Utilizing AI to Create Quizzes for Movies • TechNotes Weblog

October 2, 2024

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“I need to create a quiz for a video utilizing AI or one thing. How do I do this?” That query comes up every so often. Fortunately, there are a number of free instruments you may benefit from. Most of these instruments are for YouTube, however what about different video sources, resembling Vimeo? On this weblog entry, I’ll share a roundup of options you need to use for various video sources. I’ll additionally share a course of you need to use with any video, regardless of the supply. So, right here’s your information on utilizing AI to create quizzes for movies!

Supply #1: YouTube Movies

Have to create quiz questions for YouTube movies? Doing so has gotten a lot simpler with AI instruments out there. EdPuzzle is an outdated favourite, so I gained’t spend any time on it besides to remind you that it’s out there.

Right here’s a brief listing of among the newer options out there:

Device	Description	Limitations and Price (if any)
Brisk Educating	Use the AI Quiz Maker to create questions aligned to requirements from a video supply	Free with paid choices out there
ChatGPT Customized GPTs	Use a customized GPT to create questions. A number of to strive embrace GeneralMind’s Video Summarizer, VideoSummarizer, Chat-Immediate’s YouTube Video Summarizer	Free account creation however slightly clunky in comparison with the opposite instruments
Diffit	Drop in a YouTube video hyperlink and get differentiated sources aligned to requirements	Free with Premium choices out there
MagicSchool	Create grade-leveled questions for any YouTube video, together with a number of alternative questions, free response questions, and specify complete variety of questions (3-10)	Free resembling 5-min enter restrict on video and fewer than 10 makes use of per 30 days
Quizalize	Create questions for any YouTube video, together with a number of alternative questions, open-ended questions, and/or True/False Statements, in addition to generate vocabulary	Quizalize Fundamental is free however there are different choices out there for people, colleges, and districts ranging in value. Didn’t work for me with movies offered
Twee	Create questions for any YouTube video, together with a number of alternative questions, open-ended questions, and/or True/False Statements, in addition to generate vocabulary	Free however with limitations resembling 5-min enter restrict on video and fewer than 10 makes use of per 30 days
Unstuck	Create a research information for any YouTube video by including https://research.new in entrance of the YouTube video URL (e.g. https://research.new/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyBv88tkrzc )	Free account creation however slightly clunky in comparison with the opposite instruments

You possibly can in all probability discover a variety of different AI instruments to do the identical, together with ChatTube, Redmenta, TeachMate.ai, and Quizizz. These are all highly effective instruments to make use of and work properly more often than not. There could also be conditions when they don’t, or YouTube restricts entry. It’s price mentioning that, when you have ChatGPT account, you may get a distinct consequence.

Use ChatGPT to Generate a Quiz

Utilizing AI to create quizzes is straightforward to do. If you happen to’re a fan of ChatGPT, strive utilizing the TCEA Immediate Information Educator to help you in crafting a immediate that generates a quiz for a YouTube video. Or give the immediate beneath a spin. Merely copy-n-paste it as is then let ChatGPT take it from there.

Immediate Instance

Copy-n-paste the AI immediate beneath
Comply with these directions and start: AI Customized Directions for Interactive Quiz Creation: 1. Begin by Greeting and Providing Help: “Hello! I may help you create a quiz based mostly on a video. Are you able to get began? Simply kind ‘sure’ once you’re prepared!” 2. Ask for the Video Hyperlink: As soon as the consumer responds with ‘sure’: “Nice! Please present the hyperlink to the video you’d prefer to base the quiz on (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo).” 3. Ask for the Grade Degree: After the consumer supplies the video hyperlink: “What grade stage is that this quiz for? (e.g., third grade, eighth grade)” 4. Ask for the Query Sorts: After the grade stage is given: “Which sorts of questions would you want to incorporate within the quiz? You possibly can choose a couple of: – True/False – A number of Selection (with 3-4 choices) – Quick Reply – Open-ended Questions” 5. Ask for Key Ideas: After the consumer chooses the query sorts: “What key ideas or subjects from the video ought to the quiz concentrate on? (e.g., gravity, movement, power, or particular subjects lined within the video)” 6. Ask for Studying Outcomes: After key ideas are offered: “What’s the desired studying end result? Describe what you need college students to know or exhibit after finishing the quiz.” 7. Verify and Supply Quiz Creation: After gathering all the main points: “Thanks for all the knowledge! I’ll now create the quiz based mostly in your preferences. Would you want me to format the quiz in any explicit approach (e.g., numbered, categorized by query kind)?” 8. Create and Show Quiz: As soon as the consumer confirms preferences: “Right here’s the quiz based mostly in your enter! Let me know in case you’d like every modifications.”

