Autogenerate test with AI
Introduction
Writing every question of a test by hand takes time. If you already know the topics you want to cover, or you have lecture notes, GradeChum can write the items for you. Our AI makes multiple choice, identification, enumeration, essay and problem-solving items, and you review and edit them before you save the activity.
In this article, let's explore how to build the tests of an activity with Auto-generate test/s with AI.
Steps
Note: You must have already started a new activity, given it a name and chosen its type, as shown in Create new. Mock board classes do not offer this option, and you cannot add tests to an activity that already has results.
To create an activity by autogenerating its tests with AI, follow the steps below:
- Under Add tests for this activity and add items per test., click the green + Add test button, then select Auto-generate test/s with AI.
- The Auto-generate tests with AI modal opens. Under 1. Describe the topic you want to generate questions about, type the topics you want questions about, for example "World Geography: the continents, the oceans, capital cities, and major landforms".
- If you have lecture notes, you can upload them with your topics or instead of them. Under or upload your notes for better results, click Upload file, or drag and drop the file there. GradeChum takes one .pdf, .docx, .pptx or .txt file up to 10MB and shows its name and word count once it is uploaded. To use another file, click the x beside it.
Note: If the file has very little text, GradeChum warns you and suggests uploading more detailed notes or typing more details in the topic field. A file that is empty, larger than 10MB or of another type shows an error under the upload area, and you can pick a different file.
- Under 2. Select the number of items to generate per type, open the dropdown beside each item type you want and choose how many items to make. Leave the others empty or at 0. The most you can ask for depends on the item type: * Multiple Choice: 100 items * Identification: 50 items * Enumeration: 5 items * Essay: 5 items * Problem-solving (without visuals): 10 items * Code on paper and Visuals show Not supported and cannot be generated. Add them with Add new test instead.
Note: AI may generate fewer items than you asked for if there is not enough information in your topics or notes.
- If you want each item type in its own test, for example Test I for multiple choice and Test II for identification, turn on the Split item types into different test parts switch at the bottom of the modal.
- Click Generate test/s. GradeChum shows Generating test/s... while it writes your items. This usually takes 1 to 3 minutes, so keep the modal open until it finishes.
Note: If you did not type a topic or upload notes, the modal asks you to "Please enter a topic or upload your notes to generate tests." If no item type has a number, it shows "At least 1 item type must generate an item". If your uploaded notes have expired, upload the file again and click Generate test/s.
- Once done, the generated tests appear as new tabs (Test I., Test II.) after any tests you already had, under the banner Successfully generated test/s with AI!. Review every generated item and edit anything you want to change. You set answer keys, scores and rubrics the same way as in Add new test.
- If you want to generate more items on top of the tests you already have, click + Add test > Auto-generate test/s with AI again and repeat steps 2-7.
- Once your tests are ready, click Create activity at the bottom of the form to save it.
Note: Before you save, you may also open Optional step > Create copies for other classes. to make the same activity in your other classes. Learn more in Linked classes. If your class has learning outcomes and your items are tagged with them, GradeChum first shows the Activity ILO Summary. Check it, then click Create activity there.
- For a handwritten activity, GradeChum then asks Do you want to generate shuffled item sets for this activity? To make sets, click Autogenerate set/s and follow Create sets. Otherwise, click No thanks. For an online activity, click Finish on the Success modal instead.
- Finally, GradeChum opens the activity you just created.
And that's how you create an activity by autogenerating its tests with AI! Next, let's explore how to create sets for your activity.