2. Topics & Study Material

What Are Topics?

Topics are the way you organize everything in QuizTime. Each topic represents a single subject or study area — think of it like a folder for one chapter, one lecture, or one concept you want to master. For example, you might create topics called "Chapter 5: Ancient Rome," "Biology Midterm Review," or "JavaScript Fundamentals."

Every quiz you generate — whether solo or multiplayer — is tied to a topic, and all of your study material, quiz history, and performance data lives inside that topic.

Creating a New Topic

Setting up a topic is a quick two-step process: name it, then add your study material.

Step 1 — Name your topic. On the Dashboard, click the New Topic button in the upper-right corner. In the dialog that appears, enter a descriptive name (for example, "Chapter 12: The Nervous System") and, optionally, assign a category. Categories help you organize and filter your topics later. The available categories are: Science, Math, History, Language, Arts, Technology, Business, Health, and Other.

Click Create Topic, and your new topic card appears on the Dashboard with a prompt to add study material.

Step 2 — Add your study material. Click Add Study Material on the new topic card (or Edit on any existing topic) to open the source manager. You can add material in three ways, and you can mix and match as many sources as you like within a single topic.

Three Ways to Add Study Material

Paste your notes directly. Click Paste Notes Manually, then paste or type your content into the text area — anything from class notes to textbook excerpts to study guide summaries. Your text needs to be at least 50 characters long so the AI has enough material to generate meaningful questions. Click Add Notes when you're done.

Import from a URL. Have a helpful Wikipedia article, blog post, or online resource? Paste the web address into the "Import from URL" field and click Import. QuizTime will automatically extract the readable text content from the page and add it as a source.

Upload a PDF. Click the file upload button in the "Upload PDF" section and select any PDF up to 10 MB. QuizTime extracts the text automatically — great for lecture slides, research papers, or scanned handouts.

Managing Your Sources

All of the sources you've added to a topic are listed under Current Sources in the source manager. Each source shows an icon indicating its type (a document icon for PDFs, a globe for URLs, and a sticky-note icon for pasted text), along with its name and the date it was added.

To remove a source you no longer need, click the trash icon next to it. The topic's combined study material updates automatically.

You can also rename your topic at any time by clicking the pencil icon next to the topic name, or change its category using the dropdown at the bottom of the source manager. Click Done when you're finished making changes.

Searching and Filtering Topics

As your topic library grows, QuizTime gives you two ways to find what you need quickly. The search bar filters topics by name as you type, and the category dropdown lets you narrow the list to a specific category — including an "Uncategorized" option for topics that haven't been assigned one. These two filters work together, so you can search for "Chapter 5" within your History topics, for example.

Archiving and Restoring Topics

When you're finished studying a topic but don't want to delete it, you can archive it to keep your Dashboard uncluttered. Click the archive icon on a topic card to move it out of your active view. Toggle between active and archived topics using the View Archived / View Active button. Click the restore icon on any archived topic to bring it back.

Deleting Topics

Deleting a topic is permanent. Click the trash icon on a topic card, and a confirmation dialog will warn you that this action permanently removes the topic along with all of its associated quizzes. Click Delete to confirm, or Cancel to back out.