How to make an interactive exercise from a PDF
A PDF is easy to share and hard to interact with. Students cannot check their answers in it, and you cannot change it quickly. Here is how to turn a PDF into a page with interactive exercises.
Steps
Choose the pages that matter
Long PDFs work better when you extract the one or two pages you actually need. You can add one or two files at once, each up to 15 MB.
Upload the PDF
Drop the file in Pick Two Activity. The text and structure are read, and a first page is generated with headings, vocabulary, a tip and exercises.
Choose your exercise shapes
Generated pages use gap-fill (the student types the missing word) and multiple choice (the student picks one option). Both give instant feedback.
Edit before students see it
Change wording, add a short reading paragraph and remove any question that is unclear.
Publish and share
Copy the public link. The page works on phones, tablets and computers without an app.
When a PDF is the wrong starting point
Scanned PDFs with very small text or photographs of handwriting can be hard to read. If the result is poor, take a clean photo of the page instead.
What stays on the student’s device
Answers are checked and stored in the student’s browser, not sent to us. That also means answers are lost if the student clears their browser data.
Frequently asked questions
Can students download their results?
Not currently. Answers stay in the browser; they are not collected or reported to the teacher.
Can I add more question types?
Right now the editor supports headings, paragraphs, tips, vocabulary lists, gap-fill, multiple choice and linked resources.