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You can turn local lecture notes into practice questions without internet after setup. OGAD (Off Grid AI Desktop) can run a downloaded model on text you provide, then help you build questions and an answer key tied to those notes.
Download the app and model first, keep the notes readable on the computer, and select the local model. Cloud-hosted notes, live searches, and remote AI endpoints have separate network requirements.
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Choose a small topic you can check
Start with one lecture or a short section of notes. Pick a topic with clear definitions, relationships, or worked steps. A smaller source makes it easier to catch incorrect questions before you build a larger study set.
Decide what you want to practise: recall, explanation, application, or comparison. Ten definition questions may help with terminology but will not check whether you can apply a method to a new example.
Use the course material as the source of truth for this exercise. The model should not silently add facts from general knowledge and then grade you on material your notes never covered.
Prepare readable notes locally
Install OGAD and download a model that fits your computer. Open a local chat and provide the relevant note text through a supported input method.
Plain text or Markdown makes the source boundary easy to see. If you use the Pro Obsidian integration, select the local vault and read the intended note. Check that the files are present on disk before disconnecting from the internet.
For scanned notes, complex equations, or diagrams, check the text representation carefully. A missing minus sign or mislabeled axis can produce a wrong question and a wrong answer key. Review those parts manually or provide a corrected text version.
Ask for questions without the answers first
Try a prompt like:
Use only these lecture notes to write eight practice questions: three recall, three explanation, and two application questions. Label each question by type and note section. Do not include the answers yet. If the notes do not support an application question, say so instead of inventing one.
Check that the questions are clear and answerable. A question should test one defined idea unless combining ideas is the point of the exercise.
For multiple-choice questions, ask for one best answer and plausible alternatives, then verify them carefully. Generated alternatives can be ambiguous or accidentally correct. Short-answer questions are often easier to audit for a first set.
Build a separate answer key
After checking the questions, ask for an answer key in a separate response or document. Require a short supporting passage or section reference for each answer.
Use an instruction such as: “Explain why the answer follows from the notes. Mark any question whose answer is not fully supported.” This creates a second check on the question set itself.
Do not assume that the model’s explanation validates its own answer. Compare the key with the notes before using it to score your work. If the notes are unclear, keep the question marked for review with a teacher or another authoritative course source.
Practise before asking for feedback
Answer the questions without opening the key. Then provide your responses and ask the model to compare them with the checked key, one question at a time.
Ask it to distinguish a factual error, a missing step, and a different but valid wording. A response can express the right idea without matching the key word for word. Conversely, repeating a term does not prove that the reasoning is correct.
For a calculation or formal derivation, inspect each step yourself. Use an appropriate calculation tool when needed. Fluent feedback is not proof that arithmetic or symbolic manipulation is correct.
Make the next set from your actual gaps
Keep a list of concepts you missed and ask for a new question on those concepts. Change the example while preserving the principle you are practising.
For instance, if you remembered a definition but could not explain its consequence, ask for an explanation question rather than another definition prompt. If a procedure broke at step three, practise that transition with a smaller example.
Do not call repeated practice a complete learning plan merely because the model generated more questions. Use your course requirements, feedback, and own performance to decide what to study next.
Check the offline setup
Complete one local question-generation request while your normal connection is available. Then test with internet unavailable, keeping the model and notes on the computer. Confirm that the active model is local and that no connected search or cloud-document tool is needed.
Basic local chat can use text you provide without the Pro note-connection workflow. Pro is needed for the separate retained-memory and connected-note features described above. Choose the simpler route if you only need to paste one lecture section.
Fix weak practice material
| Problem | Useful correction |
|---|---|
| Questions include topics outside the lecture | Require only the supplied notes and source sections |
| Answers appear with the questions | Request a separate answer-key step |
| More than one option is correct | Rewrite or replace that multiple-choice question |
| Feedback is vague | Compare against the checked key and identify the missing step |
| Equations look wrong | Inspect the source text and verify the calculation |
Download OGAD and create a small set from one lecture. Check its answer key against the notes, answer the questions yourself, and use the gaps you find to choose the next practice set.