You have a chapter, a packet or a set of notes as a PDF, and you want a quiz that matches what it actually says. Typing it yourself takes an evening. A generic question bank gives you questions about a different unit. The route below starts from your own file, so the quiz covers what you taught.
Check your PDF first. ClassSense reads text. A PDF that is really a scan, a photographed page, or a document where the meaning sits in a diagram or an equation saved as a picture will come through thin. Click into the PDF and try to select a sentence. If you can, you are fine. If you cannot, the file is a picture of text and the quiz will be weak.
The steps
Create a course
Under Courses, press + Create Course. A Course Title is required. Subject and Grade Level are optional but help.
Upload the PDF
Open the course, stay on the Materials tab, press Choose File and pick the PDF. Word and PowerPoint files work too.
Wait about 3 minutes
You will see the topics and skills it finds appear one at a time. One upload becomes up to 10 skill packs.
Check the questions
On the Skill Packs tab, click a pack and read its Assessment Items. The correct option is marked with a tick.
Turn a skill pack into a quiz document
Once a pack is published, go to the Create Content tab and press Assessment. Under From Skill Pack, choose the pack from the Select a Skill Pack list and press Generate Assessment. The page says it can take 15 to 30 seconds, and a Word (.docx) file downloads. The description on the button is a formal quiz with a grading scale. Question types in generated documents are multiple choice, short answer, true/false, fill-in-the-blank and matching.
Two things to know. The pack list only shows published packs, so a pack still waiting for review will not appear until you publish it. And the form picks one pack at a time, with no field for question count or question type. If you want a longer quiz, generate one per pack and combine them in Word, or read how to build a unit assessment.
What to check before you print
- Solve every item yourself. Do not trust the key. Mark your own answers first, then compare.
- Look at the wrong options. Each should be something a real student might choose. If one is silly, replace it in Word.
- Check numbers and units. A generated question can carry a plausible but wrong figure.
- Match your wording. If you taught the word "producer" and the quiz says "autotroph", change it.
AI makes mistakes, and you are the final check. The error-checking guide has a longer list.
Two ways to use the result
The Word file is for paper or a screen you control. Separately, the practice items inside the skill pack are what students answer in the app, and those answers feed the mastery grid. Used together, you get a paper quiz plus a record of who has the skill. ClassSense does not grade the paper quiz; you do, and official grades are entered in your gradebook by hand.
Where this does not fit
If you need an essay prompt graded, ClassSense will not do that; student practice in the app is multiple choice. If your PDF is mostly diagrams, add those questions yourself. And if you only want a quick quiz on a topic with no source file, the Custom Topic option in Create Content takes a topic, grade and subject, though then the questions come from the topic name rather than your material. See the quiz generator page for the broader picture.
Common questions
Can I make a quiz from a scanned PDF?
Not well. ClassSense reads text, and a scan is a picture of text. If you cannot select a sentence in the PDF, retype the key pages or find a text version first.
How long does it take?
The upload processes in about 3 minutes. Generating the quiz document afterward takes roughly 15 to 30 seconds, according to the page.
Can I choose how many questions I get?
The Create Content form has no question-count field. Generate one Assessment per skill pack and combine them, or trim the Word file.
Does the quiz grade itself?
The downloaded Word quiz does not. Practice questions that students answer inside the app are graded as they go and update mastery.