MTEL Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Category - Digital Lit and CS

A teacher would like to move classroom roster data from a desktop spreadsheet application to an open-source gradebook software program that has been security vetted and approved by their district. Which of the following file types would the teacher most likely export from the spreadsheet application?
  1. .html
  2. .csv
  3. .pdf
  4. .ods
Explanation
Correct Response: B. When data from a spreadsheet is exported for use by another software program, it is typically exported in the Comma-Separated Value (.csv) file type. This file type is recognized by most software programs designed to import spreadsheet data. It stores the spreadsheet data in rows and columns without any formatting, graphics, formulas, macros, etc. A is incorrect because the HyperText Markup Language (.html) file type is used for files to be displayed in Web browsers. C is incorrect because the Portable Document Format (.pdf) file type is used for easily shared and printed documents that cannot be edited. D is incorrect because the OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods) file type is used by many open source spreadsheet software programs. It contains all of the formatting, formulas, etc. that are used by the spreadsheet software. However, when raw data needs to be exported for use by a non-spreadsheet software program, .csv, and not .ods, is the most common file type.
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