Quizzes, exams and the tools around them
Four things worth knowing before an online exam — written to be useful whether or not you ever install anything of ours.
How to review the practice questions you get wrong
A five-step routine that turns a practice test's wrong answers into a study plan: commit first, sort misses by why, write the reason, retry them cold.
Read it →Method4 min readHow to answer online quizzes faster without guessing
Seven things that cut the time an online quiz takes — from how you read the question to what you do with the twenty seconds a lookup costs.
Read it →Comparison5 min readChegg alternatives in 2026: what each one actually does
Chegg, Course Hero, Quizlet, a chatbot in a tab, and a hotkey that reads your screen — what each is built for, and which question each one is bad at.
Read it →Study4 min readHow to study for an online exam you have never sat before
A four-week plan built on retrieval practice, plus the checks worth doing on the software itself before an online exam starts.
Read it →Explainer5 min readQuiz helper apps for students: extensions, bots and hotkeys
The three shapes a quiz helper comes in, what each one can see, what each one costs you in privacy, and why the shape decides everything else.
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