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Getting Started with Quizgecko: Making Quizzes, Flashcards & More ๐Ÿš€
Getting Started with Quizgecko: Making Quizzes, Flashcards & More ๐Ÿš€

Get started making custom study materials โ€“โ€“ including quizzes, flashcards, and podcasts โ€“โ€“ in no time with this helpful guide.

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Welcome to Quizgecko! ๐Ÿ‘‹

Whether you're a student looking to enhance your study sessions, a teacher creating assessments, or a business training employees, Quizgecko makes it easy to generate quizzes and flashcards using AI. This guide will walk you through the basics of creating and using quizzes and flashcards, as well as introduce you to other features in Quizgecko.

Creating Your First Lesson ๐Ÿช„

Whenever you generate on Quizgecko, you produce a complete Lesson personalized to your needs. In each Lesson you can find a:

  • Quiz

  • Flashcard set

  • Study notes

  • Podcast

It's easy for you to create all this in just five simple steps:

  1. Sign up for free or log in to your Quizgecko account ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ”‘

  2. Choose your input type ๐Ÿ”„๐Ÿ“‹

  3. Customize your quiz ๐ŸŽจโœ๏ธ

  4. Review and edit ๐Ÿงโœ‚๏ธ

  5. View and play Lesson ๐Ÿ‘€๐ŸŽฎ

That's it!

Read on if you'd like a more detailed guide that takes you through step-by-step.

Step 1: Sign up or log in

To get started, create a free account on Quizgecko or log in if you already have one. You can create a custom Lesson for free with a registered Quizgecko account, allowing you to test our generation magic for yourself.

Step 2: Choose your input type

Select Generate to start making your custom Lesson.

Choose your preferred information input from the following:

  • Upload โ€“โ€“ Upload documents such as notes, papers, PDFs, photos with text in (e.g. your notes), or a text file to generate questions from.

Upload Note: You can upload one file at a time. Uploads are limited to 20MB per file for users on our Premium plan and up to 50MB per file for users on our Ultra plan.

In addition, all uploads are subject to our Terms of Use, our Copyright Policy, and our Acceptable Usage Policy. We strongly recommend that you do not upload any documents that contain personal, private, or confidential information.

  • Text โ€“โ€“ Type out or paste your notes.

  • YouTube link โ€“โ€“ Enter a YouTube URL.

YouTube Note: YouTube videos will need to have spoken content and also be available for public view.

  • Subject โ€“โ€“ Enter a topic you want to study. This can be general, or specific.

  • Import โ€“โ€“ Import existing questions from a file.

Import Note: There is a limit of 50 questions per import.

  • Link โ€“โ€“ Generate questions from any public webpage.

  • Quizlet Set โ€“โ€“ Import flashcards from a Quizlet set.

  • Manual โ€“โ€“ Manually enter your own questions and answers.

Step 3: Customize your quiz

Once you've inputted your material, then you can customize the quiz that is generated as part of your Lesson.

Question Type

Select the question type you want from:

  • Multiple Choice

  • True/False

  • Short Answer

  • Fill in the Blank

  • Matching

  • Mixed

Language

If left on Auto, then the language will be based on the language of your information input. Otherwise, the language of your Lesson will be set by your choice in this field. We support pretty much every language in the world!

Advanced Options

Open this dropdown to reveal more customization fields.

AI Model [Available for Ultra plan users]

Choose your preferred AI model from:

  • Basic

  • Premium

  • Ultra

Difficulty

Choose the difficulty level to suit your needs from:

  • Easy

  • Medium

  • Hard

  • Very Hard

  • Mixed

Max Questions

Limit the quantity of questions to be generated by setting a cap. If you prefer the AI to make the decision, select the 'Auto' option. Please note that the actual number of questions produced might be less than the set limit, particularly when the provided text is insufficient.

Custom Instructions [Available for Ultra plan users]

Add any custom instructions or requirements for the AI to follow when generating your questions.

Once you've chosen your settings, press Generate Lesson and wait just a few moments for the Quizgecko AI to work its magic! โœจ

Step 3: Review and edit

Now your first Lesson has been generated! ๐ŸŽ‰

You'll first be shown the Edit mode so you can review and edit where necessary.

Your quiz should be perfect and customized exactly to your input, but if you want to make some changes, this is the place to do that.

Editing your Lesson settings

Select the Settings wheel icon on the bottom bar.

About
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A Lesson cover image, title and description will be automatically generated by our AI, but you can choose to change these on the About tab.

For the cover image, you can create a unique, royalty free illustration, based on your quiz content from 12 different art styles, remove the image, or upload your own choice of image.

Embed
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You can find an Embed code to embed the quiz or flashcards into your website or platform.

Editing questions and answers

Press the Edit pencil icon to edit an individual question and its answers. Here you can:

  • Edit the question

  • Edit the answers

  • Select different correct answers

  • Add an answer

  • Edit the information that's shown after answering the questions.

  • Upload an image or GIF up to 4MB.

When you're editing the questions and answers, you can use Markdown syntax and LaTex to display math notation.

Press the Trash can icon to delete the question from your quiz.

If you're uncertain about the answers given, you can press the Magnifying glass icon to independently verify answers questions to help ensure your answers are accurate. This will provide sources from across the web to allow you to research accuracy further and provide more context.

If you'd like to rate the quality of the question, you can select the thumbs up or thumbs down to send us your feedback.

Editing flashcards

If you want to review and edit your flashcards set, select the Flashcards tab at the top of the Edit page.

Select the Edit pencil icon to:

  • Upload an image or GIF up to 4MB

  • Edit the term

  • Edit the definition

  • Edit the hint

  • Edit the memory tip

Press the Trash can icon to delete the question from your quiz.

