AI Question Generator for Teachers
You already know what questions to ask. You just don't have 3 hours to type them up. Upload your lesson plans and get a first draft in under a minute.
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How does an AI question generator for teachers work?
You upload a chapter, slide deck or worksheet, choose question types, difficulty and the Bloom's levels you want, and QuerySpark drafts questions with an answer key and an explanation for each in about a minute. Most questions also show the passage they came from. You edit the draft, then export a question paper as PDF or Word, or a question bank as QTI or Moodle XML. Free to try, with a 3-day trial and no card.
- PDF up to 120 pages per upload, plus Word, PowerPoint and photos
- Choose Bloom's levels, difficulty and question types
- Answer key and explanation for every question
- Export PDF, Word, QTI (Canvas, Blackboard, D2L) and Moodle XML
Made for the exams and classes you are studying for
- NCLEX
- MCAT
- AP Biology
- USMLE Step 1
- CPA
- AP US History
- Pharmacology
- Anatomy and Physiology
- LSAT
- CompTIA Security+
- Organic Chemistry
- Microeconomics
- GCSE Science
- AP Psychology
- Bar exam
- Pathophysiology
- Calculus
- IB Biology
- World History
- Physics
- Biochemistry
- Statistics
- PMP
- Intro to Psychology
One upload
Every way to study, made from your notes
Each upload gives you practice questions, flashcards, a study guide and practice tests. Pick whichever suits the day.
From your PDF
How to generate questions from a PDF
The difference between a usable set and a generic one is mostly in the brief you give it. Four steps, about two minutes of your time.
- 01
Upload the source
A PDF chapter (up to 120 pages per upload, scanned pages are read with OCR), a Word handout, a slide deck or photos of a worksheet.
- 02
Narrow it down
Pick the headings you want questions on, so a 40-page chapter does not produce questions on the two sections you have not taught yet.
- 03
Set the brief
Choose question types, Bloom's levels and difficulty, and add an instruction such as "use UK spelling" or "keep reading age low".
- 04
Review and keep
A set is typically 10 to 20 questions. Edit, delete or regenerate, then run it on the next section to grow the bank.
Short on time? Paste a few paragraphs into the free question generator to see the quality before signing up. For multiple-choice-only banks, see generating MCQs from a PDF.
Cognitive levels
Writing questions at each Bloom's level
Pick the levels that match your objective. Here is what one reading on the water cycle produces at each of the six.
| Level | Stem verbs | Example question | Best format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remember | Define, list, name | What is the process by which water vapour becomes liquid droplets? | Multiple choice, true/false |
| Understand | Explain, summarise, compare | Explain why clouds form when warm, moist air rises. | Multiple choice, short answer |
| Apply | Use, predict, identify in a new case | A puddle dries faster on a windy day. Which part of the water cycle explains this? | Multiple choice |
| Analyze | Distinguish, find the cause, weigh evidence | Rainfall in a region is steady but its rivers run lower each summer. Which factors could explain this? | Multiple choice, short answer |
| Evaluate | Judge, justify, argue | A town plans to pave its wetlands for parking. Argue whether flood risk downstream will rise. | Short answer, essay |
| Create | Design, propose, plan | Design a simple experiment to show how temperature affects the rate of evaporation. | Essay |
Multiple choice can test well beyond recall: a scenario the student has not seen (Apply) or a set of possible causes to weigh (Analyze) works well with four options. Evaluate and Create tasks need students to build an argument or a plan, so generate those as short answer or essay questions and mark them with a rubric.
Level tags are a judgement, not a measurement. A question tagged Analyze that a student can answer by spotting a phrase from the reading is really Remember. Skim the tags when you review, and move or delete any that do not match what you meant to test.
Differentiated questions from the same material
Generate a core set at intermediate difficulty first. Then run the same reading again at beginner difficulty for students who need support, and at advanced for extension, keeping the same Bloom's levels so all three groups are tested on the same ideas.
The instruction box handles the rest: "keep sentences short for English learners", "use examples from sport", or "include one numerical question per topic". Name the sets clearly so you assign the right one.
An AI question paper generator you can print
Export the set as PDF or Word and pick a layout: Standard, Compact (more questions per page), Academic or Presentation. Export twice: once with answers turned off for students, once with answers and explanations on as your marking key.
It does not allocate marks or follow a particular board's paper blueprint, so open the Word file to add marks, section headings and instructions. Generating one set per question type (say, multiple choice for Section A and short answer for Section B) makes the paper easy to assemble.
Multiple choice
What makes a good distractor
A good wrong answer is one a student who half-understands would choose. Draw distractors from real misconceptions and neighbouring concepts (evaporation, transpiration, precipitation when the answer is condensation), keep them the same length and grammatical form as the key, and avoid "all of the above".
Before you see a question, automatic checks reject it if:
- the marked answer does not match any option
- two options are identical or near-duplicates
- the stem contains the correct answer word for word
- the stem says "according to the passage" instead of carrying what it needs
- the explanation is missing
Correct answers are also spread across A to D, so students cannot game the key. What the checks cannot catch is a distractor that is arguably right, so that is the one thing to read for.