Copy-n-paste the AI immediate beneath

Comply with these directions and start:

AI Customized Directions for Interactive Quiz Creation:

1. Begin by Greeting and Providing Help: “Hello! I may help you create a quiz based mostly on a video. Are you able to get began? Simply kind ‘sure’ once you’re prepared!”
2. Ask for the Video Hyperlink: As soon as the consumer responds with ‘sure’: “Nice! Please present the hyperlink to the video you’d prefer to base the quiz on (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo).”
3. Ask for the Grade Degree: After the consumer supplies the video hyperlink: “What grade stage is that this quiz for? (e.g., third grade, eighth grade)”
4. Ask for the Query Sorts: After the grade stage is given: “Which sorts of questions would you want to incorporate within the quiz? You possibly can choose a couple of:
– True/False
– A number of Selection (with 3-4 choices)
– Quick Reply
– Open-ended Questions”
5. Ask for Key Ideas: After the consumer chooses the query sorts: “What key ideas or subjects from the video ought to the quiz concentrate on? (e.g., gravity, movement, power, or particular subjects lined within the video)” 6. Ask for Studying Outcomes: After key ideas are offered: “What’s the desired studying end result? Describe what you need college students to know or exhibit after finishing the quiz.”
7. Verify and Supply Quiz Creation: After gathering all the main points: “Thanks for all the knowledge! I’ll now create the quiz based mostly in your preferences. Would you want me to format the quiz in any explicit approach (e.g., numbered, categorized by query kind)?”
8. Create and Show Quiz: As soon as the consumer confirms preferences: “Right here’s the quiz based mostly in your enter! Let me know in case you’d like every modifications.”

Please observe that you need to use the immediate above with quite a lot of AI chatbots. In these instances, you will want another choice. And, it could not all the time work.

Grabbing Movies from Different Sources

Whereas AI instruments can summarize and generate quiz questions for YouTube movies, it’s slightly more durable with movies hosted on different web sites, just like the one pictured beneath:

To get the audio for movies hosted on different web sites, you will want to observe a three-step course of.

Supply #2: Different Video Sources

If movies are hosted in areas that would favor you NOT get a duplicate of the video, it may be troublesome to generate quizzes. You would need to watch the video, then provide you with the quiz questions and responses your self. What in case you might discover a neater approach?

That simpler approach is that this three-step course of outlined beneath. Please you should definitely confirm you might be permitted by the copyright holder to acquire a duplicate of audio from a video.

Quiz Query Creation: Three Straightforward Steps

The three-step course of depends on the venerable Video Obtain Helper extension. It’s a browser extension you may get for Firefox, Chrome, and/or MS Edge browsers. The Chrome model doesn’t enable obtain of YouTube video content material (a Google restriction).

With Video Obtain Helper on Firefox browser, and the premium model of the extension (roughly $29), you may extract audio from movies. With that audio file, you need to use an AI instrument to generate a transcript of the video. Then, you may drop the transcript into any AI instrument you want and generate quiz questions. You possibly can buy the Premium model of the extension to extract media in quite a lot of codecs, together with audio.

Don’t need to pay $29 for the premium model? There are two different methods to get the audio. The primary is to make use of Audacity, a free open supply audio recorder. Set Audacity to document your pc’s audio (examine that right here). The second is to get aTube Catcher, which is able to assist you to document audio enjoying in your Home windows pc, as proven beneath:

Screenshot by author of aTube Catcher — Screenshot by writer of aTube Catcher. It additionally permits you to save video/audio from YouTube to your pc.

