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Get a free quiz maker for studying from your own notes

Upload a PDF, slide deck or set of notes and get multiple-choice, true/false and short-answer questions with explanations you can check yourself against.

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How this free quiz maker differs from a live game

Many teachers and students who search for a free quiz maker similar to Kahoot want more than a live game. They want questions drawn from their own lecture notes, with answers they can check. DeckOwl reads PDFs, DOCX and PPTX files, plain notes and photos of pages, then writes multiple-choice, true/false and short-answer questions, each with an explanation.

Multiple-choice, true/false and short-answer questions from one upload
Explanations for every answer, so wrong picks teach something
Study in the browser on the free plan, with three generations a month
Export to PDF or DOCX on Plus, and to QTI 2.1 or Moodle XML on Pro

Example cell biology quiz questions

Which organelle produces most of a cell's ATP through aerobic respiration?The mitochondrion. It runs the citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation, which yield most of the cell's ATP.

True or false: animal cells have a cell wall.False. Animal cells lack a cell wall, so their outer boundary is only the plasma membrane.

What is the main job of the rough endoplasmic reticulum?Making proteins for secretion or for membranes. Ribosomes studding its surface build these proteins.

Which structures regulate movement of molecules in and out of the nucleus?The nuclear pores. They are embedded in the nuclear envelope and control transport between nucleus and cytoplasm.

In which phase of mitosis do sister chromatids separate?Anaphase. Spindle fibers pull the sister chromatids toward opposite poles of the cell.

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Three question types

Multiple choice, true/false and short answer, all generated from the material you upload.

Explanations for every answer

Each question includes a short explanation of the correct answer, so a wrong pick still teaches you something.

Works with your files

Read PDF, DOCX, PPTX, plain text and photos of pages with text recognition.

How it works

Upload your material

Add a PDF, slide deck, Word file or pasted notes.

Choose question types

Pick multiple choice, true/false or short answer and let the AI write the quiz.

Study or export

Take the quiz in your browser on the free plan, or export it on a paid plan.

DeckOwl is a study tool rather than a classroom game, so there is no shared screen for a whole class. Quizzes run in the browser, which makes it easy to drill one chapter alone before an exam. The free plan includes three generations each month. Exports to PDF, DOCX, Anki and CSV are part of the Plus plan, and QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML export come with Pro.

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Frequently asked questions

Is there a free quiz maker that works like Kahoot for studying?

DeckOwl is a study quiz generator rather than a live multiplayer game, so there is no shared classroom screen. The free plan gives you three generations a month and lets you take quizzes in the browser.

How many practice questions should I make for a cell biology unit?

Aim for enough questions to cover each learning objective at least twice, often 20 to 40 for one unit. Revisiting missed questions over several days helps more than one long session.

Which cell biology topics suit multiple-choice questions?

Organelle functions, cell cycle phases and membrane transport work well because each has a clear right answer. Process-based topics like cellular respiration are better practiced with short-answer questions.

Can I export my quiz to Moodle?

Moodle XML export is included in the Pro plan at $14.99 per month. The Plus plan, at $39 per year or $7.99 per month, covers PDF, DOCX, Anki and CSV export, and students get 40% off with a school email.

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