Word to quiz: turn a Word document into a quiz
Upload a Word document and QuerySpark writes quizzes from what is actually in it, so you can quiz yourself on exactly what your course covers. .docx files up to 20 MB.
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Quick answer
How do you turn a Word document into quizzes?
Upload the .docx and choose a quiz. QuerySpark reads the document's headings and paragraphs, splits it into topics and writes typically 10 to 20 questions in about a minute: multiple choice, true or false or short answer, each with an explanation and usually the passage it came from. Google Docs work too after downloading as .docx. It is free to start with a 3-day Pro trial and no card; the free plan then includes 20 questions a month.
- .docx files up to 5 MB free, 20 MB on Student
- Headings are used to spread questions across topics
- Every answer explained
- Export to QTI, Moodle XML, Word or PDF
How it works
How to turn a Word document into quizzes
- 01
Save the document as .docx
Word 2007 or later saves .docx by default. For an old .doc, use Save As and pick Word Document. From Google Docs, choose File, Download, Microsoft Word.
- 02
Strip what you do not want tested
Delete the reference list, appendices and any instructions to students at the top, so no questions are spent on them.
- 03
Upload and pick question types
Multiple choice to check recognition, short answer to check you can produce the answer, and the level your course is pitched at.
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Take the quiz or hand it out
Study it yourself with instant feedback, or export it for a class. Generate again when you want a fresh set.
Example
Quiz from HIST 110 notes
A sample of what you get from a Word document on history. Yours is written from your own file.
Question 1 · Multiple choice
Which alliance linked Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy before 1914?
- Triple Entente
- Triple Alliance
- Dual Alliance
- Entente Cordiale
The Triple Alliance (1882) joined Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy; the Entente joined France, Russia and Britain.
Question 2 · Multiple choice
Why did a regional assassination in Sarajevo become a continental war?
- Serbia declared war on Germany
- Alliance commitments and mobilization plans pulled the great powers in
- Britain invaded Austria-Hungary
- The Ottoman Empire collapsed the same week
Austria-Hungary's ultimatum, Russian mobilization and Germany's Schlieffen Plan turned a local crisis into a general war within weeks.
What your quizzes include
- Multiple choice, true or false and short-answer questions written from your material
- An explanation for every answer, plus the passage it came from
- Distractors that are plausible, not obviously wrong
- Correct answers spread across A to D, so you cannot game the pattern
How you study them
Answer one question at a time with instant feedback. Wrong answers come back later in the session, and the ones you keep missing move into your review queue.
Best for: checking you understood a chapter, quick revision before class, finding weak spots early.
How we read Word documents
We read the .docx structure directly, keeping headings and paragraphs, so a long set of notes is split into topics before any questions are written.
Get the best results
- Use headings. They become the topics of your study guide.
- One document per unit keeps sets focused.
- Paste in your lecturer's learning objectives at the top to steer the questions.
Already have questions typed in Word?
This tool writes new questions from the content of your document. It does not take a Word file that already contains your own numbered questions and answer keys and convert them, question for question, into an online quiz.
If that is the job, for example moving an existing question bank into Canvas, a dedicated question-bank converter or your LMS's own import is the better choice. If what you have is notes, a handout or a reading, and you want questions written from it, you are in the right place.
Word to Canvas, Blackboard or Moodle quiz
Teachers often start from a handout or a reading in Word. Upload it, generate, review each question, then export: QTI imports into Canvas, Blackboard and D2L, and Moodle XML goes into Moodle's question bank. Word and PDF exports are there for a paper version.
Every question has exactly one correct answer, which keeps auto-marking simple. If you would rather not use an LMS, create a class in QuerySpark, share the join code and assign the set; you see each student's score.
Google Docs to quiz
Download the doc with File, Download, Microsoft Word (.docx) and upload it, or copy the text and paste it in. Pasting is quicker for a page or two; uploading keeps the headings, which helps spread the questions across a long document.
There is no direct export to Google Forms. If your class runs on Google Forms, export the quiz as Word, or use the QTI export if your school also has an LMS.
Word document to Quizlet
Quizlet builds sets from term and definition pairs, so a quiz is not quite the right shape. Make flashcards from the same document instead, export them as CSV, and paste the two columns into Quizlet's Import box with Tab as the separator.
How to write a Word document that quizzes well
Questions follow the structure of the document, so a little structure goes a long way. Put each topic under its own Heading style rather than bold text; headings are what the document is split by.
Write the reasons, not just the facts. "The Schlieffen Plan required marching through Belgium" gives a recall question. Adding "which brought Britain in, because it had guaranteed Belgian neutrality" gives a question about cause, which is what essay-based exams ask.
Things that trip people up with Word documents
Old .doc files are not supported. Save as .docx first.
Track-changes and comments are ignored; accept them first if they matter.
Text inside images is not read from Word files. Export to PDF if your notes are mostly screenshots.
Questions about word to quiz
Upload the .docx to QuerySpark and choose a quiz. Questions with explanations are ready in about a minute, and you can study them or export them.
QuerySpark is free to start with a 3-day Pro trial and no card, then 20 questions a month on the free plan. For a page or two of text, you can also paste it into the question generator without an account, 3 times a day.
Yes, for questions written from your document. Generate the quiz, review it, export it as QTI and import that into Canvas.
No. It writes new questions from the content of the document rather than converting questions you already typed. For an existing question bank, use your LMS's import or a converter built for that.
Yes. Export as Word or PDF for a printable version, or as plain text, Markdown, CSV or JSON.
It reads the text of the document. If key content is inside images or screenshots, export the document as PDF so OCR can read it.
If you publish the set, anyone can study it without an account. To track each student's score, assign it to a class instead.
Yes. Headings become topics, and the study guide follows your document's structure.
Download as Microsoft Word (.docx), or copy the text and paste it in directly.
Every question is validated before you see it, so the answer is always one of the options, and most show the quote from your material they were written from. You can edit any question.
Yes, to start. New accounts get a 3-day Pro trial with no credit card. After the trial the free plan includes 1 study session, 20 questions and 10 PDF pages a month, and you keep everything you made. You can also try the question generator on pasted text without an account, 3 times a day.
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