Before you use this tool

exam-shuffler is provided free of charge, “as is” and “as available”, without warranty of any kind. That includes, without limitation, any express or implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement.

It is software, and software gets things wrong. It may misread a question or an answer key, shuffle an option wrongly, point a key at the wrong answer, drop or alter part of your document, or produce a file that Word cannot open. Such failures are not always obvious at a glance.

You must check every document it produces — every student copy and every answer key — before you print, distribute, sit or grade an examination with it. Do not rely on it unchecked.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the authors and contributors accept no liability for any loss or damage of any kind arising out of or in connection with this tool or anything it produces, including without limitation misprinted or misgraded examinations, incorrect marks or results, wasted time, lost or corrupted documents, or any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, and whether or not the possibility of such damage was known.

You are responsible for the documents you process with it and for following the rules of your school, university or employer. Nothing in this notice excludes or limits any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under the law that applies to you; if any part of this notice is held unenforceable, the rest continues to apply.

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This notice is also published in Greek; if the two differ, the English text prevails.

exam-shuffler

One multiple-choice test in Word, any number of shuffled variants — each written twice: a student copy (questions and options) and a professor copy (the same paper, plus the answer key on its own last page).

Your test never leaves this tab. There is no upload and no server: the documents are read, shuffled and written here, on your computer.

1 Choose the test

or drag it here

First time here? Start from a sample test

New to this? Start from a sample. Load one to see what comes out; download one and open it in Word to see exactly how a test has to be laid out — how questions are numbered, how options are marked, and the Answer Key page at the end. Save a copy, type your own questions over the top, and you have a document this program can read.

All three are the same ten questions. Two are marked in different alphabets — the markers in your own test are used as they are, so a Greek-lettered paper stays Greek-lettered. The third has no answer key page at all, and makes student copies only.

2 Settings

The same seed always produces exactly the same papers, which is what you want if you have to reprint one of them later. The seed used is shown with the results.

3 Build the papers

Read what comes out before it reaches a student. Check a paper against its answer key, and check that the equations look right in Word.