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Formatting XML Files
• XML Files have an .xml extension.
The questions are added to the Question List and appear in the left-hand pane in the Question Editor.
Formatting XML Files
The following is a basic shell of the XML file type accepted by the TurningPoint Parser:
<slides count=”” id=””>
<slide id=”” type=”” multiresponse=””>
<question alias=”” filename=”” imageposition=”” />
<topic id=””>
</topic id>
<answers>
<answer alias=”” value=”” filename=”” />
</answers>
</slide>
</slides>
Each element is described below, along with an example and an explanation of the attributes.
Slides
The slides element is the top-level element in the XML document and contains all the information
TurningPoint requires to create the interactive presentation. The slides element contains a number of
slide elements.
<slides count=”1” id=”86FF9DB9”>
</slides>
Note
If importing incompatible question types, a warning
dialogue box will display omitted questions.
Note
Remember that the following characters are
reserved in XML:
< > & ‘ “
Use the XML entities for these characters ( &lt;
&gt; &amp; &apos; &quot; respectively).
Attribute Description
count The total number of slide elements in the presentation.
id An optional attribute that contains a unique identifier for the group of slides.