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Drop in a PDF, slides, a DOCX file, or a photo of your notes. DeckOwl writes practice questions from your material, with an explanation for every answer.

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How to turn your notes into a quiz

Most students already have the material for a good quiz sitting in their notes, slides or a textbook PDF, but writing questions from it takes time. Students who upload notes to create a quiz skip the blank page and start testing themselves on what they actually covered in class.

Upload one chapter or lecture at a time so each quiz stays focused.
Answer before you check the explanation, so the quiz shows you what you actually remember.
Retake missed questions a day or two later rather than immediately.
Compare short answer responses with your notes to find gaps in your explanations.

Example intro biology quiz questions

Which organelle produces most of a cell's ATP through cellular respiration?Mitochondria. They contain the citric acid cycle and electron transport chain enzymes that make most of the cell's ATP.

True or false: prokaryotic cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.False. Prokaryotes lack a membrane-bound nucleus, so their DNA sits in a region called the nucleoid.

Short answer: which molecule carries the genetic code from DNA to the ribosome?Messenger RNA (mRNA). Transcription copies DNA into mRNA, which the ribosome reads during translation.

During which phase of mitosis do sister chromatids separate?Anaphase. Spindle fibers pull the sister chromatids toward opposite poles of the cell.

What happens to an animal cell placed in a hypotonic solution?It swells and may burst. Water moves into the cell because the solution outside has a lower solute concentration.

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Three question types

Multiple-choice, true/false and short answer questions, so you can test recognition and recall.

Explanations on every answer

When you miss a question, the explanation shows why the correct answer is right, so you learn from the mistake.

Works from messy input

Upload PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, plain text or photos of pages. Images are read with text recognition.

How it works

Upload your notes

Add a PDF, DOCX, PPTX, plain text file or a photo of your pages.

Choose the question types

Pick multiple-choice, true/false, short answer, or a mix of them for your quiz.

Study and retake

Answer the questions, read the explanations, then retake the ones you missed.

A quiz built from your own material tests the points your instructor emphasized, not generic questions. Mixing multiple-choice, true/false and short answer questions shows you whether you can recognize a concept and whether you can explain it from memory.

Paid plans let you export the quiz for other tools, so you can keep working on it outside the browser.

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Frequently asked questions

How many questions should a quiz on one chapter have?

Ten to twenty questions usually covers the main ideas of a chapter without becoming tiring. Shorter quizzes work well for quick review before a class.

What is the best way to study from a quiz made from my notes?

Answer each question before checking the answer, and read the explanation for every question you missed. Retake the missed questions after a day or two so you have to recall them again.

Can I export the quiz?

Exports are paid features. PDF and DOCX export are included in Plus, and QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML export are included in Pro. The free plan lets you study in the browser without exports.

What file types can I upload?

You can upload PDF, DOCX, PPTX and plain text notes. Photos of pages also work because the text is read with text recognition.

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