ExamTeXTurn lecture slides into a practice exam
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Lecture slides are the outline your lecturer chose to teach from, which makes them a sound base for a practice exam. Upload the deck — PowerPoint or a PDF export — and ExamTeX writes new exam questions on what the slides cover, typesets the paper in LaTeX, and gives you a PDF to print and sit under timed conditions.
Short answer
How do I turn lecture slides into a practice exam?
Upload the slide deck (.pptx or PDF) at examtex.com/create, then either generate with the recommended 20-question mix or choose your own question types and difficulty. ExamTeX reads the text on each slide and the speaker notes, writes new exam questions on that content, and returns a LaTeX-typeset exam you can edit and download as a PDF, with an optional answer key. Generation usually takes about a minute.
How it works
1. Upload the slides
.pptx files and PDF exports of slides both work. Add several lectures at once (up to 20 files per exam) to cover a whole unit. Save older .ppt and Keynote files as .pptx or PDF first.
2. Choose the format
Keep the recommended mix (15 multiple choice, 3 short answer, 2 calculation) or set your own counts of multiple choice, short answer, calculation, graph-analysis and essay questions, at easy, medium, hard or mixed difficulty.
3. Edit, download, sit it
Review the questions in the editor, then download the typeset PDF. Tick Include Answer Key in the typesetting options to add the answers and worked solutions on separate pages at the end.
What to know
Slide text and speaker notes are read
ExamTeX reads the text on every slide and the speaker notes, which often hold the explanation a bullet point leaves out. Pictures, charts and diagrams inside a .pptx file are not read.
Add images for diagram-heavy slides
If key content lives in a diagram, a graph or a pasted-in picture of an equation, also upload a screenshot of that slide (JPG, PNG or WebP). Images are read directly by the AI, including equations and diagrams.
New questions, not copied slides
The generator is instructed not to copy examples from your material. It writes fresh questions on the concepts the slides cover, so you practise answering, not recognising.
Thin slides? Add notes or the recording
Bullet-point slides can be sparse. Add your notes, a reading, or the lecture recording to the same exam, and the questions can go into the detail the slides skip.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I upload a PowerPoint file directly?
Yes. Upload the .pptx file as it is; there is no need to convert it. Older .ppt files and Keynote files are not accepted, so save those as .pptx or PDF first. For Google Slides, download the deck as .pptx or PDF.
Are my speaker notes used?
Yes. Text in the speaker notes is read along with the slide text. That helps when the slides themselves are mostly headings and short bullet points.
Can one exam cover several lectures?
Yes. Add up to 20 files to one exam, for example every slide deck from a unit. With several files, the questions are spread across all of them rather than drawn from the first file only.
What if my slides are mostly images?
A .pptx file is read for its text only, so image-only slides add little. A PDF with no selectable text at all is run through text recognition (OCR) instead. For diagrams, upload screenshots of the slides as images, which the AI reads directly.
Is it free?
You can try it free, without a card. The free plan includes 2 practice exams a month, with a watermark on the PDF, and generating from the built-in sample notes does not use one of them. Pro costs €9.99 a month for unlimited practice exams without the watermark; the Exam Pass gives you the same for 30 days for a one-time €9.99 and does not renew.
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