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Make a quiz for students from your own notes or slides

Upload the material you already teach from and get a set of questions with explanations you can review before students see them.

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Start from the material students already use

Teachers and tutors often spend hours writing questions from scratch, so the quickest way to make a quiz for students is to begin with the lecture slides, reading or notes they already have. Upload the file, and the generator turns the key facts into questions with answer choices and explanations.

Write one main idea per question so a wrong answer shows exactly what to reteach.
Make distractors plausible, based on mistakes students actually make.
Keep the explanation short and tied to the source material.
Review every generated question before it reaches your class.

Example quiz-writing questions for students to check

What makes a good distractor in a multiple-choice question?A plausible wrong answer based on a common misconception. Implausible options let students pick the right answer by elimination without knowing the material.

Should a true/false statement contain words like always or never?Usually not. Absolute words are often false, so students can guess correctly without understanding the topic.

Why does answering a quiz question help memory more than rereading notes?Pulling an answer from memory is retrieval practice, which strengthens recall more than passive review. The effort of retrieving the answer is what builds the memory.

Why should each quiz answer include an explanation?An explanation shows the reasoning behind the correct choice. Students learn why an answer is right, not just which letter to pick.

How many ideas should a single quiz question test?One. A question focused on one idea shows clearly what a wrong answer reveals about a student's understanding.

Generate the full set

Upload what you already have

Add PDFs, DOCX files, PPTX slides, plain text notes or photos of pages. Text in images is read with text recognition.

Pick the question types

Generate multiple-choice, true/false or open questions, or mix them in one quiz so recall and application are both tested.

Explanations for every answer

Each question comes with a short explanation of why the correct choice is right, so wrong answers become a lesson.

How it works

Upload your material

Drop in a PDF, slide deck, Word file or set of notes covering the unit you want to check.

Choose the format

Select multiple-choice, true/false or short answer, and review the questions the generator writes.

Study or export

Students can take the quiz in the browser on the free plan. Paid plans export to PDF, DOCX, Moodle XML and QTI 2.1 for your class.

Good quizzes test one idea at a time. Multiple-choice questions need plausible wrong answers based on common misconceptions, and true/false statements work best when they avoid absolute words like always or never. Open questions ask students to explain a process in their own words, which shows understanding that a letter choice cannot.

Always read through the questions before you share them, since the generator's output is a draft for your judgment. Paid plans let you export the finished quiz to PDF or DOCX for printing, or to Moodle XML and QTI 2.1 for a learning management system.

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Frequently asked questions

How many questions should a quiz for students include?

Ten to twenty questions is a practical range for a short study check, enough to sample a unit without tiring the learner. Mix recall questions with a few that require applying the idea to a new example.

What makes a good multiple-choice question for students?

The stem should be clear and the correct answer should be unambiguous. Wrong options should be believable, so a student who guesses without understanding the topic still gets it wrong.

Can I export the quiz to Moodle or print it as a PDF?

Exports are a paid feature. Plus includes PDF and DOCX export, and Pro adds QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML export for learning management systems.

Is there a free plan, and does it need a credit card?

The free plan includes 3 generations per month and lets students take quizzes in the browser, but it does not include exports. No credit card is needed to start.

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