[QTI] Hi and some questions

[Danny Kodicek]

 > Following on from Niall's comment . .
> I am currently working on the import of QTI questions into 
> WebCT, Blackboard and Moodle.
>  
> Moodle exports an almost working QTI v2.1, but does not 
> import any QTI at all.
> WebCT and Blackboard both export a sort of QTI v1.2, but do 
> not import standard QTI v1.2.
> They both ignore some of the QTI information and then use 
> other information that you can find buried in their exported 
> xml, or they make assumptions about the layout of the xml.
> Another route is to use Respondus - but that has other problems. 
> Another issue is that the VLEs support different subsets of 
> features within some question types.

Currently (although not forever) we're most interested in the list approved
by Becta in the UK, as these are the ones that are going to be used in this
country over the next few years. The most popular of them as far as I'm
aware are RM, Viglen and Ramesys, although UniServity seem to be coming up
fast (this is only personal experience, not official stats). Still, the main
thing coming out of your post is that we can't really guarantee any decent
support for QTI.

My feeling is that we're best off sticking to our current format, but maybe
making an 'export to QTI' widget. Best of both worlds, I think.

Danny