LearnDash tools

LearnDash quiz creator

LearnDash quiz creator consists the main csv-to-xml.py script that converts a CSV file into a valid XML quiz ready to be imported into LearnDash and an optional md-to-csv.py script to convert a Markdown version of a quiz into ready-to-use CSV.

md-to-csv.py

Usage:

python md_to_csv.py <input_file.md>

The input file name will be used as a key for question IDs and will be visible in the resulting LearnDash quiz. The input Markdown file should be formatted with questions and answers as follows:

For single-answer questions:

### Single-answer Question Title?
- [ ] Incorrect Answer
- [x] Correct Answer
- [ ] Incorrect Answer

For multiple-answer questions:

### Multiple-answer Question Title? (Choose TWO)
- [x] Correct Answer 1
- [ ] Incorrect Answer
- [x] Correct Answer 2
- [ ] Incorrect Answer

csv-to-xml.py

Usage:

python csv_to_xml.py <input_file.csv>

The input CSV file should be formatted with the following columns: "ID", "Question", "Question Type", "IsCorrect1", "Answer1", "IsCorrect2", "Answer2", ...

Where:

• 'ID' is the unique ID of the question,
• 'Question' is the text body of the question,
• 'Question Type' is either 'Single' or 'Multiple',
• 'IsCorrectN' is a boolean indicating if the answer is correct,
• 'AnswerN' is the text of the answer.

For single-answer questions:

question-001,"Single-answer Question Title?","Single","False","Incorrect Answer","True","Correct Answer","False","Incorrect Answer"

For multiple-answer questions:

question-002,"Multiple-answer Question Title? (Choose TWO)","Multiple","True","Correct Answer 1","False","Incorrect Answer","True","Correct Answer 2","False","Incorrect Asnwer"