A quiz maker for YouTube videos and online courses
Paste a video link or upload a lesson. Get a quiz, flashcards and a study guide your learners can open from a single link.
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From: Lesson 4, camera basics (YouTube transcript)
Lesson 4 quiz
Multiple choice
Why does the rule of thirds place the subject off-centre rather than in the middle?
True or false
A faster shutter speed lets more light reach the sensor.
Short answer
Name the setting you would lower first to reduce motion blur in a handheld shot.
Example output
Quick answer
How do you make a quiz from a YouTube video?
Paste the video's link into QuerySpark. It reads the transcript and writes 10 to 20 questions with explanations in about a minute. Videos without captions may not work, so for those upload the recording (up to 25 MB) or paste your script. Edit the questions, then publish the set and share its link in your description or course, where anyone can study it without an account. Free to start.
- Works from a YouTube link, a recording up to 25 MB, slides, scripts or PDFs
- Quiz, flashcards and a study guide from the same upload
- Share a public link anyone can study without an account
- Export PDF, Word, CSV, QTI or Moodle XML
From a video
How to make a quiz from a YouTube video
Works with your own videos and any public video that has captions. Four steps from link to shareable quiz.
- 01
Paste the link
Add the YouTube URL. QuerySpark reads the video's transcript, so the video needs captions or a transcript.
- 02
No captions? Upload it
Upload the audio or video file (up to 25 MB) to have it transcribed, or paste your script or lesson notes instead.
- 03
Generate and trim
Get 10 to 20 questions with explanations in about a minute. Delete the ones about tangents and keep the ones about your key points.
- 04
Publish and share
Publish the set to get a public link, then put it in your description, pinned comment or course page.
Long videos produce questions spread across everything said, including the sponsor read. If a video covers several topics, you will get sharper sets by uploading the script for one segment at a time. The YouTube video to quiz page covers the link route in more detail, and YouTube to flashcards covers decks.
Online courses
How to turn course content into quizzes
Work module by module. Upload whatever the lesson is built from (slides, a PDF workbook, the video script or the recording) and generate one set per module. Each set gives you a quiz, flashcards for the key terms and a study guide summary, from the same upload.
Write the quiz around your learning outcomes. If a module promises that learners can "choose the right exposure settings", keep the questions that put them in a situation and make them choose, and cut the ones that only ask for definitions. Five to ten questions per lesson is plenty.
Reuse the same questions later. A short review quiz at the start of module 3 that revisits module 1 helps learners hold on to earlier lessons in a way a single test at the end of the course does not.
How to share a quiz with your audience
Turn on "Publish publicly" for a set and you get a link on query-spark.com. Anyone with it can study the quiz, flashcards and study guide without making an account, and published sets can also appear in the public study set library. Unpublish it at any time and the link stops working.
For other channels, export the questions as PDF or Word for a downloadable worksheet, CSV for learners who use Anki or Quizlet, or QTI and Moodle XML if your course runs on an LMS such as Canvas or Moodle.
Can I make a quiz from someone else's video?
For your own study, any public video with captions works. Before you publish a quiz made from another creator's video or course, make sure you have the right to share it; questions closely based on someone else's lesson are still built on their work.
Your own uploads stay private until you publish, are never used to train AI models, and can be deleted whenever you like.
Scenarios
How creators use it
Anyone who teaches through video or courses, and wants learners to check what stuck.
YouTube education channels
One quiz per video gives viewers a way to check what they learned, and a reason to come back to the next lesson.
Online course creators
Upload each module's slides or script and make an end-of-module quiz, flashcards for key terms, and a study guide summary.
Workshop and webinar hosts
Upload the session recording afterwards and send attendees a short quiz on what was covered, while it is still fresh.
Tutors and coaches
Turn your worksheets and explainer videos into practice sets students can work through between sessions.
Before you sign up
What this quiz maker does and does not do
QuerySpark makes learning quizzes from teaching content. If you need marketing or party quizzes, a dedicated quiz builder will suit you better.
| Need | QuerySpark |
|---|---|
| Quiz from your lesson content, with explanations | Yes |
| Public link learners can open without an account | Yes |
| Embedding the quiz inside a YouTube video or your website | No: share a link instead |
| Direct integration with course platforms | No: use a link, PDF or Word export, or QTI and Moodle XML for an LMS |
| Lead-magnet quizzes that collect emails | No |
| Personality or outcome quizzes ("Which camera suits you?") | No |
| Live game-show quizzes for a room | No |
What a good learning quiz needs, and what you get
- ExplanationsEvery answer explains why, so a wrong answer still teaches
- Source passagesMost questions show the part of your lesson they came from
- Four question typesMultiple choice, true/false, short answer and essay
- Spaced reviewLearners who save a copy to a free account get missed questions back sooner
- EditableReword anything to match how you teach it
- About a minuteFrom link or upload to a finished draft
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Paste the video's link and QuerySpark writes a quiz from its transcript in about a minute, with an explanation for each answer. Videos without captions or a transcript may not work; for those, upload the recording or paste your script.
QuerySpark does not put a quiz inside the video player. What you can do is publish the quiz as a public study set and share its link in your description, a pinned comment or an end screen pointing to your site.
Upload the audio or video file instead (up to 25 MB) and it will be transcribed, or paste the script or notes you recorded from. Turning on YouTube's captions for the video also makes the link route work.
Yes. Upload each module's slides, script, PDF or recording and generate a quiz per module. Flashcards and a study guide come from the same upload, so learners get three ways to review each lesson.
Publish the set and share the link. Anyone can open a public set and study it without creating an account. You can unpublish it at any time.
Not as an embedded widget. Link to the public set, export it as PDF or Word to include as a download, or export QTI or Moodle XML if your course runs on an LMS that imports those formats.
It is free to start: a 3-day Pro trial with no card, then a free plan with 20 questions and 1 YouTube video a month. For a weekly channel, the Student plan at $9/month covers 50 videos a month.
Only you, unless you publish a set. Uploads are private by default, never used to train AI models, and can be deleted. Only upload content you own or have the right to use.
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