Copy and update
Copy someone else's quiz and hear about it when it changes
When you copy a public quiz, the copy remembers where it came from. If the original gets fixed or grows, your copy tells you and you decide whether to take the change.
AI comes with the account, no API key.
How it works
Copy a public quiz
Open the quiz and press “Duplicate”. Questions, options and explanations all come across, and the copy starts private even if the original is in Explore. From there it's yours: rename it, drop questions or add your own, and the original never notices.
The original keeps living
Your copy stores the original's date at the moment you duplicated it. If the author fixes an answer or adds questions, the copy spots it and tells you when you open it, and Library flags the copies with an update waiting.
Sync or dismiss
“Sync with original” pulls the original's content in and replaces yours. Your version is saved first, and “Restore my version” appears when the sync finishes.
When it pays off
Course notes
One person maintains the syllabus quiz and the rest of the class gets the corrections without redoing anything.
Syllabuses that shift
Exam dates, regulations, tool versions. The original gets updated and you find out.
Adapting to your case
Copy a broad quiz and strip what your exam doesn't cover, without losing the thread to the source.
Mistakes caught late
If an answer was wrong and the author fixes it, you don't keep drilling the error.
What makes it different
The copy remembers its origin
It isn't a loose duplicate: it records which quiz it came from, links back to it, and tells you when the original changes.
You decide
No update applies itself: “Sync with original”, “Restore my version” and “Dismiss” are buttons you press yourself.
With a backup
Syncing saves your version first, so you can go back to it.
Copy counts are visible
Duplicating a quiz costs more than a like: you have to want it in your account and sit down to study with it. That makes the copy counter a good hint of whether a quiz is any good.
Frequently asked questions
What does copying a quiz mean?
Taking a full copy of it into your account: questions, options and explanations. You can edit it without touching the original.
Do I need an account to copy?
Yes. Practicing a public quiz needs no account, but saving or copying one does.
Someone sent me a quiz: do I open the link or the file?
Both work, but they aren't the same. Duplicating from the link leaves your copy tied to the original, notices included. The .json file opens when you drop it in, no account needed, but it arrives frozen: it never tells you anything. It carries the link to the quiz it came from only if that quiz was shared by link when it was downloaded, and older files may carry a link that no longer opens.
Does my copy get published too?
No. Publishing it or handing out its link is your own decision and a later one, even when the quiz it came from is in Explore. And it starts at zero: the original's views and copies stay with the original.
Does the notice say what changed?
Not question by question. It fires because the original was touched after you duplicated it, which covers anything from a corrected answer to a new title. Open it and compare before syncing if that matters. Syncing brings in the original's content, questions and settings: your copy's own title and description stay yours.
Does applying an update wipe my edits?
Yes, the original comes in whole and replaces yours on screen. But your version is saved before anything is overwritten, so you can go back to it with “Restore my version”.
Can I keep two copies of the same quiz?
Not through the button: if you already duplicated it, you land on the copy you have instead of getting another. For two genuinely different versions, export the .json of your copy and open it as a new quiz: that second one is born loose, with no memory of where it came from.
What if the original is deleted?
Your copy stays exactly as it is and keeps working. You simply stop getting change notices.
Do they know I copied their quiz?
The public quiz shows a copy counter, but it never reveals who copied it.
Can I stop the notices?
Yes. You can dismiss a single notice, or press “Stop notifying me” on that quiz.
Start from a quiz that already exists
Copy a public one, adapt it to your syllabus, and let it tell you when the original improves.
AI comes with the account, no API key.