Abstract It would be ideal for the teacher to give individual attention to each student. However, this is infeasible as teachers only have limited time and they will be tired after long periods of consultation. Chatbots can be an effective tool to overcome this problem. A pilot was conducted on 11 Feb 2019 in which 27 students tried a chatbot prototype built by the author. The students compared the chatbot and a quiz website. The academic contents provided by the chatbot are exactly the same as the website. Over 80% of the students agreed that the chatbot is better than the quiz website in many aspects. However, about half of the students also indicated that the chatbot took them more time to complete the quiz than the quiz website. The author proposed using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) framework to conduct more research into this area. The knowledge would allow more teachers to create chatbots in more disciplines of study so that students are more motivated to achieve the learning outcomes better.