MCQ generator
AI quiz generator: multiple-choice questions from any lecture
Drop a handout, lecture slides, a video or a web address. Mindlet turns it into multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank and other self-grading exercises, then brings them back at the right time.
- Free to start
- A dozen formats
- App in French, content in 9 languages
Graded instantly How it works
How do you generate a quiz from your notes with AI?
Three steps, and no question to write yourself.
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Add your course
Tap "Ajouter" (Add), then drop your file: PDF (even scanned), Word, PowerPoint, image, audio, video, YouTube link, web page or pasted text.
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Keep the formats you need
By default, the AI picks the formats that suit each notion. To get only multiple choice and true/false, tick them in the collection's card format setting.
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Answer, then review
Every answer is graded on the spot. Questions you miss come back sooner; the ones you know are spaced further apart.
Your formats
Multiple choice only, or a bit of everything
A collection has no fixed format. For each notion, Mindlet first writes an anchor card (a flashcard or a multiple-choice question), then adds formats that fit the subject: ordering for the steps of a process, a map question to locate a country, an estimate for an order of magnitude.
Prefer to decide? Open the collection settings and tick the formats you want.
- The AI sticks to the ticked formats, including for cards added later
- Leave it empty and it chooses based on the subject
- Ordering, matching and sorting cards also work with the keyboard, no drag and drop needed
Formats
MCQ, true/false, cloze: which format for which goal?
Multiple choice and true/false ask you to recognise an answer. Fill in the blank, ordering and open questions make you produce it. Mixing both keeps you from only practising recognition of what is in front of you.
| Format | What it checks | Good for | Grading |
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| Multiple choice | Spotting the right answer among several | Definitions, dates, fine distinctions | Automatic |
| True / False | Judging a statement | Misconceptions, classic traps | Automatic |
| Fill in the blank | Recalling the exact word | Vocabulary, formulas, quotations | Automatic |
| Put in order | Rebuilding a sequence | Steps of a process, a series of events | Automatic |
| Match | Linking pairs | Authors and works, terms and definitions | Automatic |
| Sort | Placing items in categories | Families, types, classifications | Automatic |
| Estimate | Giving an order of magnitude | Key figures, populations, distances | Automatic |
| Map quiz | Placing a place on an unlabelled map | Geography, history | Automatic |
| Open question | Explaining in your own words | Reasoning, notions to write out | By a language model |
| Dictation | Writing what you hear | Languages | Automatic, on request |
Only flashcards ask you to rate yourself, with three buttons ("Oubli", "Flou", "Acquis": forgot, fuzzy, got it).
The method
Stem, distractors, feedback: what makes a good MCQ
A multiple-choice question only measures what you know if it is well built. These are the criteria teachers use, and the ones to keep in mind when checking AI-generated questions.
- A stem that makes sense on its own, with no "according to the text above"
- One right answer, with no room for doubt
- Plausible distractors: mistakes people actually make, not absurd options
- Options of similar length, so the right one doesn't stand out
- No double negatives, no "none of the above"
AI can get things wrong. Check questions against these criteria: every card can be edited or deleted.
Why it works
Why testing yourself beats rereading
Pulling an answer out of memory strengthens it more than reading the same page again. This is the testing effect, measured by Roediger and Karpicke (2006, Psychological Science, 17(3), 249-255) and then Karpicke and Roediger (2008, Science, 319, 966-968).
A quiz is one way to test yourself. Mindlet adds spaced repetition: each question returns just before you are likely to forget it, at intervals worked out card by card and adjusted every week to your pace.
Understand spaced repetitionTeachers
Formative assessment from your own material
The generator also works for the person teaching. You start from your own slides or handout, not from a question bank someone else wrote.
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One collection per chapter
Import your material, read through the questions and remove the ones you don't want before sharing them.
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Classes and homework
In your school's space, assign homework to a class, then follow difficulties notion by notion.
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A live quiz
The live room puts the questions on the projector. Each student answers from their phone with a code.
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An adult checks
For classroom use, we ask that an adult reviews what is shared with the group. Mindlet does not produce official grades.
School spaces come with the Cosmos licence, bought on the web, or through our free pilot program.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How can I make a quiz from my notes with AI?
Create a free Mindlet account, add your course (PDF, slides, video, link) and the AI turns it into cards, multiple-choice questions included. You can restrict generation to the formats you want, then edit or delete any question. The app interface is in French, but your questions can be generated in English.
Is there a free AI quiz generator?
Mindlet has a free plan with no time limit and no credit card. It caps the number of collections and cards; paid plans raise the generation capacity, and reviewing never costs anything. Details are on the pricing page.
How do you write a good multiple-choice question?
A good question has a stem that stands on its own, a single right answer and plausible distractors, meaning mistakes learners genuinely make. Options should be of similar length, and you avoid double negatives and "none of the above". The same criteria help you review AI-generated questions.
How many questions should a practice quiz have?
Short, frequent rounds work better than one long quiz taken once. In Mindlet, a session length is set to short, medium or long. A timed challenge has 6 to 8 cards, a challenge between friends 5 to 20, and a practice exam up to 40 questions.
Are the questions graded automatically?
Yes. Multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, ordering, matching, sorting, estimates, map questions and dictation are graded as soon as you answer. Open questions are judged by a language model, which can make mistakes. Only flashcards ask you to rate yourself.
Can I export a quiz to Google Forms or Moodle?
Not today: Mindlet doesn't export its questions to those formats. They are played inside Mindlet, in a review session, a challenge between friends or a live room projected in class. If integration with your school's systems matters, let's talk about it through the pilot program.
Which languages can the questions be in?
The Mindlet app interface is in French. Collections can be generated in nine languages: French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Arabic and Hindi. Cards follow the language of the passages in your course.
Keep reading
Your next chapter, already a quiz.
Drop a course, tick the formats you need, and start answering.
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