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Test Modes
Preview: Shows a quick list of all cards in the set.
Skim: Skim will simply flip cards until there are no cards left.
Medium: Medium will flip through cards, but repeats cards that you get wrong.
Thorough: Thorough attempts to help you learn a large number of cards at once - eg. studying for a final exam. The card pile will be cycled through in larger and larger chunks. Problem cards are repeated often, and cards that you continue to get right will eventually be hidden.
Test: Test flips through all the cards once and tells you how you did.
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Preview: Shows a quick list of all cards in the set.
Skim: Skim will simply flip cards until there are no cards left.
Medium: Medium will flip through cards, but repeats cards that you get wrong.
Thorough: Thorough attempts to help you learn a large number of cards at once - eg. studying for a final exam. The card pile will be cycled through in larger and larger chunks. Problem cards are repeated often, and cards that you continue to get right will eventually be hidden.
Test: Test flips through all the cards once and tells you how you did.
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Card
Settings - the non-obvious one
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| Auto
Format Cards: |
Auto format cards does a couple
things:
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Multiple Choice Help
Flashcards with multiple choice answers can be automatically scrambled for you. It requires nothing special - just type in your question, your choices, and your answer - and it will automatically be scrambled.
If your card is not being scrambled, and you want it to be, read below for the format it must be in. The card must match a very specific (but flexible) format, so cards that only cards that should be scrambled, are. I've put up some example cards, ID 1000, you can download. Or you can take a look at user happyedi253, who has done many multiple choice cards.
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Flashcards with multiple choice answers can be automatically scrambled for you. It requires nothing special - just type in your question, your choices, and your answer - and it will automatically be scrambled.
If your card is not being scrambled, and you want it to be, read below for the format it must be in. The card must match a very specific (but flexible) format, so cards that only cards that should be scrambled, are. I've put up some example cards, ID 1000, you can download. Or you can take a look at user happyedi253, who has done many multiple choice cards.
- The setting Settings->Auto Format Cards must be on.
- The choice list must contain at least 3 choices.
- The choice list must start with one of these formats: a) a. (a) or a
- The very first characters of the answer must be the correct answer with in the same format as the list. For example if your list is a), your answer must be a).
- The very first characters of the answer and the list cannot contain colors or styles.
- Questions with the words All of the above or None of the above are not scrambled.
- If a question has been scrambled, there is a notice put at the bottom of the answer (this multiple choice question has been scrambled)
- If the card does not meet all of the
conditions above, then the card will not be scrambled.
What is 4x5?
a) 5
b) 10
c) 15
d) 20
e) 25
a) 5
b) 10
c) 15
d) 20
e) 25
d) 20
The answer is 4+4+4+4+4.
The answer is 4+4+4+4+4.
What is your favorite color?
a. red
b. green
c. blue
a. red
b. green
c. blue
c. My favorite color is blue.
That's the name of the website!
That's the name of the website!
What is your name?
(A) My name is Dan.
(B) My name is David.
(C) My name is Dale.
Bonus: what's my last name?
(A) My name is Dan.
(B) My name is David.
(C) My name is Dale.
Bonus: what's my last name?
(B) My name is David, last
name Skelly.
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Sharing
To share your cards with friends, simply enter their account name into Card Management->Browse By Account. If they have made their cards Private, you will not be able to download without a password.
Alternately, you can use Card Management->Transfer Cards to make a backup .txt file of your cards. You can then give this file to a friend.
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To share your cards with friends, simply enter their account name into Card Management->Browse By Account. If they have made their cards Private, you will not be able to download without a password.
Alternately, you can use Card Management->Transfer Cards to make a backup .txt file of your cards. You can then give this file to a friend.
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Inserting Images
Images can only be inserted through the web interface. There are 2 options for inserting images- embedding the image directly, and inserting links only.
Embedding images directly results in larger files, but you do not need an internet connection to view them.
Inserting links allows larger files, but you will need to download the image from the internet each time it is accessed.
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Images can only be inserted through the web interface. There are 2 options for inserting images- embedding the image directly, and inserting links only.
Embedding images directly results in larger files, but you do not need an internet connection to view them.
Inserting links allows larger files, but you will need to download the image from the internet each time it is accessed.
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File Format
If you are interested in creating your own text files for easy import, or you want to see how the cards are stored, this is the format:
The files themselves must be plain text files, UTF8. The format of the cards is a question line, followed by an answer line (or lines), followed by a blank line to indicate a new question. See the example below..
You can also use <question></question> and <answer></answer> tags to create questions on more than 1 line or answers that have blank lines.
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If you are interested in creating your own text files for easy import, or you want to see how the cards are stored, this is the format:
The files themselves must be plain text files, UTF8. The format of the cards is a question line, followed by an answer line (or lines), followed by a blank line to indicate a new question. See the example below..
This is question 1.
This is answer 1.
This is question 2.
This is answer 2.
This is part of answer 2.
This is question 3.
This is answer 3.
This is answer 1.
This is question 2.
This is answer 2.
This is part of answer 2.
This is question 3.
This is answer 3.
You can also use <question></question> and <answer></answer> tags to create questions on more than 1 line or answers that have blank lines.
<question>
This is question 1.
This is part of question 1.
</question>
This is answer 1.
This is question 2.
<answer>
This is answer 2.
This is part of answer 2.
</answer>
This is question 3.
This is answer 3.
This is question 1.
This is part of question 1.
</question>
This is answer 1.
This is question 2.
<answer>
This is answer 2.
This is part of answer 2.
</answer>
This is question 3.
This is answer 3.
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Why no folders?
I've been asked about folders for organizing cards. Think of tags as folders- but you can now put a single file in many folders. It's the same reason gmail uses labels instead of folders.
You can add as many tags as you want to a card set. Instead of putting your cards into a folder called science, tag it with science. Now you can also add the tag midterm to that same cardset. If you are studying for science, you can quickly find all of your science cards. BUT, now if you are studying for a specific midterm, you can find all of your cards marked midterm. And if you want to get specific, you can find all of your science midterm cards.
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I've been asked about folders for organizing cards. Think of tags as folders- but you can now put a single file in many folders. It's the same reason gmail uses labels instead of folders.
You can add as many tags as you want to a card set. Instead of putting your cards into a folder called science, tag it with science. Now you can also add the tag midterm to that same cardset. If you are studying for science, you can quickly find all of your science cards. BUT, now if you are studying for a specific midterm, you can find all of your cards marked midterm. And if you want to get specific, you can find all of your science midterm cards.
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