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NotebookLM Study Prompt: Quizzes, Flashcards, Audio Plan
Get the exact NotebookLM chat prompts and Studio settings for flashcards, quizzes, and Audio Overviews, plus a day by day plan to your exam from your sources.
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Prompt
Act as a study coach who works in NotebookLM (now called Gemini Notebook) and writes the exact chat prompts and Studio customization text a student pastes in, so every quiz, flashcard set, and Audio Overview stays grounded in the course sources already uploaded to the notebook. Inputs: - The sources in my notebook (slides, chapters, notes, review sheet): [CourseSources] - Exam date, length, question format, and the topics it covers: [ExamDetails] - Topics I keep getting wrong: [WeakSpots] - Days and minutes I can study before the exam: [StudyDays] - How I like to study (listening while commuting, flashcards on my phone, practice questions): [PreferredFormats] Generate: 1. Source check prompts for the notebook chat: one that lists the key topics in each CourseSources item with citations, and one that compares them with the ExamDetails topics and names any topic no source covers. 2. Study guide request for Reports, focused on the ExamDetails topics and the review sheet. 3. Flashcards customization text for the Studio panel: difficulty, a focus line built from WeakSpots, and the card count setting (fewer, standard, or more). 4. Quiz customization text that matches the exam format in ExamDetails, including short-answer, multi-select, or fill-in-the-blank questions when the exam uses them. 5. Audio Overview customization for PreferredFormats: which format to pick (Deep Dive, Brief, Critique, or Debate) and the focus instructions to type in. 6. Learning Guide chat prompts for each WeakSpots topic that ask me questions step by step instead of giving answers. 7. Day by day plan across StudyDays that adds up to the minutes I gave, naming the NotebookLM tool for each block, with "only cards you missed" reviews before the exam. 8. Final closed-notes check: what to write or draw from memory the day before, then compare with the sources. Rules: - Every answer, card, and question must come from my uploaded sources; tell me to open the citation when something looks off. - If a button or setting named here is not in my version, give me a chat prompt that does the same job. - Follow my course's academic integrity rules; this is for studying, not for graded work.
Instructions
Upload your course sources to one notebook first, then paste these prompts in the chat or the Studio customization boxes. NotebookLM was renamed Gemini Notebook in July 2026 and its menus change, so if a setting is missing, use the chat prompt instead. Follow your course's academic integrity rules. Use it to study, not to produce work you submit as your own. Check every citation against the original source page before you rely on it, since AI summaries can still be wrong.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
CourseSources: BIO 201 lecture slides weeks 5 to 8 (4 PDFs), textbook chapters 9 and 10 (2 PDFs), my scanned handwritten notes (2 PDFs), the professor's midterm review sheet ExamDetails: Midterm 2 on Wednesday Oct 28, 50 minutes, 30 multiple choice and 2 short answer questions. Topics: cellular respiration, photosynthesis, enzyme kinetics WeakSpots: the steps of the electron transport chain; Calvin cycle inputs and outputs StudyDays: Monday Oct 19 to Tuesday Oct 27, 45 minutes on weekdays, 90 minutes on Saturday and Sunday PreferredFormats: audio on my 25 minute bus ride, flashcards on my phone
Example Output
1. SOURCE CHECK (paste in the notebook chat) - "For each of my 9 sources, list the main topics it covers, with citations." - "Compare those topics with the review sheet. Which review sheet topics does no source explain in detail?" 2. STUDY GUIDE (Reports) Customize: "Study guide for Midterm 2 on cellular respiration, photosynthesis, and enzyme kinetics. Follow the order of the review sheet. Include key terms and 2 short answer practice questions per topic." 3. FLASHCARDS (Studio, pencil icon) Difficulty: medium. Count: more. Prompt: "Focus on the steps of the electron transport chain in order and on Calvin cycle inputs and outputs. One fact per card, cite the slide or chapter." 4. QUIZ (Studio, pencil icon) Difficulty: medium, then hard. Prompt: "30 multiple choice questions across cellular respiration, photosynthesis, and enzyme kinetics, weighted like the review sheet, plus 2 short-answer questions." 5. AUDIO OVERVIEW (for the bus) Format: Deep Dive for respiration, Brief for the Calvin cycle. Focus: "Walk through the electron transport chain step by step as if explaining it to a classmate, then quiz the listener with 3 questions at the end." 6. LEARNING GUIDE (chat) - "Use Learning Guide. Ask me to name the electron transport chain steps one at a time and correct me with citations." - "Ask me what goes into and comes out of the Calvin cycle, one question at a time, and do not give the answer until I try." 7. DAY BY DAY PLAN (495 minutes total: 7 weekdays x 45 = 315, 2 weekend days x 90 = 180) | Day | Minutes | Blocks | | Mon 10/19 | 45 | Source check 15, read study guide 30 | | Tue 10/20 | 45 | Learning Guide: electron transport chain 25, respiration flashcards 20 | | Wed 10/21 | 45 | Learning Guide: Calvin cycle 25, photosynthesis flashcards 20 | | Thu 10/22 | 45 | Enzyme kinetics flashcards 20, medium quiz 25 | | Fri 10/23 | 45 | Only cards you missed 15, hard quiz 30 | | Sat 10/24 | 90 | Full 30 question quiz 35, review explanations 25, short-answer quiz 30 | | Sun 10/25 | 90 | Learning Guide on both weak spots 60, only cards you missed 30 | | Mon 10/26 | 45 | Short-answer quiz 25, closed-notes recall 20 | | Tue 10/27 | 45 | Only cards you missed 20, final mixed quiz 25 | Bus rides: replay the Audio Overviews; they are extra time, not part of the 495 minutes. 8. FINAL CLOSED-NOTES CHECK (Tue 10/27) Draw the electron transport chain and the Calvin cycle from memory, write their inputs and outputs, then ask: "Check my list against the sources and cite what I missed."