Is the SpinWheelGo Take-Home Quiz free?

Yes. Authoring quizzes, AI question generation, the per-attempt timer, automatic grading, host email roll-ups, the live dashboard, and CSV export are all free. No signup, no app install, no credit card.

How is Take-Home Quiz different from Live Quiz?

Live Quiz is real-time, host-driven, team-based scoring with a spinning wheel — designed for everyone in the same room at the same time. Take-Home Quiz is async, self-paced, individual, auto-graded — designed for homework, training comprehension checks, certification practice, and hiring prescreens. You publish a Take-Home Quiz once and walk away; the server runs every participant's timer.

Can the same person take the quiz twice?

No. Each participant gets one attempt keyed by their email address. The attempt ID is a deterministic SHA-256 hash of (quizId, email), so even race conditions across browser tabs cannot create two attempts. If they try again, they see a 'You've already taken this quiz' screen with their previous score.

Can a participant pause the timer?

No. The timer starts when they tap Begin attempt and runs continuously until either they submit or it hits zero. The deadline (expiresAt) is enforced server-side, so client-clock manipulation cannot extend their time. If the timer expires, whatever they have answered so far is auto-submitted with status AUTO_EXPIRED — they still get a graded result.

Can I build the quiz from a document I already have?

Yes. The Questions step has a third entry-mode pill called Upload a Document. Drop in a PDF, Word doc (DOCX), PowerPoint (PPTX), plain text (TXT), or markdown (MD) file up to 10 MB and the AI reads it end-to-end and produces a multiple-choice quiz from its contents. You can fine-tune before the build: how many questions (3-25), difficulty (Easy / Medium / Hard), question style (factual recall, conceptual, applied), and an optional focus topic. The uploaded file is processed in-memory and deleted immediately after the build.

What does the host see?

A live dashboard with a 4-stat rollup (Started, Submitted, Auto-expired, Average score), a 5-bucket score distribution chart, a roster table with per-row CSV export, and per-question analytics including correct rate, skip rate, choice histogram, and average time-on-question. The dashboard auto-refreshes every 30 seconds.

Are emails sent automatically?

Yes. After every successful submission, the host receives a roll-up email with the participant's name, email, score, percentage, and a link to the dashboard. The participant also receives their own results email with the option to review correct answers (when the host enables that setting). Emails are dispatched asynchronously via Resend so submissions are never blocked on email-delivery latency.

Can I close the quiz early?

Yes. From the dashboard, tap Close quiz early. Anyone who hasn't started yet will see 'this quiz is no longer accepting attempts'. Anyone partway through their attempt can still finish until their per-attempt timer runs out. The dashboard remains accessible for analytics indefinitely.

What happens to participant data?

Names, emails, and answers are stored only in the quiz's private Firestore sub-collection and only visible to you (the host with the dashboard token). They are never shared or sold. Participants can request erasure under GDPR Article 17 — the dashboard has a per-row Erase button that tombstones the participant's identity (name + email replaced with [ERASED]) while preserving their score for aggregate analytics.

Free · No signup · Self-paced · Auto-graded

Free take-home quiz tool with a built-in timer and auto-emailed results

Build a self-paced quiz in 90 seconds. Send one shareable link. The server runs each participant's timer, auto-grades on submit, and emails you a roll-up of every submission. One attempt per email — no double-takes.

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Need real-time team scoring? Use Live Quiz instead.

⏱️ Per-attempt timer

Set 1-240 minutes. The server enforces the deadline — clock-skew tricks can't extend it. Auto-submit on expiry.

🤖 AI question builder

Type a topic or upload a PDF / Word doc / slide deck. AI drafts questions, four choices each, and the correct answer for you to verify and tweak.

🧮 Server-side scoring

Submission scoring runs in a Firestore transaction. Idempotent — duplicate submits return the same graded result without re-scoring.

📧 Email roll-ups

Every submission emails you a summary. Participants get their own results email with optional answer-key review.

📊 Live dashboard

Auto-refreshes every 30s. Score distribution, per-question correct rate, choice histograms, time-on-question, full roster.

🔒 Privacy-first

Participant data is host-only. GDPR Article 17 erase-participant button. Quizzes auto-purged 90 days after close (configurable).

How to publish a take-home quiz in 90 seconds

Step 1

Add questions

Write them manually, generate from an AI prompt, or upload a PDF / DOCX / PPTX. Mark the correct answer per question.
Step 2

Configure

Title + your email + duration + optional advanced toggles.
Step 3

Review & publish

Final summary, then mint the share link + dashboard URL.
Step 4

Watch results land

Dashboard auto-refresh + automatic email roll-up.

Frequently asked questions

Is Take-Home Quiz really free? ▾

Yes — authoring, AI questions, the timer, auto-grading, email roll-ups, the live dashboard, and CSV export are all free. No signup, no app install.

How is this different from Live Quiz? ▾

Live Quiz is real-time, host-driven, team-based scoring with a spinning wheel. Take-Home Quiz is async, self-paced, individual, server-graded — perfect for homework, training checks, and certifications.

Can someone take the quiz twice? ▾

No. One attempt per email, deterministically enforced. A second attempt with the same email shows their previous score instead.

Can the participant pause the timer? ▾

No. The deadline is enforced server-side. When the timer hits zero whatever they've answered is auto-submitted; they still get a graded result.

Are answers automatically graded? ▾

Yes — multiple-choice questions are scored server-side using each question's points value. Correct, incorrect, and skipped tallies are returned to the participant immediately.

Can I build the quiz from a PDF or document I already have? ▾

Yes. On the Questions step pick Upload a Document, drop in a PDF / DOCX / PPTX / TXT / MD up to 10 MB, fine-tune the number of questions and difficulty, and the AI generates a quiz from its contents. The file is processed in-memory and deleted immediately after the build.

Do hosts and participants get emailed? ▾

Yes. The host gets a per-submission email; the participant gets their own results email (optional, on by default). Both go through Resend asynchronously so a Resend outage never blocks a submission.