Making a question paper by hand takes an evening: reading the chapter again, writing questions, balancing marks, typing it out, then making a second version so neighbours can't copy. Gyanmor does the slow parts, so you can spend your time on the parts only a teacher can do.
Here's how a teacher makes a class test or an exam, from the first page to the printed paper.
1. Pick the class, the book and the pages
Open Tests and choose the class and its book. Then set From page and To page. Questions come only from the pages you pick, so the paper matches exactly what you taught. A test needs 2 pages or more; an exam needs 10 or more, up to 30 pages.
2. Set the marks and the kinds of questions
Choose the total marks and the time. Then choose the kinds of questions and the marks for each: MCQ, true or false, fill in the blank, one-word answers, match the pairs, short answers and long answers.
Short of time? Tap Fill for me. Gyanmor fills in a ready-made pattern for that total, in the style of the Gujarat board for exams, and you can change any line. The number of pages decides how many marks a paper can have, so a 2-page test never pretends to be a 100-mark exam.
Choose the level: Easy for remembering what the pages say, Board level for a mix like the board exam, or Challenge for more why and how questions. You can also add the book's own exercise questions; they're what real exams ask.
3. Decide on minus marks
Turn on minus marks for wrong MCQs if you want students to think before they tick. A wrong MCQ takes away its marks, so 2 right and 2 wrong make 0. Skipping is safe. Minus marks stay off unless you turn them on.
4. Make a set for each row
Pick 1 to 4 sets. Each set has different questions from the same pages, with the same marks. In the classroom, give each row its own set, A, B, C or D, so neighbours write different papers. When the test is taken in the app, each student gets a random set with the questions shuffled.
5. Check every question
Making the paper takes about a minute. Then read it. Teachers review everything before students see it: if a question doesn't feel right, swap it for another one. You stay the examiner; Gyanmor is the assistant.
6. Print the A4 PDF with your school's header
Tap Download PDF and you get a real A4 question paper, ready for the school printer. Your principal sets the school's name, logo, address and phone once, and they appear at the top of every paper. Add the exam name and date, a box for name, roll number and marks, and space for answers if students will write on the paper itself.
Choose which set to print, then download the answer key too. Checking is faster when the key sits next to the pile.
Or give it in the app
If your students have phones or school tablets, publish the test to the class. The exam lock opens it full screen, and leaving the screen ends it; you can allow a retest if it was a mistake. You see who is writing and who has submitted, and you choose: instant results, or results when you release them. Afterwards, the hardest questions show you what to teach again.
A few tips from the staff room
- Keep the pages tight. A test on this week's 4 pages tells you more than one on a whole unit.
- Use sets even for small tests. Four sets stop copying with no extra work.
- Print the answer key with the paper, so checking takes minutes, not evenings.
The paper is still yours: your pages, your marks, your rules, your school's name at the top. It just doesn't take your whole evening any more.
