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Turn your lecture notes into a quiz for live review

Upload slides, PDFs or notes and get multiple-choice, true/false or open questions with explanations, ready to project or export.

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Running a live quiz without a game room

Teachers and tutors often need to make a live quiz at the end of a unit, and the slow part is writing questions that match what was covered. DeckOwl does not host a live game room with player joins. What it handles is the drafting: it reads your slides, PDFs or notes and produces questions with explanations you can check before class.

Questions come from the material you upload, so the review matches what was taught.
Every answer includes an explanation to read aloud when the group disagrees.
The free plan covers 3 generations a month, studied in the browser.
Plus and Pro exports let you move the questions into other tools.

Example live review questions for cell biology

Which organelle produces most of the cell's ATP?The mitochondrion. Its inner membrane hosts the electron transport chain, which drives most ATP synthesis.

True or false: prokaryotic cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.False. Prokaryotes keep their DNA in a nucleoid region without a membrane, which is a key difference from eukaryotes.

What does the Golgi apparatus mainly do?It modifies, sorts and packages proteins and lipids for transport, processing molecules received from the endoplasmic reticulum.

Why does a plant cell not burst in pure water?Its rigid cell wall resists expansion, so pressure builds up as turgor instead of rupturing the membrane.

Explain how the phospholipid bilayer controls what enters the cell.Its hydrophobic tails block most polar and charged molecules, so they cross only through channel or carrier proteins.

Generate the full set

Questions from your material

Upload PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, notes or photos of pages and get questions drawn from that content.

Explanations on every answer

Each multiple-choice, true/false and short-answer question includes a short explanation to read aloud after a round.

Exports for your class tools

Plus exports PDF and DOCX, and Pro adds QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML for learning management systems.

How it works

Upload your material

Add a PDF, slide deck, Word file, plain notes or a photo of a page.

Choose the question types

Pick multiple-choice, true/false or short-answer questions and generate the set.

Review, then run it live

Check the questions and explanations, then project them or export a file for your session.

Questions work best in live review when they test understanding rather than recall of single terms. Use multiple-choice and true/false items for quick rounds, then short-answer questions for the discussion that follows.

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Frequently asked questions

Can DeckOwl run a live quiz with students joining on their own devices?

No. DeckOwl generates the questions and explanations, and you run the session yourself by projecting them or handing out a PDF. Exporting to PDF or DOCX is part of the Plus plan.

How many questions should a live review quiz have?

Most live reviews work well with 10 to 15 questions, which fits a round into about 15 minutes and leaves time for discussion.

Which question types work best for live review?

Multiple-choice and true/false questions give fast answers to vote on, while short-answer questions make better prompts for group discussion.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. The free plan includes 3 generations per month and studying in the browser, with no exports. Plus costs $39 per year or $7.99 per month, and students get 40% off with a school email.

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