QTI quiz import in Spanish

[todd_farris]

I am trying to import test questions from a CSI using the Classic to Canvas QTI converter 2.0 from Kansas state. When I complete the import of the QTI package, my Spanish language characters are garbled.

Qué es una "Declaración del problema"? becomes:

How can I import questions using spanish language character that render correctly?

[chriscas]

Hi @todd_farris,

I'm going to guess that this has to do with character encoding.  Unfortunately, someone from Kansas State University said a month or two ago that their converter tool is not really being developed any longer, and they did know that there has been some character encoding issues with it.  It seems like a new team would need to develop some kind of universal converter that worked with more characters/languages, but that's probably quite a big task and I haven't heard of any other universities looking into this.  I'll move the post over to the Developers Group in case someone there knows of any similar converters that I do not.

-Chris

[todd_farris · Accepted solution]

 Everywhere I have read so far says I should upload them as utf8 which i did. I think the issues is that the tool does not read csv files at utf8. My work around was to use chat gpt to covert the formatting to comply with the parameters of the QTI converter tool by NYIT. This converted my content into a simple text file and that went through like a charm.

Thanks for your response!