How it works

1. Open the quiz builder and pick the “Upload File” tab.
2. Drag and drop or browse to your PDF.
3. Configure: difficulty (Easy / Medium / Hard), number of questions (5–50), question types (MCQ / True-False / Short Answer).
4. Click Generate. Extraction takes 5–10 seconds; generation takes 10–30 seconds.
5. Review every question. Edit, regenerate, or delete any item.
6. Save and share the link, or assign in Google Classroom.

What PDFs work well

· Textbook chapters — clean text, clear headings, mostly prose. Strongest results.
· Lecture handouts — including ones with bullet points and short paragraphs.
· Research papers — for assignment-based quizzes (e.g., “quiz students on this week's reading”).
· Course syllabi — for orientation quizzes.
· Wikipedia exports — clean encyclopedia content.
· Government / NGO reports — public policy documents, NGO research.

What does NOT work well

· Scanned PDFs without OCR — if the PDF is a scan, the text isn't extractable. Run OCR first (Adobe Acrobat, ABBYY) or use the image upload tool which OCRs for you.
· Heavy-diagram pages — biology pages with mostly diagrams produce thin questions. Pair with the textbook text on the same topic.
· Math-heavy PDFs with LaTeX figures — equations rendered as images won't extract. Paste the LaTeX source instead.
· Very long PDFs (50+ pages) — extract the chapter you actually want; full books dilute focus.
· Multi-language PDFs — works in English by default. For other languages, specify in the topic field.

Tips for the best output

1. Upload one chapter at a time

The AI does better with focused content. A 15-page chapter on photosynthesis produces tighter questions than a 200-page biology textbook upload. Split long PDFs by chapter or section before uploading.

2. Specify the audience

Use the topic field (alongside the PDF) to add context: “Generate questions for 9th-grade biology students” or “AP Biology level”. The AI calibrates difficulty and vocabulary to your audience.

3. Verify the answer key

AI generators occasionally misclassify answers — especially on negative-phrased questions (“Which of the following is NOT…”). A 2-minute pass per 10 questions catches 95% of errors. See designing assessments AI can't cheat for the broader framing.

4. Strengthen distractors before publishing

AI-generated multiple-choice distractors are often too obviously wrong. Spend 30 seconds per question replacing weak distractors with common student misconceptions. See multiple-choice distractor design.

Use cases

Teachers — weekly chapter quizzes

The single most common use case. Upload Monday's chapter scan; generate the Friday quiz in 15 minutes including verification. See for teachers.

Students — self-quiz from course PDFs

Course readings landed in PDF form? Upload, quiz yourself, review explanations. Active recall practice is the highest-leverage study technique. See active recall techniques.

Trainers — onboarding and compliance

Upload your SOP, employee handbook, or compliance training PDF. Generate a 20-question knowledge check. Track who passed and who needs follow-up. See for business.

Researchers — paper-based journal clubs

Upload the assigned paper; generate comprehension questions for the journal club. Saves prep time for organisers.

Privacy & security

Your PDF content is processed by AI to generate questions and then discarded. We do not store the original document in any user-accessible form. The generated quiz lives in your account. We're self-hosted on Hetzner servers in Germany — no third-party data warehouses.

Pricing

Free tier: 5 PDF-to-quiz generations per month, up to 10 questions per quiz. Student plan ($4.99/mo): unlimited generations, up to 30 questions per quiz. Teacher plan ($19.99/mo): unlimited generations, up to 50 questions, full analytics, student tracking. See pricing.

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