiz Questions and API Capabilities in Brightspace
In this context, I have the following questions:
- Is there an API route available specifically for generating quiz questions? I have only found a route to create a quiz itself, but not for adding questions.
- Is there a test account (sandbox) available for us to conduct our tests?
- When uploading quiz questions, we can use a CSV or IMS QTI file? What should an IMS QTI file look like?
I appreciate your assistance and look forward to your response.
Best Answer
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Hi Ahmed.B,
At this stage there are no APIs available to create quiz questions.
For API development and testing activities please contact your institutions Brightspace Administration team to see if a test/development Brightspace environment is available. Most, if not all D2L clients have access to a test environment.
Importing quiz questions through the UI in a file or package at the Course Offering level you have several options:
- IMS Common Cartridge 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3; IMS Thin Common Cartridge 1.3; QTI 1.2/1.21, see using the Import/Export/Copy Course Components tool
- 1EdTech’s Common Cartridge specification documentation, see
- QTI 1.2/1.21 you can find examples at
- .csv file import, see Import questions into the Question Library
Hope that helps!
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Hi Chris,
Thank you for your response.
I’ve attempted to use an IMS QTI file, but I keep encountering an error during import, stating that no quizzes or sections can be found. I’ve tried using various examples from 1EdTech’s documentation, but unfortunately, none of them seem to work. I also tried importing a file that I exported from Brightspace, but it wasn’t a zip file, and the quiz import expects a zip file.
Could you please provide me with a working file that includes all question types?
Thanks in advance for your help!