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Product updates, study tips, and how we build AI quizzes from your materials
What SourceQuiz does
SourceQuiz turns your study materials into practice quizzes. Paste notes, add a link, or upload a file, then generate multiple-choice, multi-select, fill-in-the-blank, and true/false questions with instant feedback and score tracking.
Most study tools start with someone else’s content: public flashcard decks, generic question banks, or practice tests written for a broad syllabus. Those can help, but they often miss the exact PDF, lecture sequence, terminology, or instructor emphasis you are actually being tested on.
SourceQuiz starts from the material in front of you. A biology chapter, nursing lecture PDF, certification objective list, or messy lecture-note dump can become a focused quiz session without manually writing every question.
How it works
- Add material — text, a web link, or a file (PDF, Word, plain text, and more).
- Generate a quiz — pick question types and difficulty; AI writes questions from your content.
- Practice and review — submit answers, see explanations, and track progress over time.
That loop matters because exams test recall, not recognition. Re-reading a page can make it feel familiar, but a closed-book quiz shows whether you can actually pull the idea from memory. SourceQuiz is built around that loop: practice first, review misses, then regenerate when you need a fresh set.
What to use it for
SourceQuiz works best when your study source is specific:
- Lecture notes from this week
- A textbook chapter or PDF handout
- Slides exported from class
- A public web page or study guide
- Certification objectives or vendor documentation
- Your own summary notes before an exam
It is less useful for material that is mostly images with no captions, handwritten notes that have not been converted to text, or huge unstructured uploads with several unrelated topics. Smaller, cleaner sources usually generate better questions.
How to get better questions
Treat your source material like a prompt for your future quiz. Give it clear headings, remove pages that are not on the exam, and keep one topic per material when possible. If diagrams matter, include the figure captions or a short text description. If a quiz feels too easy, regenerate with harder difficulty instead of re-reading the whole chapter.
The goal is not to make a perfect question bank on the first try. The goal is to create a fast feedback loop: generate, answer from memory, review misses, tighten the source, and try again.
Where to start
If you are staring at notes, start with How to Turn Lecture Notes into Practice Questions.
If most of your course material is PDF-based, use How to Study from a PDF: Upload, Quiz, and Review Your Mistakes.
If you want the study method behind the product, read Active Recall vs Re-Reading.
If the first generated quiz is not good enough, use How to Regenerate AI Quiz Questions before giving up on the material.
Who it is for
SourceQuiz is useful for students who need practice tied to their own materials:
- College students preparing for midterms and finals
- Nursing students drilling lecture PDFs and case-style notes
- Biology and STEM students who need chapter-specific practice
- Certification candidates reviewing official objectives and docs
- Anyone who learns better by answering questions than by highlighting pages
It does not replace your professor, textbook, official exam guide, or required practice exams. It gives you a faster way to turn those sources into active recall.
Get started
Open SourceQuiz and sign up to use Study. Questions about billing or your account? Email [email protected].