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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Logging in, creating quizzes, adding students, and sharing quizzes

Welcome to the Bookends FAQs page. These answers explain the usual steps for signing in, preparing quizzes, generating worksheets, managing student accounts, and sharing quizzes with your students.

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1. Logging in and accessing your dashboard

How do I log in as a teacher or quiz creator?

Open the main website and select the regular Login option. Enter your registered username and password, then submit the form. After a successful login, open your dashboard to access the tools available to your account.

If you are new to Bookends and do not have an account, use the Registration link.

You can sign up with your Google account also.

How do students log in?

Students should use the Student Login page. They can log in simply by selecting their school, grade, name, and entering their admission number as their password. Of course, first teachers have to enter their details manually, or import detials in bulk using a CSV file.

Student accounts are different from the regular accounts used by teachers or quiz creators.

2. Creating and managing quizzes

How do I create a quiz?
  1. Log in with your regular account.
  2. Open Dashboard and choose the Add Question. (You can also Import Quiz using a CSV file.)
  3. Select the appropriate Level. Select an already existing topic, or add a new one.
  4. Add the questions and answer options, and check that the correct answer is marked properly. Add an explanation for the answer. Adding images, featured image for question or individual images for answer options, is optional.
  5. Once you add all the questions to a newly created quiz, you have to Update Quiz Status for it to be accessible to your students. .
How do I import a quiz using a CSV file?
  1. Importing the quiz is a lot easier than adding questions one by one. The only thing is that first you have to create the CSV file. But that is not at all difficult if you let AI do it!
  2. Open Dashboard and choose Quiz Maker. Enter the Subject/Topic of your quiz. You don't have to be specific. You can enter, for instance, a fill-in-the-blanks quiz on prepositions, questios on tricky, hard-to-guess prepositions. Select Level. Enter No. of Questions. Upon clicking submit you will taken to the next page which contains a prompt. Click on the prompt to copy it. Next, go to your favourite AI site (I prefer Claude.ai) and paste the prompt in the chat box. Depending on the number of questions you are adding, a CSV file will be generated.
  3. Now come back to your Dashboard and select Import Quiz. Select Quiz Topic from the dropdown. If you select Add New Quiz Topic (at the very bottom of dropdown menu), you get a new input field called Or Add New Quiz Topic. Enter your new topic. Here be as succinct as possible. Use a maximum three or four words as topic of your quiz (for instance, Tricky Prepositions). Next Select Level. Then upload the CSV file the AI generated. And that's it!
  4. Only one more step remains. In Dashboard, go to Update Quiz Status. Select Level and Topic of the quiz you uploaded and then select User Approved under Status. Now your quiz is public and you can share the quiz link with your students.
How can I find quizzes I have created?

Log in and open My Quizzes from your dashboard or website menu. Use the level filter to narrow the list.

You can use the share button to create a link you can share with the students you have added.

Can I delete a quiz?

The Dashboard provides a Delete Quiz option, select the correct quiz topic and level, verify your selection, and confirm the deletion only when you are certain. Deleting questions is irreversible. Check carefully before confirming.

How do I generate worksheets?

In Dashboard go to Create Worksheets. You can optionally select your own quizzes or quizzes already existing in the site to generate worksheets. Worksheets are generated as PDFs or editable Word files.

You can also generate free quiz worksheets using the Free Quiz Worksheets link in the homepage.

3. Adding and managing students

How do I add students to my school or class?
  1. Log in to your regular account.
  2. In Dashboard select Add Student.
  3. You can use the Import Students to import student details in bulk using a CSV file.
Can I send the same quiz link to an entire class?

Yes. You can paste the copied link into the communication channel your class normally uses.