Editing study notes

If you want to review and edit your study notes, select the Study notes tab at the top of the Edit page.

You can choose to highlight elements of the text to Expand or Summarize points using our AI, or add your own text formatting.

You can copy and paste the text into your favorite Word processor to print a physical copy or save elsewhere.

Next, press View Lesson to start learning.

Step 4: View and play Lesson

Welcome to your Lesson page! This is where you can start to study, listen to your podcast, share the Lesson, or create an Assignment.


Study modes

Choose from four different study modes:

  • Play quiz โ€“โ€“ Test yourself by answering the questions you've just created. Choose how many questions from your set you'd like to answer and check shuffle mode if you want to shake up the order of their appearance.

  • Study flashcards โ€“โ€“ Test yourself on key words and phrases. Choose how many cards from your set you'd like to answer and check shuffle mode if you want to shake up the order of their appearance.

  • Spaced repetition โ€“โ€“ Flashcards that appear on a interval basis dependent on your knowledge. [Paid subscribers only]

  • Chat to Lesson โ€“โ€“ Converse with our AI about the material you've uploaded. [Paid subscribers only]

Note: For all quiz and flashcard modes you now get to choose from four aesthetic designs:

  • Classic

  • Accessible

  • Aura

  • Futuristic

Share

This is where you can set the visibility of the Lesson and find a quick link to share the Lesson with your colleagues or classmates.

The visibility options are:

  • Public โ€“โ€“ Anyone can view and access this Lesson, including in our Discover section and on search.

  • Private โ€“โ€“ Only you can view and access this Lesson.

  • Organization โ€“โ€“ย Only members of your organization can view this content.

Note: If you set the visibility as private, you can still share the Lesson as an Assignment.

If your account role is set to Educator, you'll also have the option to create an Assignment.

My Progress

If your account role is set to Learner, you'll see your My Progress section below the study modes. It will display your Mastery Score for the quiz. If you choose to click through to the My Progress page, you'll view your study stats for the Lesson, including total attempts, highest score, average time, and your sessions.

Assignments

If your account role is set to Educator, you'll see the Assignments section below the study modes. This is where you can create a shareable Lesson and track your students responses and scores.

Podcast

Listen to an AI-generated podcast conversation about this Lesson. Press play to listen and change the listening speed.

Note: Once you press play, the podcast will generate. You may need to wait a few minutes for the podcast to finish generating for the smoothest listening experience. You can also stream the podcast through our app if you want to listen to it on the go. Paid Quizgecko subscribers also get offline mode on the app, so you can download onto the app and listen whenever, even if you donโ€™t have an internet connection.

Export

Paid subscribers can export quiz questions to various platforms and formats:

  • Text (Moodle Aiken format)

  • CSV

  • Excel

  • PDF questions

  • PDF answers

  • Print worksheet

  • Print answers

  • Canvas

  • Blackboard

  • Brightspace

  • Schoology

  • itslearning

  • Sakai

  • CYPHER (NEO)

  • QTI 2.1

  • QTI 1.2

  • JSON

Note: LMS exports are only available for subscribers to Organization plans.

Questions and answers

View all of the generated questions and answers in plain text format.

Flashcards

View all of the generated flashcards in plain text format.

Study notes

View all of the generated study notes in plain text format.

Using My Library ๐Ÿ“š

Once you've generated your Lesson, there's an easy way to find it again: just go to My Library.

Hover over the Lesson to reveal quick start buttons:

  • Question mark โ€“โ€“ Play quiz

  • Cards โ€“โ€“ Play flashcards

  • Pencil โ€“โ€“ Edit Lesson

Folders

Utilize folders to organize your Lessons. Categorize them by class, subject, or any topic of your choice, making it easier to manage and access your content. Press the Create button to create a folder and then press the hamburger menu on the Lesson to move the Lesson to your chose folder.

Quizgecko's full suite of learning tools ๐Ÿ’ช

You've now generated your first Lesson, but there's plenty more to discover!

  • Chat to PDF โ€“โ€“ Ask questions and get insights from your PDF documents instantly.

  • Solve โ€“โ€“ Get AI help with step-by-step solutions to tackle hard questions

  • Mobile app โ€“โ€“ The smarter way to study โ€“ wherever you are. Quizgecko is available on iOS and Android.

Manage your account ๐Ÿค“

Select your profile icon on the left navigation bar to manage your account.
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Here you can:

  • Edit profile โ€“โ€“ย Change your account role, profile picture, username, password, and more. You can also view your streaks, plays, XP, and play history.

  • Manage subscription โ€“โ€“ If you're a paying subscriber then you can manage your billing here and find copies of invoices.

  • Dark mode โ€“โ€“ย Switch the platform into dark mode.

  • Change language โ€“โ€“ Change the language of the platform to English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Korean, or Chinese.

Need help or have any feedback? ๐Ÿ˜•

We are always happy to help our users. If you see this messenger icon, you can send us a direct message. You can also choose to email us.

Note: We don't operate a live chat service, but we will always respond to your message as soon as we can.

Unlock the full potential of Quizgecko ๐Ÿš€

Congratulations! ๐ŸŽ‰
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You've now taken your first steps into the world of AI-powered learning with Quizgecko. Whether you're a student looking for smarter study tools, a teacher aiming to create engaging lessons, or a business training employees, Quizgecko is here to make the process effortless and effective.
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But why stop here? With a Quizgecko Premium or Ultra subscription, you can unlock even more powerful features to take your learning and teaching experience to the next level.
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And, if you're part of a school or institution, consider exploring our Organization plans โ€” designed to scale AI-driven learning across teams, departments, or entire schools.

Ready to supercharge your learning? Upgrade today or contact us to learn more about how Quizgecko can support your educational goals. ๐Ÿš€

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