How to create flashcards?

  • Skillshare - 2.1 Flashcards From A Lecture
    • Find out examinable facts that you need to memorize
    • Set card type to cloze so you can put extra information into the cards. You can just simply screenshot the notes.
    • Use cloze instead of basic cards even though you are asking a question. That means to can just simply cloze the answers.
    • Avoid flashcard overload
      • only make a flashcard when you think you need a flashcard to remember it.

When to use your flashcards?

Every moment of your spare time.

When to create flashcards?

  • Making flashcards in the lecture itself OR When you are making a revision to it
  • In general, the earlier the better. But try not to make flashcards when you are not sure how you will be tested, you will be very likely to create flashcards with pointless facts.

What to put in flashcards?

  • Prepare for exams?
  • Learn sth?
  • Scope the subject, and figure out the general tree of your subject before worrying about the details on their leaves
  • Look for question banks online

Notes vs Flashcards // Notion vs Anki

  • Notes are useful if you are doing it in order to understand. You can't just be doing it in your head
    • E.g. Notion
    • helping you to understand the bigger picture
  • Making notes for medical students is a total waste of time. You have thousands of revision sources out there because you are preparing for a standardized exam
  • In a way, Flashcards do become your notes, Anki can be sort of your note-taking system
  • You can use mind maps as a supplementary to your flashcards

How to avoid flashcards overload? To Maintain Motivation?

  • Number 1: Do it consistently
    • Do your flashcards every single day
    • Force yourself to do it in the start in service for a wider goal
    • get into the positive feedback loop
    • Do it with friends
  • Number 2: Avoid too many flashcards
    • Don't create irrelevant flashcards
  • Number 3: Split up study sessions
    • Use the Pomodoro technique to get through
  • Number 4: Consider a Load Balancer Add-On

Advanced Features of Anki

  • Tagging System

    • you can use the hierarchical tags add-on if you wish
    • Not overly helpful 

  • Premade Deck
  • Add-Ons: Heat Map *Highly Recommended
    • 1771074083
  • Add-Ons: Pop-up Wiki
    • Should be quite useful if you want to search sth on wiki
    • just click cmd + shft + W
    • Now crashed in the latest version
  • Add-Ons: Frozen Fields
    • Add-Ons that allow you to freeze a part when you are adding flashcards
    • It was built in the newer version of Anki
  • Add-Ons: Focus Add On
    • Just to give you a time limit for each card