To make practice questions from your notes, start with a learning objective, select the relevant material, and ask for questions that require recall, explanation, and application. Keep answers separate until you have attempted them. Check every answer against the source before adding the question to your review set.
AI may help draft questions, but checking them takes time. You still need to decide whether they test the right ideas and whether their answers are correct.
Give the tool a small, complete source
Use one lecture or topic at a time. Include the learning objective and enough context to explain the idea. A fragment such as “negative feedback” may produce generic questions that do not match your course.
Use only material you are allowed to share, and follow your course’s AI policy. Do not upload restricted assessments or ask a tool to answer an active exam.
If the notes are incomplete, say so. Ask the tool to identify what cannot be answered from them rather than filling the gaps silently.
Ask for several kinds of thinking
A question set should do more than test definitions:
| Question type | Example task | What it checks |
|---|---|---|
| Recall | Define the term without looking | Access to the idea |
| Explanation | Explain why a process changes | Reasoning about relationships |
| Comparison | Distinguish two similar concepts | Useful differences |
| Application | Use the idea in a changed example | Applying it to a new task |
For a problem-solving course, ask for problems and method choices. For a course assessed through essays, include short arguments supported by evidence. Use your instructor’s practice format as the reference.
Generated questions are study aids. They are not a forecast of what will appear on the exam.
Use this source-based prompt
Create six practice questions from the material below and its learning objective. Include two recall questions, two explanation or comparison questions, and two application questions. Do not show answers yet. For each question, identify the source heading or page that supports it. Avoid facts outside the source. Flag any question the source cannot fully support. After I answer, give feedback and explain the relevant reasoning.
Page references work only when the tool can actually identify pages. Verify them. If it cannot, request a heading or a short source excerpt instead.
You can also ask one question at a time. This makes it easier to attempt the problem before seeing a clue in a later answer.
Check the questions before trusting the scores
Read each question for ambiguity. Is there one defensible answer? Does the wording assume information your notes never supplied? Has it confused two similar terms?
Check the answer and rationale against the course source. For calculations, work through the result yourself or compare it with a trusted solution. Discard unsupported questions instead of memorizing their answers.
If a multiple-choice question has an obvious answer because the alternatives are absurd, improve the alternatives or rewrite it as a short-answer question. Well-designed multiple-choice questions can support retrieval and reasoning too. Choose the format to test the intended knowledge, then check the explanation.
Turn your attempts into a review list
Answer with the notes closed when the task allows it. Mark answers as independent, hinted, or checked only after reading the explanation.
For every mistake, record the missing concept and one correction. Try a changed question later. Do not count a question as mastered simply because the explanation makes sense immediately afterward.
A systematic review of classroom retrieval practice supports practice testing across several formats; it does not establish that an AI-generated question set is accurate.
Keep the set manageable. A carefully checked set of six questions is more useful than a large pile you never attempt.
Use Jotverse for a guided attempt
Jotverse supports tutoring and quizzes around your course material. You can ask the tutor to check your reasoning, explain a missed idea, and help you decide what to practise next. Keep your source nearby when reviewing feedback.
Create a tutor from your notes, choose one topic, and answer before opening the explanation.
Common questions
Should all my practice questions be multiple choice?
No. Use formats that match your course and include questions where you must generate an answer. Multiple choice can test useful distinctions and reasoning. Also explain your choice when that helps reveal what you understand.
Can I use AI-generated questions as my only preparation?
Use instructor-provided objectives, assignments, and trusted practice material to define the scope. Generated questions supplement those resources and need checking.
Use this practice-test mistake review workflow to turn misses into your next study task. If your source is a slide deck, start with how to study lecture slides.
Research behind this guidance
Agarwal, Nunes and Blunt (2021) review classroom retrieval practice, including different question formats. This supports practising recall, not the accuracy or educational quality of AI-generated questions. Six questions is a manageable example, not an evidence-based minimum.