The premium model of Video Obtain Helper, a lifetime license, is well-worth the funding. That’s as a result of many AI audio to textual content transcription instruments can be found at no cost (see listing in Step 2 beneath). To generate a transcript for a video can get fairly costly and there are limits to video size. The method can even take longer.

Let’s define the step-by-step course of beneath.

Step 1: Get the Audio from a Video

After putting in Video Obtain Helper and buying the Premium model, use it to extract the audio from a web-based video. The primary benefit of VIdeo Obtain Helper? It makes it simple to extract the audio and reserve it as a file in your pc. Once more, keep in mind, as a substitute of shopping for Video Obtain Helper, you may play the video and document the audio utilizing the free Audacity or aTube Catcher.

A tip? Play the video at 2x the pace so you may end twice as quick. The audio transcription instrument can transcribe at a sooner price than we are able to take heed to the audio.

Screenshot by writer of Video Obtain Helper

Once more, whilst you might save the video to your system, then use an AI to generate a transcript, that could possibly be time consuming. The explanation why is that video recordsdata are bigger. You need the audio as a result of your purpose isn’t to get a duplicate of the video, solely to generate a textual content transcript. That’s why you’ll get the audio from the video and work with that as a substitute of the video itself.

Screenshot by author — Screenshot by writer of Veed audio transcription

Step 2: Use an AI Service to Create a Transcript

There are a number of AI companies you need to use to create a transcript of an audio file. Listed here are 4 instruments you can begin with:

Device	Description
Flixier	Transcribe audio to textual content in your net browser, no account required
Kapwing Audio to Textual content Converter	Means that you can convert audio to textual content with no bank card, subscription without spending a dime
ReStream.io Transcribe Audio to Textual content	A free instrument (no account creation required) that permits you to transcribe audio to textual content
Veed	Transcribe audio to textual content mechanically, utilizing AI. Over +120 languages supported

For the needs of my instance, I relied on ReStream.io. It labored tremendous quick, and did an ideal job.

Screenshot by writer of Restream.io

For instance, right here’s an excerpt of the transcript of a video performed at 2x pace and recorded utilizing aTube Catcher, then working the audio file by Restream.io Audio Transcribe to Textual content instrument:

Portion of audio transcript from a TCEA online course on Brain-Based Learning — Portion of audio transcript from a TCEA on-line course video on Mind-Based mostly Studying

Step 3: Add Textual content Transcript of Audio

Bought your audio transcript? You are actually able to drop it into an AI. At this level, you can also make it right into a research information. Or, in case you want, a quiz. You too can extract vocabulary phrases and generate a glossary. You will notice I present particular examples of the sorts of questions I need to see:

Immediate Instance

Evaluate the hooked up textual content transcript of the video, [name of video goes here]. Generate a quiz at [grade level desired] with [number] questions in quite a lot of query sorts. See examples beneath. Ask me earlier than producing what format I would like the quiz in, resembling markdown, markdown desk, comma-delimited or CSV, or plain textual content.

Query #	Query Sort	Query/Immediate
1	A number of Selection	What’s the fundamental subject of the video?
		a) Animals b) Area c) Vegetation d) Recycling
2	True/False	True or False: The video exhibits the way to defend the atmosphere.
3	Quick Reply	Title a technique you may assist the atmosphere based on the video.
4	Fill within the Clean	“The video says we should always all the time _ plastic bottles.”
5	A number of Selection	Which coloration bin is for recycling plastic?
		a) Pink b) Blue c) Inexperienced d) Yellow
6	True/False	True or False: Recycling isn’t vital for the planet.
7	Quick Reply	What must you do in case you see trash on the bottom?
8	A number of Selection	What’s one materials talked about within the video that may be recycled?
		a) Glass b) Wooden c) Metallic d) Paper
9	Fill within the Clean	“We have to handle the Earth as a result of it’s our __.”

Within the display beneath, you may see ChatGPT producing a quiz just like the instance within the immediate above. The quiz is in markdown format (convert Markdown to HTML with this free instrument, then paste into your phrase processor of alternative):