Import and Exporting Comment Libraries

AP supports importing plain CSV files and also Turnitin QuickMark™ Sets and JSON files from Pennington Publishing e-Comments.

You can also easily export your comment libraries – to back them up, use them in other places. Uploading publisher intellectual property (including 11trees’ proprietary libraries like College Edition) is a violation of our terms of service. Using AP’s import/export feature to share libraries with other users is a violation of our terms and conditions. Consider a Team or Institution license to facilitate sharing and automating updates to your libraries.

Import an AP Library from Turnitin™, e-Comments, or CSV

AP supports importing plain CSV files and also Turnitin QuickMark™ Sets and e-Comments. Click here for instructions on exporting QuickMark sets.

Here’s a link to a Google Sheet you can copy and use. There are two tabs – the first tab shows you how to upload without Subgroups and the second shows how Subgroups should be represented.

To upload a CSV file make sure:

• The file has a “csv” extension.
• There are five (5) columns with the following headings (note: they are case sensitive and must be exactly as stated below or the importer will show an error):
• Group
• Sub-Group
• Comment Label
• Comment
• Favorite

• Sub-Groups are only supported with premium/institutional accounts.
• Leave the Sub-Group entry blank for a given row if you want the Comment to appear directly under the Group.
• You can import up to 400 Comments into a Library
• Put a number 1 in the favorite column for comments that you would like marked as a favorite on import. This can also be done later. (You must use 1/0 not yes/no otherwise the upload will fail.)

After importing, check the sorting of Comments is how you want it, Favorite Comments and finish personalizing your expert feedback!

Export a Comment Library

You can export your Comments, including 11trees proprietary Comment Libraries like College Edition if you have licensed that content, in either CSV or copy/paste formats.

To export:

1. Visit Edit a Library in the AP web editor. To reach the web editor from AP’s Chrome Extension or Microsoft Word add-in, click Edit then Edit Libraries.
2. Select a Library from the Library drop down.
3. Click the Print & Export button to the right of the Library picker dropdown.
4. Choose CSV or Copy/Paste to get the Comments.