Instructions for Item Import

Instructions Importing Items

Importing New Items (see here for a step-by-step video tutorial)

• The item name can be auto generated or an existing item name can be imported. Imported item names cannot match an existing item name for the Organization.
• New items can be imported using one of three Item Content Import Methods listed below, depending on the formatting of the item content you need to import.
  • Item Import with Formatting
  • Item Import with images
  • Item Import Without Formatting
• Item Import Data Format and Sample File

Importing Item Translations (see here for a step-by-step video tutorial)

• A language translation can be selected for any of the three Item Imports (Item Import with Formatting; Item Import with images; or Item Import Without Formatting).
• Item translations can be added or updated for existing items, with the same Item Name. 
• Only the item content (scenarios, stems, options) can be added.
• Existing  translations will be overwritten.
• Item translations can be imported using one of three Item Content Import Methods listed below, depending on the formatting of the item content you need to import.
  • Item Import with Formatting
  • Item Import with images
  • Item Import Without Formatting
• Item Translations Data Import Format and Sample File.

   

Item Content Import Methods

Item Import with Formatting

• Supported HTML Tags
  • Fields that support HTML formatting can contain HTML tags such as bold, italic, and underline.
  • HTML tags which are not allowed, including <style> and <script> will be stripped
  • The list of HTML attributes which are potentially dangerous varies from browser to browser, and even from browser version to browser version. As such the item import uses an allow-list approach, and only accepts the following attributes:
    • abbr, accept, accept-charset, accesskey, action, align, alt, axis, border, cellpadding, cellspacing, char, charoff, charset, checked, cite, class, clear, cols, colspan, color, compact, coords, datetime, dir, disabled, enctype, for, frame, headers, height, href, hreflang, hspace, id, ismap, label, lang, longdesc, maxlength, media, method, multiple, name, nohref, noshade, nowrap, prompt, readonly, rel, rev, rows, rowspan, rules, scope, selected, shape, size, span, src, srcset, start, summary, tabindex, target, title, type, usemap, valign, value, vspace, and width
  • If all of the content in a required field is stripped, an error will be generated for a missing required field.
• HTML tags in the Item Content
  • Any html tags that are part of the item content; and intended to be displayed to test takers and not used for formatting; should be escaped using “&lt;” and “&gt;”.
  • Examples: 
    • Correct
      • Import File: “The correct tag for bold text is &lt;b&gt;, and should be used to bold text.”
      • Display: “The correct tag for bold text is <b>, and should be used to bold text.”
    • Incorrect
      • Import File: “The correct tag for bold text is <b>, and should be used to bold text”
      • Display “The correct tag for bold text is, and should be used to bold text”

Item Import with Images (See here for a step-by-step video tutorial).

• File Format
  • The import of item content with images requires a zip file with a single csv and sub-folder named “Images” containing all of the image files referenced in the item content.
• HTML Image References
  • Images should be referenced using the “<img>” tag and “src” attribute, and reference an image file in the "Images” sub-folder.
  • Example: <img src="Images/Image File.png">

Item Import without Formatting

• All item content will be treated as unformatted text.
• Any html tags in the item content will be escaped, and displayed within the item content.
  • Examples:
    • Import File: “The correct tag for bold text is <b>, and should be used to bold text”
    • Displayed: “The correct tag for bold text is <b>, and should be used to bold text”