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Study Guide Maker
Turn a PDF, a YouTube lesson, a recording or your notes into a one-page study guide with a summary, key terms and the questions to expect. Free, no signup.
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- Made by AI from your source
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A line like “term — meaning” gives the guide its definitions. Without meanings you get a list of terms only.
The sheet and the key print separately, so the key never ends up on the student’s page.
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How it works
Study Guide Maker in three steps
Add a source
A YouTube link, a PDF, a recording or pasted notes. Or pick a deck you already made.
Read the guide
A summary, key terms with meanings and the questions to expect, on one page.
Print or reuse
Print the guide and the key separately, save the terms as flashcards, or open the questions in the quiz.
What you get
One page built from one source: a short summary, the key points, 8, 12 or 20 key terms with a one-sentence meaning each, and between 4 and 8 questions an exam on that material is likely to ask. The terms save as a flashcard deck, the questions open in the quiz tool, and the whole page prints on A4 or US Letter. The questions print without their answers; the answers come on a separate key page.
An example made by the tool
Made by the tool from the library transcript The New Deal: Crash Course US History #34, 12 key terms, run on 2026-10-31.
Summary. This video discusses Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, a series of government programs designed to address the Great Depression. It categorizes these programs into three Rs: Relief, Recovery, and Reform, and divides them chronologically into the First and Second New Deals. The video highlights key legislation like the Social Security Act and the Wagner Act, the rise of unions, and the political realignment that created the New Deal Coalition. Ultimately, it argues that while the New Deal did not end the depression, it fundamentally transformed the role of the federal government and American expectations of economic security.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Three Rs | A framework for categorizing New Deal programs into Relief, Recovery, and Reform. |
| Social Security Act | A 1935 law that established unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, and retirement benefits funded by payroll taxes. |
| Wagner Act | A 1935 law that guaranteed workers the right to unionize and created the National Labor Relations Board. |
| FDIC | The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, created to insure individual deposits against future banking disasters. |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | A program that built dams in the Tennessee River Valley to control floods, prevent deforestation, and provide cheap electric power. |
| New Deal Coalition | A political realignment that brought together urban progressives, union workers, Southern whites, and African-Americans in support of the Democratic Party. |
Questions to expect.
- What were the three categories used to describe New Deal programs? Relief, Recovery, and Reform.
- Which act guaranteed workers the right to unionize? The Wagner Act.
- What was the primary funding source for Social Security? Payroll taxes.
Limits, from the code
| Item | Limit |
|---|---|
| Key terms | 8, 12 or 20 per guide |
| Questions to expect | 4 to 8, set by the number of terms |
| Source length | 200 to 60,000 characters; the model reads up to 24,000 of them, sampled evenly from start to end when the source is longer |
| Sources | YouTube link (videos with captions), PDF with a text layer (read in your browser, up to 50 MB), pasted text, the first minutes of an audio or video file |
| Free use | 10 guides per device per day and 20 per network per hour; a site-wide daily cap applies |
| Link to share | The guide travels inside the link; very long guides do not fit and must be printed |
Terms and questions are written by free AI models and can be wrong. Read them against your source before an exam or before you hand the sheet to a class. A deck or a typed list gives terms and meanings only, with no summary.
What is sent where
The deck, typed-list and text options run entirely in your browser; nothing is sent. The source option sends the text of your source (the PDF text, the transcript of the video, the words of the recording, or what you pasted) to an AI model service to write the sheet. We keep the finished result for up to 30 days under a hash of the source, so the same source is not written twice; we do not store the source text itself. Your decks and anything you save stay in this browser.
How teachers use it
- Paste the link of a lesson video or upload the chapter as a PDF.
- Choose 12 terms and read the result against the source and mark what is off.
- Print the guide for the class and keep the key page.
- Open the questions in the quiz tool for a quick check, or save the terms as a deck for revision.
Workflow checked on 2026-10-31.
Answers
Study guide maker: frequently asked questions
How do I make a study guide from a PDF?
Open the From a source tab, choose PDF, pick the file and press the button. The PDF is read in your browser; only its text is sent to write the guide. A scanned PDF without a text layer cannot be read; paste its text instead.
Can AI make a study guide from a YouTube video?
Yes, for videos that have captions. Paste the link; the transcript is fetched and the guide is written from it. Long videos are sampled evenly from start to end.
Is the study guide maker free?
Yes. You can make 10 guides per device per day without an account. Decks, typed lists and printing are not limited.
What should a study guide contain?
This one holds a summary, the key points, the key terms with short meanings and the questions an exam is likely to ask. Add your own examples by hand after printing.
Can I print the study guide without the answers?
Yes. The questions print with blank lines; the answers print on a separate key page. A box lets you print the answers under the questions for self-study.
Is the content always correct?
No. It is written by AI models and can contain mistakes. Check it against your source.
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