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assessment-question-authoring

Generate and review multiple-choice questions with plausible distractors from course materials and NotebookLM.

1|Updated May 26, 2026
Search Tags:#education#assessment#notebooklm#quiz generation#distractors#multiple-choice#question authoring
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npx skills add https://github.com/elderbernardi/exocortex.saas --skill assessment-question-authoring-elderbernardi
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: assessment-question-authoring
Source: https://github.com/elderbernardi/exocortex.saas/tree/main/skills/assessment-question-authoring
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/elderbernardi/exocortex.saas --skill assessment-question-authoring-elderbernardi

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Writing effective multiple-choice questions is hard because weak distractors (obviously wrong alternatives) make assessments trivially easy to game. This Skill produces and reviews question drafts grounded in real course materials, with mandatory manual curation focused on distractor quality. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Grounded Question Generation: Creates questions with exactly 4 alternatives (A-D) and one correct answer from local course files, lesson plans, transcripts, or NotebookLM notebooks. - Distractor Quality Review: Applies a per-question checklist to detect absurd alternatives, category mismatches, and correct answers that stand out by length or precision. - NLM-Assisted Drafting: Uses NotebookLM as a generation engine with explicit prompts, then treats output as raw material requiring manual rewriting. - Use Case: A professor needs a midterm quiz on distributed systems. The Skill pulls from the course transcript, drafts 15 questions via NotebookLM, rewrites weak distractors to fail on subtle conceptual nuances, and delivers a reviewable .md draft with an answer key. ## Quick Start Generate a draft of 10 multiple-choice questions from my distributed systems lecture notes and save it as a markdown file for review.

Frequently Asked Questions about assessment-question-authoring

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I generate multiple-choice questions from course materials?▼

Provide a path to your course files, lesson plans, or transcripts, and the Skill drafts questions with 4 alternatives and one correct answer each. It can also use an existing NotebookLM notebook as the generation source, followed by manual curation of every item.

How to write good distractors for multiple-choice questions?▼

Good distractors fail by nuance rather than being obviously wrong: invert implications, confuse stronger with weaker models, or swap the scope of a theoretical result. The Skill's checklist rejects any alternative a competent reader can dismiss in under 2 seconds.

Can I use NotebookLM to generate quiz questions?▼

Yes, the Skill uses NotebookLM as a draft generation engine with explicit prompts requesting plausible distractors and one correct answer. The NLM output is treated as raw material and must be manually rewritten before delivery.

What are the limitations of AI-generated multiple-choice questions?▼

AI-generated questions often have correct answers that stand out by length or precision, and distractors that are absurd or off-topic. This Skill requires mandatory manual curation and never publishes directly to an LMS without human review.

What if the source file path I provided does not exist?▼

The Skill verifies the path first and, if missing, transparently pivots to the best available existing source such as a registered NotebookLM notebook. It states the substitution explicitly rather than blocking delivery.

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