diff --git a/Management.Test/Markdown/QuizMarkdownTests.cs b/Management.Test/Markdown/QuizMarkdownTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac7c327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Management.Test/Markdown/QuizMarkdownTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+using LocalModels;
+
+// try to follow syntax from https://github.com/gpoore/text2qti
+public class QuizMarkdownTests
+{
+  [Test]
+  public void CanSerializeQuizToMarkdown()
+  {
+    var quiz = new LocalQuiz()
+    {
+      Id = "string",
+      CanvasId = 8324723,
+      Name = "Test Quiz",
+      Description = @"
+# quiz description
+
+this is my description in markdown
+
+`here is code`
+",
+      LockAtDueDate = true,
+      LockAt = DateTime.MaxValue,
+      DueAt = DateTime.MaxValue,
+      ShuffleAnswers = true,
+      OneQuestionAtATime = false,
+      LocalAssignmentGroupId = "someId",
+      AllowedAttempts = -1,
+      Questions = new LocalQuizQuestion[] { }
+    };
+
+    var markdown = quiz.ToMarkdown();
+
+    markdown.Should().Contain("Id: string");
+    markdown.Should().Contain("CanvasId: 8324723");
+    markdown.Should().Contain("Name: Test Quiz");
+    markdown.Should().Contain(quiz.Description);
+    markdown.Should().Contain("LockAtDueDate: true");
+    markdown.Should().Contain("ShuffleAnswers: true");
+    markdown.Should().Contain("OneQuestionAtATime: false");
+    markdown.Should().Contain("LocalAssignmentGroupId: someId");
+    markdown.Should().Contain("AllowedAttempts: -1");
+  }
+  [Test]
+  public void QuzMarkdownIncludesMultipleChoiceQuestion()
+  {
+    var quiz = new LocalQuiz()
+    {
+      Id = "string",
+      CanvasId = 8324723,
+      Name = "Test Quiz",
+      Description = "desc",
+      LockAtDueDate = true,
+      LockAt = DateTime.MaxValue,
+      DueAt = DateTime.MaxValue,
+      ShuffleAnswers = true,
+      OneQuestionAtATime = false,
+      LocalAssignmentGroupId = "someId",
+      AllowedAttempts = -1,
+      Questions = new LocalQuizQuestion[]
+      {
+        new LocalQuizQuestion()
+        {
+          CanvasId = 32423,
+          Id = "someid",
+          Points = 2,
+          Text = @"`some type` of question
+
+with many 
+
+```
+lines
+```
+",
+          QuestionType = QuestionType.MULTIPLE_CHOICE,
+          Answers = new LocalQuizQuestionAnswer[]
+          {
+            new LocalQuizQuestionAnswer() { CanvasId = 324, Id = "asdfa", Correct = true, Text = "true" },
+            new LocalQuizQuestionAnswer() { CanvasId = 32544, Id = "wef", Correct = false, Text = "false" + Environment.NewLine +Environment.NewLine + "endline" },
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    var markdown = quiz.ToMarkdown();
+    var expectedQuestionString = @"
+Points: 2
+`some type` of question
+
+with many 
+
+```
+lines
+```
+
+*a) true
+b) false
+   
+   endline
+---
+";
+    markdown.Should().Contain(expectedQuestionString);
+  }
+//   [Test]
+//   public void QuzMarkdownIncludesMultipleAnswerQuestion()
+//   {
+//     var quiz = new LocalQuiz()
+//     {
+//       Id = "string",
+//       CanvasId = 8324723,
+//       Name = "Test Quiz",
+//       Description = "desc",
+//       LockAtDueDate = true,
+//       LockAt = DateTime.MaxValue,
+//       DueAt = DateTime.MaxValue,
+//       ShuffleAnswers = true,
+//       OneQuestionAtATime = false,
+//       LocalAssignmentGroupId = "someId",
+//       AllowedAttempts = -1,
+//       Questions = new LocalQuizQuestion[]
+//       {
+//         new LocalQuizQuestion()
+//         {
+//           CanvasId = 32423,
+//           Id = "someid",
+//           Text = @"
+// `some type` of question
+
+// with many 
+
+// ```
+// lines
+// ```
+// ",
+//           QuestionType = QuestionType.MULTIPLE_CHOICE,
+//           Answers = new LocalQuizQuestionAnswer[]
+//           {
+//             new LocalQuizQuestionAnswer() { CanvasId = 324, Id = "asdfa", Correct = true, Text = "true" },
+//             new LocalQuizQuestionAnswer() { CanvasId = 32544, Id = "wef", Correct = false, Text = "false" + Environment.NewLine +Environment.NewLine + "endline" },
+//           }
+//         },
+//         new LocalQuizQuestion()
+//         {
+//           CanvasId = 3253,
+//           Id = "somesdid",
+//           Text = "oneline question",
+//           QuestionType = QuestionType.MULTIPLE_ANSWERS,
+//           Answers = new LocalQuizQuestionAnswer[]
+//           {
+//             new LocalQuizQuestionAnswer() { CanvasId = 3324, Id = "asdfsa", Correct = true, Text = "true" },
+//             new LocalQuizQuestionAnswer() { CanvasId = 325344, Id = "wsef", Correct = true, Text = "false"},
+//           }
+//         }
+//       }
+//     };
+//     var markdown = quiz.ToMarkdown();
+//   }
+}
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diff --git a/Management.Web/Shared/Module/NewQuiz.razor b/Management.Web/Shared/Module/NewQuiz.razor
index 2829667..80fe8cf 100644
--- a/Management.Web/Shared/Module/NewQuiz.razor
+++ b/Management.Web/Shared/Module/NewQuiz.razor
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     {
       Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
       Name=Name,
+      Description = "",
     };
     if(planner.LocalCourse != null)
     {
diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/LocalQuiz.cs b/Management/Models/Local/LocalQuiz.cs
index 3d222d5..a61da64 100644
--- a/Management/Models/Local/LocalQuiz.cs
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/LocalQuiz.cs
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ namespace LocalModels;
 
