How to AI-Generate an Assessment from a Specific Template

Two Ways to Build Assessments from a Template (Ranked by Ease)

🥇 1. TeachShare – Educator-Friendly and Template-Based
TeachShare allows you to choose exactly what kind of assessment or activity you want to generate—from Compare and Contrast to Main Idea, to Fill-in-the-Blank, and more. You get full control over tone, grade level, and structure, and the platform handles the content creation based on your input or uploads. No complicated prompts—just select, adjust, and teach.

🥈 2. ChatGPT (GPT-4/GPT-4o)
You can upload a file and ask ChatGPT to generate an activity in a specific format, like multiple choice or short answer. It’s powerful, but you’ll need to guide the process with detailed prompting and manually format the result.

 1. Creating a Resource from a Specific Template : Using TeachShare

This method is perfect if you already know the type of resource you want to make (e.g. Main Idea, Vocabulary, Compare & Contrast, etc.).

Here’s how to do it:

Go to TeachShare and sign in or create an account—it’s quick and free.

Once inside, click “Launch Creator.”

On the “How would you like to get started?” screen, select “Pick a Template.”

From here, you’ll see a variety of pre-built templates, each tailored to different learning goals and instructional formats. A few examples include:

• Classic Q&A – A straightforward question-and-answer layout with multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer.
  
  

• Main Idea by Paragraph – Helps students break down and summarize each paragraph’s main point.
  
  

• A.C.E. Short Answer – A structured response format that guides students to include an Answer, Comment, and Explanation.
  
  

• Three Row Notes – A note-taking organizer for summarizing, detailing, and reflecting.
  
  

• Problems & Solutions – Supports critical thinking by identifying issues and brainstorming solutions.
  
  

• Explain an Event – Prompts students to analyze key moments or concepts in narrative form.
  
  

Each template includes built-in formatting, directions, and scaffolding. Once you've selected a template, the next step is to add your content.

Add Your Content

After choosing your template, it’s time to bring in the material you want to build your assessment around.

Click “Change content” on the right panel.

This will open the Content section, where you can choose from multiple input options:

• Paste your own text
  

• Upload a file
  

• Use a YouTube video
  

• Paste a website link
  

Select the source that fits your needs—then sit back and let TeachShare do the heavy lifting. It will scan your content, generate structured questions based on your chosen template, and format everything into a clean, classroom-ready assessment.

Tailor and Refine Your Assessment

Once your questions have been generated, you can fully customize the resource to meet your classroom needs:

• Adjust Complexity
  Set the grade level and use the difficulty slider to fine-tune how challenging the content should be for your students.
  
  

• Individualize for Your Learners
  Add learning outcomes and specify accommodations to support different student needs. You can also use quick suggestions like simplifying instructions or reducing answer choices.
  
  

• Align with Curriculum Standards
  Select your state or organization to align the assessment with official educational standards.

  
  

• Refine Question Types
  Under More Options, control the number and type of questions you want: multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and free response—fully adjustable with just a click.

  
  

TeachShare gives you total flexibility to make sure your assessments are not just smart, but truly personalized.

Your Perfect Resource Is Ready!

And just like that, your custom quiz is complete—fully formatted, curriculum-aligned, and ready to use in class or share digitally. Whether you want to print it, assign it in Google Classroom, or tweak it a bit more, TeachShare has done the heavy lifting for you.

You’ve gone from a template to a polished, engaging assessment in just a few steps. 🙌

2. Build Assessments from a Template : Using ChatGPT-4o

If you don’t have access to a tool like TeachShare, you can still create assessments using ChatGPT-4o—you’ll just need to be a bit more hands-on. This method is all about providing the AI with a clear structure or template, so it knows exactly how to format your quiz or activity.

Here’s How to Do It:

1. Open ChatGPT-4o and make sure you're in the right model (GPT-3.5 won't support file uploads or follow structure as well).
   
   

2. Use a prompt like this to generate questions using a specific assessment style:

“You are a skilled teacher. Create a 10th-grade assessment using the ‘Main Idea by Paragraph’ format. Use this article as the source: [paste content or summarize]. Include clear instructions and a response area for each paragraph.”

3. Want a Q&A-style format? Try:
   "Create a Classic Q&A worksheet with 3 multiple choice, 2 fill-in-the-blank, and 1 short answer question. Include correct answers and one-sentence explanations.”

   
   

4. Add follow-up prompts to refine:

• Make it simpler for grade 6.
  
  

• Add Bloom’s Taxonomy levels.
  
  

• Include space for student responses.

  
  

You can also create your own templates

If you're using ChatGPT frequently, save a few go-to prompt templates like:

• Compare and Contrast template
  
  

• A.C.E. Short Answer (Answer, Comment, Explanation)
  
  

• Vocabulary Organizer or Concept Matching

Just reuse them with new topics or content to stay consistent!

Why Teachers Prefer TeachShare for Templates

While ChatGPT can follow templates with the right prompting, it often takes multiple revisions to get it just right—and you still have to format it yourself.

With TeachShare, it’s all built in. You just:

• Select a pre-designed template (like “Main Idea,” “Problems & Solutions,” or “Classic Q&A”)
  
  

• Upload your content or topic
  
  

• Customize tone, grade level, standards, and complexity

  
  

• Click Generate

  
  

No prompts. No formatting. Just a clean, classroom-ready assessment—automatically.

If you're short on time and want something that just works, TeachShare is the fastest, most flexible way to build assessments using real instructional design templates.

Want to see what it can do? Go try it—your future self will thank you. 🙌