Turn your notes into a quiz for your next online competition
DeckOwl builds the question set from your PDFs, slides or notes, with explanations for every answer. It creates the quiz itself, so you can run it in the tool your group already uses.
How the quiz gets made
Most people searching for online quiz competition software want a way to run a contest where teams answer questions and compare scores. DeckOwl does not host live games. What it does is produce the questions, which is the slow part of setting up a competition.
- Generate questions from PDFs, slides, notes or photos of pages
- Get multiple-choice, true/false and short-answer formats with explanations
- Export to PDF or DOCX on Plus, and to QTI 2.1 or Moodle XML on Pro
- Start free with no credit card, then upgrade when you need exports or unlimited generations
Questions from your material
Upload a PDF, DOCX, PPTX, text file or photo of a page, and get multiple-choice, true/false or short-answer questions drawn from that content.
Explanations for every answer
Each question includes a reason for the correct answer, so players learn from misses as well as wins.
Exports for your own platform
Export to PDF or DOCX on Plus, and to QTI 2.1 or Moodle XML on Pro, to bring the quiz into the system you already use.
How it works
Upload your source
Add the lecture slides, reading or notes that the competition should cover.
Choose the question types
Pick multiple-choice, true/false or short-answer questions, then generate the set.
Review and export
Check the questions and explanations, then export the quiz in the format your platform needs.
You upload the material your contest should cover, and DeckOwl generates multiple-choice, true/false or open questions with explanations. Free accounts can study the quiz in the browser, while Plus and Pro add PDF, DOCX and LMS exports.
For a competition, the explanations matter as much as the scores. They give the winners and the losers a reason for each answer, which makes the review round more useful.
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Build Your Own Quiz Round
DeckOwl does not host competitions, but it creates a practice quiz from your notes.
Frequently asked questions
How do I write good questions for a market competition quiz?
Use one concept per question and make the wrong options plausible, such as confusing monopolistic competition with oligopoly. Ask why an answer is correct as well as what it is, since explanations are where most learning happens.
What should a quiz on perfect competition cover?
Focus on price-taking behavior, identical products, free entry and exit, and long-run zero economic profit. Those four ideas explain most of the questions that appear in intro economics courses.
Can DeckOwl run a live multiplayer quiz?
No. DeckOwl generates the quiz from your material and lets you study it in the browser on the free plan. Paid plans let you export the questions to PDF, DOCX, QTI 2.1 or Moodle XML for use in another platform.
Is there a free plan, and what does it include?
The free plan includes 3 generations per month and studying in the browser, with no exports. You do not need a credit card to start.
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