Synaptic Recall

    Textbook to Quiz

    Textbook to quiz: upload a chapter of your textbook as a PDF and get an exam-style quiz written from its pages.

    Once you understand how the details fit together, test yourself without the textbook.

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    1. The psychology textbook chapter “PSYC 2301 Chapter 8 - Memory.pdf” is dragged from Chrome’s downloads onto Synaptic Recall’s upload page, with only Exam selected.
    2. The textbook chapter uploads and Dr. Synapse starts writing practice questions, counting them as they are written.
    3. The practice exam is ready: 10 questions from the textbook chapter, with an Open Exam button.
    4. A question from the exam: “Maya took two years of Spanish in high school and is now in her first semester of French. When a friend asks how to say “thank you” in…”
    5. An answer is chosen and Show Answer marks it: B, “Retroactive interference”, is correct.
    6. The explanation opens with the textbook chapter page the question came from, and why each other option is wrong.
    7. End card: “Assigned reading, turned into questions”, an Upload now button, and “3 free credits · no card needed”.
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    The chapter that tells you to test yourself

    Rereading the chapter until it feels familiar doesn’t count: with the answers in front of you, you never practice bringing them to mind on your own.

    Every question comes with an explanation and an image of the exact page it came from.

    An exam-style question from a psychology textbook chapter: after two years of Spanish and one semester of French, Maya can only think of “merci” when asked how to say “thank you” in Spanish, and the question asks which process best explains her error, with five answer options

    Every option explained

    The explanation names the correct answer, then why each wrong option is wrong.

    The slide it came from is on every question, so you know exactly where the information is.

    The explanation’s “Why the other options are wrong” list, one reason for each wrong option

    Only what your course expects you to know

    Question banks are good, but they’re built for everyone.

    These questions come from your own lecture, focused on what’s most likely to show up on your exam.

    How it works

    Upload one lecture as a PDF or PowerPoint.

    The system is three simple steps you do for every one of your lectures:

    • Understand the why behind the information: the Story
    • Memorize with active recall: the Anki deck
    • Apply it to real exam questions: the practice exam
    The upload page tailored for Psychology, with a lecture PDF dropped in and the Exam selected

    Free to try

    New accounts start with three free credits, and no card is needed.

    Three credits cover one lecture with all three study modes.

    Try it on your next lecture.

    Upload now