Turn your own notes into a Kahoot-style quiz for students
Upload your lecture slides, PDFs or class notes and get practice questions with explanations you can study in your browser.
How a Kahoot-style quiz helps you study on your own
Students who study from their own slides often end up rereading the same pages instead of testing themselves. A free quiz maker like Kahoot can fix that by turning your notes into multiple-choice, true/false or short-answer questions, so you find out what you actually know before the exam.
- Pick multiple-choice, true/false or short-answer questions
- Read an explanation for every answer, right or wrong
- Start free with 3 generations per month and no credit card
- Export to PDF, DOCX or Anki on Plus, and QTI or Moodle XML on Pro
Multiple-choice, true/false and short answer
Every question comes with an explanation, so a wrong answer teaches you something.
Built from your own material
Upload PDFs, Word files, PowerPoint slides, plain-text notes or photos of pages.
Study in the browser
The free plan lets you take quizzes right away, and no credit card is needed to start.
How it works
Upload your notes
Add a PDF, slides, a Word file or a photo of a page from your textbook or board.
Generate your quiz
Choose your question types and get a set built from the exact material you gave it.
Study and retake
Work through the explanations for each answer, then retake the quiz until the answers stick.
Testing yourself forces your memory to pull up information, which tends to stick better than rereading. When you miss a question, the explanation shows the reasoning behind the right answer, so the next attempt is more useful than the last one.
DeckOwl's free plan includes 3 generations per month and lets you study in the browser. Exports to PDF, DOCX and Anki, plus unlimited generations, are on the Plus plan, and students get 40% off with a school email.
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Frequently asked questions
How many questions should I make from one chapter?
Start with a short set that covers the main ideas in the chapter, since a focused quiz is easier to finish than a long one. Retake the questions you missed a day or two later to see what you remember.
Does taking a quiz work better than rereading my notes?
Testing yourself makes you pull information from memory, which usually strengthens recall more than rereading does. Read the explanation after each wrong answer so you can close the gap before the next attempt.
Is the free plan really free?
Yes, the free plan includes 3 generations per month and lets you study in the browser. Exporting your quizzes is a paid feature.
What do the paid plans add?
Plus costs $39 a year or $7.99 a month and adds unlimited generations, PDF, DOCX, Anki and CSV export, and spaced repetition. Pro costs $14.99 a month and adds a stronger AI model, bulk upload, and QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML export, and students get 40% off with a school email.
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