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Turn your own notes into a free Kahoot-style quiz

DeckOwl reads your PDF, slides, or notes and writes multiple-choice, true/false, and short-answer questions with explanations. Start on the free plan with no credit card.

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How a free Kahoot-style quiz works here

Yes, you can make a Kahoot-style quiz for free by starting from the material you already have. Instead of searching for a generic quiz that may not match your course, you upload your own lecture slides, reading notes, or a scanned page, and DeckOwl turns that content into questions. The free plan includes 3 generations per month, which is enough to test a chapter or two before deciding whether you need more.

Works with PDF, DOCX, PPTX, plain text, and photos of pages
Multiple-choice, true/false, and short-answer question types
Every question includes an explanation of the correct answer
Free plan includes 3 generations a month and browser study

Example biology quiz questions for a Kahoot-style review

Which organelle produces most of a cell's ATP?Mitochondria. They carry out cellular respiration, which generates most of the cell's ATP.

True or false: plant cell walls are made mainly of cellulose.True. Cellulose gives plant cell walls their rigidity, and animal cells have no cell wall.

Which molecule brings amino acids to the ribosome during translation?tRNA. Its anticodon pairs with the matching codon on the mRNA.

How many daughter cells does one meiosis produce from a single parent cell?Four haploid cells. DNA is replicated once, but the cell divides twice.

How many sodium ions does the sodium-potassium pump move out per cycle?Three Na+ out and two K+ in. It uses ATP to keep the ion gradient across the membrane.

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Questions from your material

Upload a PDF, DOCX, PPTX, text file, or a photo of a page, and the quiz is built from what you actually studied.

Explanations for every answer

Each question includes a short reason the correct answer is right, so a wrong guess becomes a lesson.

Study in the browser

The free plan lets you run the quiz in your browser with 3 generations a month, with no download needed.

How it works

Upload your notes

Add a PDF, slide deck, Word file, or photo of your handout. Pick the question types you want.

Generate the quiz

DeckOwl writes multiple-choice, true/false, or short-answer questions with explanations.

Run it in class or alone

Work through the questions in the browser, then regenerate from new material when you need another set.

The quality of the quiz depends on the source. Clear headings, defined terms, and complete sentences give the model more to work with, so a well-organized set of notes usually produces sharper questions. Each generated question comes with an explanation, so you can check the reasoning after answering rather than only learning whether you were right.

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Frequently asked questions

How many questions should a practice quiz have?

Ten to twenty questions is a common range for a single study session, because it is long enough to test recall and short enough to finish. If you are preparing for a longer exam, split your notes into sections and quiz each one separately.

Is it better to write my own wrong answers for multiple-choice questions?

Writing your own distractors forces you to think about common confusions, which is useful practice. Reviewing generated options and rewriting the weakest ones is a practical middle ground when time is short.

Is the free plan really free?

Yes, the free plan has no credit card requirement and includes 3 generations per month with study in the browser. Exports are part of the paid plans.

Can I export my quiz?

Exporting is a paid feature. Plus ($99.90/year or $9.99/month) includes PDF, DOCX, Anki, and CSV export, and Pro ($14.99/month) adds QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML.

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