Quiz Maker for Google Classroom
Generate AI quizzes from your lesson PDFs, slides, or notes — then drop the link into a Classroom assignment. Auto-grading, instant feedback, no Forms setup.
Free for teachers. No credit card.
Why teachers add SimpleQuizMaker to Google Classroom
Google Forms is fine for short surveys, but turning a 10-page PDF lecture into a 15-question quiz inside Forms takes 45 minutes of copy-paste, distractor writing, and answer-key entry. SimpleQuizMaker does it in under two minutes: upload the PDF, choose question count and difficulty, get a ready-to-assign quiz with auto-graded results.
You keep Classroom as the workflow hub — assignments, due dates, gradebook, parent emails — and use SimpleQuizMaker for the part Classroom is weakest at: actually producing the questions.
How it works with Classroom (3 steps)
- 1. Generate the quiz. Upload a PDF, paste lecture notes, or paste a YouTube URL. Pick question count (10-30), difficulty (easy / medium / hard), and types (MCQ, true/false, short answer). Click generate; you have a draft quiz in 30 seconds.
- 2. Edit and publish. Review questions in the editor. Tweak wording, swap distractors, or delete weak items. Click publish — you get a shareable link.
- 3. Assign in Classroom. In your Classroom, create a new assignment, paste the SimpleQuizMaker link, set the due date, click assign. Students click the link, take the quiz, see their score immediately. You see a results dashboard with item analysis.
What you get that Google Forms can't do
- · AI question generation from any source — PDF, image, YouTube, website URL, plain text. Forms requires you to write every question by hand.
- · Distractor generation — for every MCQ, three plausible wrong answers are written for you. The single most time-consuming part of authoring becomes automatic.
- · Difficulty calibration — set easy / medium / hard and the model adjusts question depth (Bloom levels 1-2 vs 3-6).
- · Item analysis — see which questions every student got wrong, which had high discrimination, which were too easy. Forms gives you a score chart and nothing else.
- · Multiple question types in one quiz — MCQ, true/false, short-answer, matching, fill-in-blank. Forms supports them but you write every one by hand.
Common classroom workflows
Exit ticket from today's slide deck
Upload your Google Slides export (PDF). Generate 5 questions at medium difficulty. Assign in Classroom with a 5-minute timer for last 5 minutes of class. Get a per-student grasp of the day's lesson before they leave.
Reading-check on assigned chapter
Upload chapter PDF or paste the text. Generate 10 questions covering main events and key vocab. Assign as a Classroom homework due before next class. Students who didn't read show up clearly in the item analysis.
Pre-test before a unit
Upload your unit overview. Generate 15 questions covering the whole unit at the difficulty level you'll test at later. Use the pre-test result to decide where to spend the most class time.
Test review from study guide
Upload the study guide. Generate 30 questions at the same depth as the upcoming test. Assign as a Classroom practice assignment. Students self-grade and identify weak areas.
Privacy and student data
SimpleQuizMaker doesn't require student accounts for taking quizzes — students click the link, enter a name, take the quiz. No email collection, no third-party tracking on the student side. Quiz authors (teachers) sign in via Google OAuth. Submissions are stored against your teacher account, not students' personal accounts. Student names and scores stay private to you.
FAQ
Does SimpleQuizMaker integrate with Classroom gradebook? Not directly. We export CSV; you paste into Classroom or your SIS. Direct gradebook write-back is on the roadmap.
Can students take the quiz without a Google account?Yes. Anyone with the link can take the quiz with a name. They don't need a Google or SimpleQuizMaker account.
Can I see who got what wrong? Yes. Submissions show per-student answers and item-level correctness.
Is it free for teachers? Yes. Free tier covers up to a generous monthly quota of quizzes. Heavy users (200+ students/month) upgrade to the Teacher plan ($19.99/mo).
What about Chromebook compatibility? Works in any modern browser including Chrome OS. No app install, no extension.