AI Worksheets

A Scholarly worksheet is a focused, printable problem set built from your own material. The AI reads your sources, picks out the concepts that are worth practicing, and writes a clean PDF you can work through on paper, hand to a new hire during onboarding, or share with a study group.

Worksheets are about doing the work, not just reading about it. They're the right tool when you want clear directions, space to write, and answers you can actually check against.

When to use a worksheet

Reach for a worksheet when you want:

• A practice set to drill the steps for a math or science topic.
• A mixed-review pack that warms up with easier items and builds to challenge problems.
• A short, quiz-style handout with an answer key for self-assessment.
• A printable handout with the key held back — steer any style with custom instructions to skip or separate the answers.

If you want a structured reading guide instead of practice problems, generate a Study Guide. If you want fast active-recall drilling on a screen, generate Flashcards. Many users use worksheets alongside both.

Creating a Worksheet

Open Worksheet from the New menu, under Study — or use the Create with AI menu inside a folder, a PDF, or a saved library file. Worksheet is also one of the document types inside AI Document, if you would rather pick your sources first and choose the shape afterwards. The create window lets you build a worksheet from any of these starting points:

• Upload — Drag in PDFs, Word documents, or PowerPoints from your computer.
• Library — Pick a PDF or library file you've already saved to Scholarly.
• Google Drive — Connect Google Drive and pick the exact files — Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDFs, Word docs, PowerPoints, or text files — without downloading and re-uploading. See Connections.
• Link — Paste a website or PDF URL and the AI pulls in the content.
• Prompt — Skip files entirely and describe a topic, like "Mixed-review worksheet for limits and derivatives, with an answer key." Useful when you just want extra practice and don't have a source on hand.

You can combine sources — for example, pick two PDFs from your library and add a prompt that says what to emphasize. For PDF sources, expand the file to pick a page range, so the worksheet drills exactly the chapter you're studying. The AI uses extracted text to locate relevant PDF pages, then reads those pages visually when needed so diagrams, equations, tables, and handwriting can inform the worksheet.

Customize before you generate

After picking your sources, the customize step shapes the output:

• Worksheet style — Pick how the worksheet is structured:

• Language — Generate the worksheet in your preferred language.
• AI model — Some models are reserved for paid plans and show a lock badge. See Choosing an AI Model.
• Custom instructions — Free-text field to give specific directions, like "Half the questions should be word problems," "Leave wide margins for handwritten work," or "Leave out the answer key so I can hand this out blank."

Click Generate Worksheet and the work runs in the background — you can close the window and keep studying. You'll be notified when it's ready, and it shows up under Background Tasks while it generates.

What you get

Your finished worksheet is a downloadable PDF that lands in your library like any other content item. Open it and you can:

• Read and solve it in the PDF viewer, with chat alongside to ask follow-up questions.
• Download or print it to use on paper.
• Share it with a link so teammates, trainees, or students can view and print their own copy.
• Turn it into more study material — generate Flashcards, a quiz, a study guide, a podcast, a video lecture, or AI Slides from the same content without re-uploading.

Because the output is a real PDF in your library, everything you can do with an uploaded PDF you can do with your worksheet. See the PDF guide for the full set of viewer and conversion options.

Tips

• Match the style to the moment. Use Practice Set for everyday drilling, Mixed Review when you want to build up to harder items, and Quiz + Key for self-assessment.
• Steer it with custom instructions. Tell the AI to focus on specific chapters, balance question types, leave generous answer space, or skip an answer key for in-class use.
• Combine sources. Two related PDFs plus a short prompt usually give a tighter worksheet than either alone.
• Pair it with active recall. A worksheet is great for procedural practice; turn the same source into Flashcards or a Quiz to lock in the underlying facts.

Frequently asked questions

What can I make a worksheet from?

Uploaded PDFs, Word docs, and PowerPoints; PDFs and library files already in Scholarly; Google Drive files; a website or PDF link; or a typed prompt. You can mix several sources in one worksheet.

How long does it take?

Generation runs in the background and usually takes a few minutes. You don't need to wait on the screen — keep working and you'll be notified when it's ready.

Can I print or share my worksheet?

Yes. Every worksheet is a PDF you can download, print, or share with a link.

Can I generate a version without the answer key?

There's no separate style for it, but you can tell the AI in custom instructions to skip the answer key entirely or move it to a separate page for easier printing.

Is it free?

You can create worksheets on the free plan using your shared lifetime AI Creation Credit. That free credit does not reset. Paid plans raise those limits and unlock the premium worksheet model. See Plans and Limits.

Related

• Study Guides — structured reading guides built from the same sources.
• Flashcards — for active-recall drilling on the same material.
• AI Document — the other document shapes you can build from the same sources.
• Plans and Limits — how worksheets fit into your lifetime AI Creation Credits.