CSV won’t upload
I just created a csv file but when I try to upload it, nothing happens. Literally nothing happens. I choose the file and click on the Upload button and nothing happens. I’m on a Mac on Safari. So I tried Firefox. Same deal. I created the CSV in BBEdit as a Unix text file, so I tried converting it to a PC based text file with CR/LFs. Still nothing happened. It’s like that Upload button really isn’t a button, it’s just static text on the screen.
Do I have to create the quiz before uploading? I did that. Anything else I have to do?
If I’m doing something wrong, I’m very happy to correct it. Here are two sample lines from the file.
Colorado Survey,”What do you regard as the fundamental purpose of science?”,”The purpose of science is to discover basic scientific truths which do not change with the passage of time.”,”The purpose of science is to provide an objective, factual account of nature. Scientific research should lead to increasingly accurate descriptions of reality.”,”The purpose of science is to provide a functional account of nature. All findings are taken as tentative and subject to later revision.”,”Scientific truth is relative to the time, place and observer. The purpose of science is to generate new and useful ways of looking at nature.”,”Nature appears to be unstructured and disorganized; one should not expect science to provide a significant, objective, factual account or nature.”,,,,,,3
Colorado Survey,”In order to insure the most competent government, to whom should the right to vote be given?”,”Few people are sufficiently well-informed to vote intelligently. The most competent government is not likely to be produced by a vote of the people.”,”Only those persons who have demonstrated that they are responsible and productive citizens should be given the right to vote.”,”The right to vote should be given to all adult citizens who can pass an examination indicating that they know and understand the rights and duties of citizenship.”,”The right to vote should be given to all adult citizens who meet basic literacy requirements.”,”The right to vote should be given to all adult citizens”,,,,,,5
Solved my problem. Changed the file name. It was either too long or the uploader didn’t like spaces. In any case when I shortened it and took out the spaces, it worked. Perhaps you could mention that somewhere. Unless I missed it.
Hi James, glad you got it figured out.
Also, the documentation link on the import tool links directly to the “I have a problem with the CSV importer” section. In that section:
Make sure that the filename is unique. Sometimes hosts struggle when you upload a raw file with an existing filename. So try renaming your CSV file something A) unique, and B) something that has no spaces or special characters.
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