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Writing every question by hand takes hours. DeckOwl drafts multiple-choice, true/false and open questions from your material, each with an explanation you can check.

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How a quiz maker without AI compares

Writing good quiz questions by hand takes time, and a quiz maker without AI means you do all of that work yourself. DeckOwl takes a different route: it is an AI tool that drafts the questions for you from your own material.

Multiple-choice, true/false and short answer questions
Explanations for each question
Free plan: 3 generations per month, studied in the browser
Students get 40% off with a school email

Example high school biology quiz questions

Which organelle makes most of a cell's ATP?Mitochondria. They carry out cellular respiration, which produces ATP from glucose and oxygen.

True or false: Plant cells have a cell membrane.True. Every cell is bounded by a membrane, and plant cells also have a cell wall outside it.

What is the main job of ribosomes?Protein synthesis. They read mRNA and link amino acids into polypeptide chains.

Why does a plant cell swell when placed in pure water?Water enters by osmosis because the cytoplasm holds more dissolved solutes than the water outside, and the cell wall limits how far it can swell.

What does the cell nucleus store?DNA, the genetic instructions. It controls which genes the cell expresses.

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Quizzes from your material

Upload PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, plain text notes or photos of pages, and get multiple-choice, true/false or short answer questions.

Explanations included

Each question comes with an explanation, so a wrong answer still teaches you something.

Exports on paid plans

Save quizzes as PDF or DOCX on Plus, or export QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML for your course system on Pro.

How it works

Upload your material

Add a PDF, slides, notes or a photo of a page. No credit card is needed to start.

Get your questions

Receive multiple-choice, true/false or open questions, each with an explanation.

Study in the browser

Work through the quiz, check the explanations and go back over the questions you missed.

DeckOwl reads your uploaded notes, slides or documents and writes questions with explanations. The free plan gives you 3 generations a month and lets you study in the browser, but exports are paid: PDF and DOCX are on Plus at $39/year or $7.99/month, and QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML are on Pro at $14.99/month.

If you want every question written by hand, a blank document or spreadsheet does that without any AI. DeckOwl fits better when your notes are long and you want a first draft of questions to check and study from.

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Frequently asked questions

Is DeckOwl a quiz maker without AI?

No. DeckOwl uses AI to draft questions from your uploaded material. If you want to write every question yourself, a document or spreadsheet is the better choice.

How should I plan quiz questions for a cell biology unit?

Cover each key term and process at least once, then add a few questions that ask why something happens. Mixing recall with reasoning questions tests understanding better than definitions alone.

What is the best way to study with practice quizzes?

Answer each question before reading the explanation, then retake the ones you missed a day or two later. Spacing your review helps more than rereading your notes.

Can I export my quiz to Moodle?

Yes, on the Pro plan at $14.99/month you can export Moodle XML and QTI 2.1 files.

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