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| Topics: Study Help |
| Topics: Card File Help |
The first thing you need to do is find the flashcards you want to study! To begin, try searching using the search box in the header. Once you have found some flashcards you want to study click the study button on the card set home page to move to the main study page. (see the screenshot below).
From the main study page, click the continue button the flip through the cards. Alternatively you can simply click your mouse anywhere in the flashcard area—this is exactly the same as clicking the continue button. A third way to flip through the cards is is press the ‘C’ key on your keyboard. Press the shortcuts button to see the full list of keyboard shortcuts.
That should be enough to get you started. Click around and try new things! Check out the options tab for lots of nifty study options.
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Keyboard shortcuts are available for most buttons on the study screen. Click the Shortcuts button to view a list of what is available.
When you remove a card you are removing it from the current list of flashcards being studied—the card still exists in the system, you simply will no longer be studying it and it will not be included in the study session summary. There are a number of ways you can remove a flashcard from the set of cards you are studying:
Changing the refresh interval option on the Options tab will speed up or slow down the slide show. Click the Save options button to make this change permanent. You must be logged in to save your options.
You can change the font and font size on the Options tab.
When on the study tab click “Study Other Side First”. You can study this way all the time by altering the Display Option preference on the options tab.
Most flashcards in our system do not contain pictures. If you are specifically looking for picture flashcards you will need to search around the directory to find them. If you just want to see an example check out the official demo card set.
Yes. From my flashcards select the card sets you want to include in the random selection and choose 25, 50, or 100 from the dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen. To study a random selection from all your card sets simply do not check the box next to any of the card sets.
Yes! This can be done in a number of ways. We have created a specially formatted pdf document for studying offline—try printing the flashcards you want and from the print options page there is a tab for “Offline Study Document”.
Another common way to study offline is to use an external desktop flashcard study tool. See exporting
Yes. When creating flashcards put your third side data into the Hint/Notes/Side 3 field. You can then adjust your study preferences to include the hint in the rotation and select where you want to see it.
A card file is a group of cards that is studied using more advanced study techniques. Read more about it on our card file page Advanced study is only available to full members
When you are finished with an advanced study session (card file study) you must click the _Process Results_ button on the Results tab. This will update the system with your study results, promoting or demoting cards appropriately.
Only cards that have been marked correct or incorrect are actually processed when you click the Process Results button. Cards that have not been viewed will not be processed and will stay in their original compartment.
A card is marked correct when it is viewed. Unviewed cards are neither correct nor incorrect. A card is only marked incorrect when you explicitly do so.
Yes!
That is it. You will then be able to study a partial compartment and when you process the results only the cards selected will be included.
No, not at this time.