From: Unit 3 water cycle reading.pdf
On a cold morning, droplets form on the outside of a glass of iced water. Which process causes this?
- AEvaporation
- BCondensation
- CTranspiration
- DPrecipitation
Example output
Exporting to Canvas, Blackboard, D2L and Moodle
Choose QTI for Canvas, Blackboard and D2L, or Moodle XML for Moodle, and import the file through your LMS's question bank or quiz import. Multiple choice, true/false, short answer and essay questions all carry over, with correct answers set wherever the type has one.
There is no direct Google Classroom or Google Forms export. For those, use the Word or PDF export, or assign the set through a QuerySpark class, described on the teachers page.
Is there a free AI question generator for teachers?
Yes, in three ways. Without an account, paste up to 6,000 characters into the demo and get real multiple-choice questions with explanations, 3 times a day. With a free account, you get a 3-day Educator trial, no card. After that the free plan allows 20 questions and 10 PDF pages a month.
If you write assessments weekly, Educator removes the caps for $24/month billed yearly. Uploads stay private and are never used to train models.
Features
Built for the Way Teachers Actually Work
From cognitive levels to LMS export, the settings that matter when you write assessments.
Upload any curriculum material
PDF, Word, PowerPoint, images and photos of handouts, audio and video recordings up to 25 MB, web articles and pasted text.
Bloom's taxonomy tags
Every question carries a cognitive level, and you choose which of the six levels a set should include.
Difficulty you set
Beginner, intermediate, advanced or mixed, so one reading can serve a support group and an extension group.
LMS and print export
QTI for Canvas, Blackboard and D2L, Moodle XML, plus PDF, Word, CSV, Markdown, JSON and plain text.
Answer keys with explanations
Each question has one correct answer and an explanation. Most also show the passage it was written from.
Bulk generation
Generate across several files in one pass to build a whole unit's question bank.
Any subject
Works for Every Subject and Grade Level
It works from whatever you upload, so the questions follow your curriculum rather than a generic bank.
Science Teachers
Turn lab procedures and textbook chapters into concept checks, lab safety quizzes and data-interpretation questions.
History Teachers
Upload primary sources and lecture notes to generate source-analysis questions, cause and consequence prompts and essay questions.
Math Teachers
Convert worked examples into questions on which method applies and why. Numerical problem sets are still best written or checked by hand.
English Teachers
Transform reading passages and literary texts into comprehension questions, vocabulary checks and critical analysis prompts.
Medical & Nursing Educators
Create clinical scenario MCQs, case study questions and NCLEX-style items from clinical guidelines and textbooks.
You already know what questions to ask.
You just don't have 3 hours to type them up. QuerySpark gives you a strong first draft, and you refine it to match your exact standards. Then assign it to a class with a join code and see who has started, who has finished and how they scored.
Period 3 Biology
Join code BIO3K7
Cell respiration quiz
- AAmara O.Finished14/15
- BBen T.Finished11/15
- CChloe R.In progress6/15
- DDiego M.Not started–
Example class
Pricing
Simple Pricing for Educators
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Free
$0/mo
For trying out AI-generated assessments
- 3-day free Pro trial, then 1 session/month
- 20 generated questions a month
- PDF and Word export
- Answer keys included
Educator Plan
$29/mo
Or $24/month billed yearly. No monthly caps.
- Unlimited sessions
- Multiple choice, short answer, true/false and essay questions
- LMS export (QTI and Moodle XML for Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle)
- Bulk generation for multiple chapters
- Bloom's Taxonomy alignment and tagging
- Classes with join codes and student progress
Popular study sets
Made with QuerySpark from real course material. Open one and start studying, no account needed.
Frequently asked questions
Each generated question is tagged with a Bloom's level (Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, Create), and when you create a set you choose which levels to include. The tag is the model's judgement, so check it the way you would check a colleague's draft.
Yes. Upload a PDF of up to 120 pages per upload (scanned pages are read with OCR), choose the headings you want covered, and QuerySpark writes questions with an answer key in about a minute. Most questions also show the passage they came from, which makes checking them quick.
You can try the generator on pasted text up to 6,000 characters without an account, 3 times a day. Signing up gives a 3-day trial with no card, then a free plan with 20 questions a month. Educator is $29/month or $24/month billed yearly, with no monthly caps.
Yes. Export to PDF or Word with a Standard, Compact, Academic or Presentation layout. Turn answers off for the student paper and on for the answer key. It does not assign marks per question or follow a specific exam board's blueprint, so add those in Word.
A set is typically 10 to 20 questions per run and takes about a minute. To build a bigger bank, run it on each section of the material, or use bulk generation to work across several files at once.
There is no direct Google Classroom export yet. You can export QTI for Canvas, Blackboard and D2L or Moodle XML for Moodle, or download PDF, Word and CSV files to share with your class.
Yes. Edit the question text, options, correct answer, explanation and difficulty, or add your own questions to any set. Think of the output as a first draft you refine.
Schools and districts can contact us at support@query-spark.com to discuss volume pricing and onboarding support.
Yes. QuerySpark does not share or sell student data. Uploaded materials are private to your account by default, can be deleted, and are never used to train AI models.
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