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Upload your notes, slides or a PDF and get practice questions with explanations you can study in your browser.

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Quizzing yourself from your own notes

Students often have hours of lecture notes and no quick way to test themselves on them. A notes-based GPT quiz turns those notes into practice questions in one step, so you spend your time answering instead of writing questions yourself. Upload a PDF, DOCX, slides, typed notes or a photo of a page, and DeckOwl writes multiple-choice, true/false and short answer questions, each with an explanation.

Works with lecture notes, slides and scanned pages
Free plan includes 3 generations per month, with no credit card needed to start
Students get 40% off with a school email
Exports to PDF, DOCX, QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML on paid plans

Example biology quiz questions from lecture notes

Which organelle produces most of a cell's ATP?Mitochondria. They run oxidative phosphorylation, which makes most of the cell's ATP.

True or false: osmosis moves water toward the side with lower solute concentration.False. Water moves toward the side with higher solute concentration, so it flows from lower to higher solute.

Why is DNA replication discontinuous on the lagging strand?DNA polymerase only synthesizes in the 5' to 3' direction, so the lagging strand is copied in short Okazaki fragments.

What is the main role of the enzyme helicase?It unwinds the double helix by breaking hydrogen bonds between base pairs ahead of the replication fork.

In a dihybrid cross of two heterozygous parents, what fraction of offspring show both dominant traits?9/16. Each gene gives a 3/4 chance of the dominant trait, and the two genes assort independently (3/4 × 3/4).

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Questions from your own material

Upload PDF, DOCX, PPTX, plain text or photos of pages. Questions come from what you actually studied.

Three question types

Multiple choice, true/false and short answer, each with an explanation of why the correct answer is right.

Export when you need it

The free plan studies in the browser. PDF and DOCX export come with Plus, and QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML come with Pro.

How it works

Upload your notes

Add a PDF, DOCX, slides or pasted text. Photos of pages are read with text recognition.

Choose a question type

Pick multiple choice, true/false or short answer, then generate the quiz.

Check the explanations

Answer each question, read why it is right or wrong, then retry the ones you missed.

Good quiz questions test recall, not recognition. Work through each question before reading the explanation, and mark the ones you missed. Retry those items a day or two later, which is where spaced repetition helps most.

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Frequently asked questions

How many questions should a quiz from my notes include?

Start with 10 to 15 questions per chapter or lecture so each quiz is short enough to finish in one sitting. Shorter quizzes make it easier to spot which topics you still need to review.

How do I get the most out of a quiz built from my notes?

Answer before you check, and read the explanation for every question, including the ones you got right. Retry missed questions after a day or two.

Can I export my quiz?

Exports are a paid feature. PDF and DOCX export are included with Plus, and QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML export come with Pro.

Which AI does DeckOwl use to write questions?

DeckOwl uses AI models to write questions from your material. The Pro plan includes a stronger model for more complex notes.

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