How do you make a quiz for students?
Start from the material you actually taught, decide what each question should test, and mix question types so the quiz checks understanding rather than recognition. The fastest route today is to upload the unit's slides or handout, let AI draft the questions from it, then edit the draft and share it with the class by link. Keep it short, give instant feedback, and look at which questions most students miss.
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A quiz is only useful if every question maps to something you taught. Before writing, list the five to ten concepts the unit was about. One or two questions per concept is plenty for a weekly check. Multiple choice is quick to grade, but add a few short-answer or fill-in-the-blank items so students have to produce the idea, not just spot it.
Writing distractors is the slow part. Good wrong answers are the mistakes students really make. If you draft with AI from your own handout, ask for explanations on every question so the quiz also teaches when a student gets it wrong.
Then think about delivery. A paper quiz gives you a stack to mark. An online quiz with instant feedback tells each student why they were wrong right away, and points them to the concept to review before the next lesson.
Step by step
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List the concepts the quiz should cover, taken from the unit you taught.
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Upload the slides, handout or reading for that unit.
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Draft 10 to 15 questions from it: mostly multiple choice, a few short answer, one or two matching or fill-in-the-blank.
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Read every question. Fix wording, swap weak distractors, make sure each one has an explanation and points to the source.
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Share the quiz with the class by one link.
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After the class has taken it, ask which questions felt hardest and reteach that concept.
How StudyPDF helps
In StudyPDF you upload the unit and it drafts a quiz from it: multiple choice, multi-select, true or false, short answer, matching and fill-in-the-blank, each with an explanation and a citation to the page. You can edit any question by hand, and every AI suggestion is applied only when you confirm. Then share the course with the class by one link. Students take the quiz free in any browser with instant feedback, and those who join save their progress.
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How many questions should a student quiz have?
For a weekly check, 10 to 15 questions is enough to cover a unit without eating the lesson. For revision before a test, 25 to 40 spread across the topics works better. More questions on a single concept do not tell you much more than two good ones.
Can I make the quiz from a PDF?
Yes. Upload the PDF of the handout, slides or chapter and let the AI draft questions from it. Every question should cite the page it came from so you can check it in seconds. Scanned PDFs and photos of pages work too.
Do it on your own course
Upload your lectures and ask Bo. Cited answers, plus flashcards, exams, and more built from your material.