A real AI use, explained simply
Make a short quiz from your own study materials and review missed answers
Use your own sources to make a small quiz that points missed answers back to the material.
Put only one subject’s shareable notes or readings into one notebook.
Done when: Every answer has a source to revisit, and unsupported questions have been removed.
Before you start
- Shareable study sources
- Time to open missed-answer sources
What the original documents
Google officially documents creating Flashcards and Quizzes from notebook sources; a creator video shows adding sources, asking questions, and saving notes.
Claim boundary: The sources document the workflow, not the correctness of generated questions.
This page explains a source-documented method. It is not an independent Studio Nani reproduction or performance guarantee.
Follow the workflow and check each result
- Add the study sources.Output: One bounded source setCheckpoint: Keep one subject per notebook.
- Choose Quiz or Flashcards and set topic, difficulty, and count.Output: A short quizCheckpoint: Ask for source locations.
- Answer the questions and mark misses.Output: A review listCheckpoint: Do not treat the generated key as authority.
- Open the source for every missed answer; remove unsupported questions.Output: Source-checked review setCheckpoint: The original material decides.
Worked output shape — no made-up values
Question / my answer / answer / source to revisit / check status. Values come only from the reader’s materials.
questionQuestionmyAnswerMy answeranswerAnswersourceSource to revisitstatusCheck status
Human completion checks
- Each missed answer against the source
- Unsupported or ambiguous questions
Limitations
- Generated questions can misunderstand a source.
- Creating or deleting study aids may require edit access.
Use this when
Every answer has a source to revisit, and unsupported questions have been removed.
Copy this and change the brackets
Using only this notebook, make 8 medium questions about [topic]. After each answer show the source section; write “not found” when unsupported.Source-documented method
The sources document the workflow, not the correctness of generated questions.
Keep in mind
Generated questions can misunderstand a source. Creating or deleting study aids may require edit access.
Next, make it your own
Source and notes
- Google NotebookLM Flashcards and Quiz help ↗official-help · checked 2026-07-24
- Kevin Stratvert NotebookLM tutorial ↗creator-video · checked 2026-07-24