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Add your own questions
Write diagnostic questions in a spreadsheet, load the file here, and they appear under My questions on the Topics page. You can present, print, put them in quiz sets and play them as a game. No login: the file stays in this browser, on this computer.
1 · Download the template
It opens in Excel. One row per question.
2 · Fill it in
| Column | What to write |
|---|---|
| topic | The topic name, e.g. Ratio. Rows with the same topic are grouped together. |
| question | The question students see. |
| A, B, C, D | The four answers. All four are needed and must be different. |
| correct | The letter of the right answer: A, B, C or D. Spread them out. |
| misconception A…D | For each wrong answer, the mistake that leads to it, e.g. Adds the denominators. Leave the correct answer's column empty. |
| explanation A…D | Optional: a sentence on how the mistake gives that answer. |
Maths notation: plain text works (x² , ½ , √). For proper notation write it between dollar signs,
e.g. $\frac{3}{4}$. Write money with £. Delete the two example rows before you load the file.
Then in Excel: File › Save As › CSV UTF-8 (Comma delimited). Excel workbooks (.xlsx) can't be read.
3 · Load and check it
Share them with every teacher
Questions you load here stay on this computer, and some school computers forget them when they restart. To make them a permanent part of the site, on every computer, send your CSV file to the person who runs this site. Once it's added, the questions appear under Shared questions on the Topics page for everyone.
Loaded on this computer
To change them, edit your file in Excel and load it again: it replaces these. Keep your CSV file: if this browser's data is cleared, just load it again.