GIFT (file format)

The GIFT (General Import Format Template) format is a "wiki-like" markup language for describing tests, originally proposed by Paul Shew in 2003. It is associated with the Moodle course management system.

Question types in GIFT
GIFT allows someone to use a text editor to write multiple-choice, true-false, short answer, matching, missing word and numerical questions in a simple format that can be imported to a computer-based quizzes. The content is an UTF-8-encoded text file.

Example: //Comment line
 * Question title
 * Question {

=A correct answer ~Wrong answer1 #A response to wrong answer1 ~Wrong answer2 #A response to wrong answer2 ~Wrong answer3 #A response to wrong answer3 ~Wrong answer4 #A response to wrong answer4 }