Turn a Word document into a quiz in two steps.

Two kinds of Word documents

It helps to separate two cases. The first is a document of teaching material — notes, a handout, or a chapter summary — where you want AI to write new questions. The second is a document that already contains questions, such as an old worksheet or question paper, where you want those exact questions online.

The first case suits the AI tab. The second is often better handled by importing the questions directly, so nothing is reworded.

Generating questions from notes

For teaching material, save the document as a PDF from Word using File, Save As, and PDF, then attach it in the AI tab. Add a short instruction naming the level of your learners and the kind of questions you want. Generate a few more questions than you need and keep only the best after review.

Moving existing questions online

If the document already contains good questions, you may not want AI to rewrite them. Download the Excel import template, copy each question, its options, and its correct answer into the columns, add points, tags, and difficulty, and import the whole file into the Question Bank at once. Any row with a problem is listed with a reason, so you can fix just those rows and import again.

Keep the header row exactly as downloaded, because the importer matches columns by name.

Cleaning up formatting

Word documents often contain things that do not belong in a quiz: headers and footers, page numbers, school logos, instructions like 'answer in the space below', and marks in brackets. Remove these before exporting or importing. Numbered option lists such as (a), (b), (c) should become separate option columns in the import template rather than part of the question text.

Checking answers carefully

Old worksheets sometimes have answer keys stored separately or not at all. Double-check every correct answer before importing, especially for numerical questions. For AI-generated questions, confirm each answer against your document and remove anything that goes beyond what the document covers.

Fill-in-the-blank questions grade on an exact match, so keep expected answers short and unambiguous.

A one-time effort that keeps paying

Converting a folder of old Word worksheets takes some time once, but afterwards every question is searchable, taggable, and reusable in any combination. Many teachers convert one chapter's worksheets at a time over a term, so the work stays manageable and the Question Bank grows steadily alongside their teaching.

Example: moving a worksheet folder online

A maths teacher has three years of Word worksheets. Each weekend she picks one chapter, copies the questions and options into the Excel template, checks every answer key, adds tags for chapter and difficulty, and imports the file. Rows that fail, usually because of a missing correct answer, are listed so she can fix them and re-import.

By the end of the term, her Question Bank covers most of the syllabus, and building a weekly test takes minutes instead of an evening of retyping and photocopying.

Import or generate?

Import when you already trust the questions and want them exactly as written, such as past papers and tested worksheets. Generate when you have notes but no questions, or when you want fresh questions on material your old worksheets did not cover.

Many teachers do both: import their best existing questions first, then use the AI tab to fill the gaps.

Frequently asked questions

Can I upload a Word file directly? Save it as PDF first, then attach it in the AI tab, or copy the text into the prompt. Will imported questions keep my wording? Yes, questions imported through the Excel template arrive exactly as written.

What about tables and diagrams? Describe them in words in your instructions, since they may not convert cleanly.