Make a practice quiz from your own notes
Paste or type your class notes and get a practice quiz at the difficulty and length you choose. Review mistakes as flashcards. Free to start.
Key takeaways
- Paste or type your notes, pick a difficulty and question count, and BrainLift writes a practice quiz from them.
- Notes that are organized by topic and written in full phrases produce sharper questions than scattered keywords.
- Questions you miss can be turned into a flashcard deck with explanations, so each quiz shows you what to study next.
BrainLift takes the notes you already have, typed or pasted, and writes a practice quiz from them. You decide how hard it is and how many questions you get, so the quiz can be a quick check after class or a full practice test before an exam.
How it works
- Add your notes. You paste text from your notes app or document, or type it in, and you see the full text in the input box before you generate anything.
- Set difficulty and length. You choose a difficulty level and the number of questions, so a quick review and a longer practice test come from the same notes.
- Take the quiz and review. You answer each question, see which ones you got right, and can send your wrong answers to a "practice my mistakes" flashcard deck that includes explanations.
What you get
Here is a realistic example from typed general chemistry notes.
| Line in your notes | Practice question BrainLift drafts |
|---|---|
| Avogadro's number = 6.022 x 10^23 particles per mole | How many particles are in one mole of a substance? |
| Ionic bonds: electrons transferred, usually metal + nonmetal | In an ionic bond, what happens to the electrons between the two atoms? |
| pH = negative log of [H+]; pure water at 25 C has pH 7 | What is the pH of pure water at 25 C, and what does that value tell you? |
| Exothermic: releases heat, enthalpy change is negative | If a reaction releases heat to its surroundings, what is the sign of its enthalpy change? |
At a higher difficulty, expect questions that ask you to apply an idea, such as predicting the bond type for a given pair of elements, instead of only recalling a definition.
Tips for better results
- Group notes by topic before you paste. One quiz per unit or lecture keeps questions focused. Mixing three chapters into one paste spreads the questions thin.
- Write in phrases, not lone keywords. "Mitosis" alone gives the AI little to work with, while "mitosis makes two identical diploid cells" gives it a fact to test.
- Clean up shorthand only you understand. Personal abbreviations can be misread. Spell out anything a classmate would not recognize.
- Choose question count by the time you have. A short quiz works for a daily check, and a longer one makes sense when you want a practice test closer to exam day.
- Raise the difficulty as you improve. Start at an easier level while the material is new, then move up once you are scoring well, so the quiz keeps stretching you.
Planning a crunch week? The finals week study plan shows where practice quizzes fit day by day. For the science behind spacing your quizzes out, read active recall vs spaced repetition.
What it costs
Making quizzes from notes is free to start, within usage limits. Premium lifts those limits for $6.99 a month, $49.99 a year, or $2.99 a week.
Accuracy
The quiz is only as reliable as the notes behind it, and the AI can still write a question with a wrong answer key or an answer choice that is also defensible. If a result surprises you, go back to your notes or textbook rather than trusting the quiz, and fix or skip that question. Practice tests are still worth building: a meta-analysis of practice testing research found that taking practice tests generally improved learning compared with other ways of studying (Adesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017).
To generate your first practice test, sign up for BrainLift on the web and paste in this week's notes.
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FAQ
What can I use as input?
You can paste or type notes, and BrainLift can also build quizzes from photos of notes, PDFs, or just a topic name. For a typed workflow, plain text from any notes app or document works well.
How long can my notes be?
There is no need to paste a whole semester at once, and very long text tends to produce less focused quizzes. A lecture or chapter at a time is a good size, and limits may vary by plan.
Can I use handwritten notes?
Yes, take a photo of the page instead of typing it. BrainLift reads handwriting, though clear writing gives better results, so double check any question that seems off.
Does it work in a browser?
Yes, the web app runs in your browser on a laptop or desktop, which is handy when your notes are already in a document. There is also an iPhone and iPad app, but no Android app yet.