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How to automate it

How to automate “make quizzes, worksheets and versions for different levels”

Here are 2 ways to spend less time on this, best first. Each comes with steps you can follow today and, for AI fixes, a prompt to copy.

90 min
typically, once a week
60%
of the time can be automated
Easy
to set up

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AIBest fix

Have AI make the quiz and the different-level versions

AI writes questions from your text, and rewrites a reading at three levels or in another language, so differentiation takes minutes instead of an evening.

Typically saves about 50% of the time10 min to set up
  1. 1Pick the text or topic and the levels you need.
  2. 2Use Diffit, MagicSchool, Brisk or Gemini, or the prompt below.
  3. 3Check answers and reading levels.
  4. 4Save versions to reuse.
Prompt to copy
Using the text below, make: 1) [NUMBER] multiple-choice questions with answers and one short-answer question, 2) the same text rewritten at [READING LEVEL 1], [READING LEVEL 2] and [READING LEVEL 3], keeping the key facts, 3) a vocabulary list with student-friendly definitions. Grade: [GRADE].

[PASTE TEXT]

Tools: Diffit · MagicSchool · Brisk · Gemini for Education

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Software feature

Use self-marking quizzes that send scores to the gradebook

Quizzes in Google Forms, Microsoft Forms, Canvas or Wayground (formerly Quizizz) mark themselves and can send scores to the gradebook. You look at the results, not every paper.

Typically saves about 50% of the time30 min to set up
  1. 1Turn your next multiple-choice or short-answer check into a quiz in your platform.
  2. 2Set the answer key and points.
  3. 3Turn on grade sync or import scores to your gradebook.
  4. 4Use the results report to see which questions most students missed.

Tools: Google Forms quizzes · Microsoft Forms · Canvas or Schoology quizzes · Wayground (formerly Quizizz) · Formative

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