 public record LocalQuiz
 {
-  public string Id { get; init; } = "";
+  public required string Id { get; init; }
   public ulong? CanvasId { get; init; } = null;
-  public string Name { get; init; } = "";
-  public string Description { get; init; } = "";
-  public bool LockAtDueDate { get; init; }
+  public required string Name { get; init; }
+  public required string Description { get; init; }
+  public bool LockAtDueDate { get; init; } = true;
   public DateTime? LockAt { get; init; }
   public DateTime DueAt { get; init; }
-  public bool ShuffleAnswers { get; init; }
-  public bool OneQuestionAtATime { get; init; }
+  public bool ShuffleAnswers { get; init; } = true;
+  public bool OneQuestionAtATime { get; init; } = false;
   public string? LocalAssignmentGroupId { get; init; }
   public int AllowedAttempts { get; init; } = -1; // -1 is infinite
   // public bool ShowCorrectAnswers { get; init; }
@@ -34,4 +34,26 @@ public record LocalQuiz
     var yaml = serializer.Serialize(this);
     return yaml;
   }
+
+  public string ToMarkdown()
+  {
+    var questionMarkdownArray = Questions.Select(q => q.ToMarkdown()).ToArray();
+    var questionDelimiter = Environment.NewLine + "---" + Environment.NewLine;
+    var questionMarkdown = string.Join(questionDelimiter, questionMarkdownArray);
+
+    return $@"Name: {Name}
+Id: {Id}
+CanvasId: {CanvasId}
+LockAtDueDate: {LockAtDueDate.ToString().ToLower()}
+LockAt: {LockAt}
+DueAt: {DueAt}
+ShuffleAnswers: {ShuffleAnswers.ToString().ToLower()}
+OneQuestionAtATime: {OneQuestionAtATime.ToString().ToLower()}
+LocalAssignmentGroupId: {LocalAssignmentGroupId}
+AllowedAttempts: {AllowedAttempts}
+Description: {Description}
+---
+{questionMarkdown}
+";
+  }
 }
diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/LocalQuizQuestion.cs b/Management/Models/Local/LocalQuizQuestion.cs
index c21d296..6ec578d 100644
--- a/Management/Models/Local/LocalQuizQuestion.cs
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/LocalQuizQuestion.cs
@@ -4,12 +4,37 @@ public record LocalQuizQuestion
 {
   public ulong? CanvasId { get; set; }
   public string Id { get; set; } = "";
-  public string Text { get; init; } = string.Empty;  
+  public string Text { get; init; } = string.Empty;
   public string HtmlText => Markdig.Markdown.ToHtml(Text);
   public string QuestionType { get; init; } = string.Empty;
   public int Points { get; init; }
   public IEnumerable<LocalQuizQuestionAnswer> Answers { get; init; } =
     Enumerable.Empty<LocalQuizQuestionAnswer>();
+  public string ToMarkdown()
+  {
+    var answerArray = Answers.Select((answer, i) =>
+    {
+      var questionLetter = (char)(i + 97);
+      var isMultipleChoice = QuestionType == "multiple_choice";
+
+      var correctIndicator = answer.Correct ? "*" : isMultipleChoice ? "" : " ";
+
+
+      var questionTypeIndicator = isMultipleChoice
+        ? $"{correctIndicator}{questionLetter}) " 
+        : $"[{correctIndicator}] ";
+
+      var textWithSpecificNewline = answer.Text.Replace(Environment.NewLine, Environment.NewLine + "   ");
+      return $"{questionTypeIndicator}{textWithSpecificNewline}";
+    });
+    var answersText = string.Join(Environment.NewLine, answerArray);
+
+    return $@"Points: {Points}
+{Text}
+{answersText}
+---
+";
+  }
 }
 
 public static class QuestionType
diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/LocalQuizQuestionAnswer.cs b/Management/Models/Local/LocalQuizQuestionAnswer.cs
index 8afbcfd..c0d05ec 100644
--- a/Management/Models/Local/LocalQuizQuestionAnswer.cs
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/LocalQuizQuestionAnswer.cs
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ public record LocalQuizQuestionAnswer
   public string Text { get; init; } = string.Empty;
 
   public string HtmlText => Markdig.Markdown.ToHtml(Text);
+
 }
diff --git a/test.md b/test.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c1ac9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+*a) true
+b) false
+   
+   endline
+---
+*a) true
+b) false  
+   
+   endline
+---
diff --git a/tmptxt.txt b/tmptxt.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4673940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmptxt.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+   Expected markdown "Name: Test Quiz
+Id: string
+CanvasId: 8324723
+LockAtDueDate: true
+LockAt: 12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM
+DueAt: 12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM
+ShuffleAnswers: true
+OneQuestionAtATime: false
+LocalAssignmentGroupId: someId
+AllowedAttempts: -1
+Description: desc
+---
+Points: 2
+`some type` of question
+
+with many 
+
+```
+lines
+```
+
+
+- *true
+- false
+
+endline
+---
+
+" to contain "
+Points: 2
+`some type` of question
+
+with many 
+
+```
+lines
+```
+
+- *true
+- false
+
+endline
+---
+".
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