Master Anki Flashcards: The Smart, Savvy Way to Study and Remember

By Jeremy P. Jones

Anki is a powerful tool for all students and professionals. Anki already has a large following in some student communities, such as in Medicine, where students have to memorize and recall a large volume of factual information. Similarly, flashcards have been popular for learning languages - again an area where rapid recall of vocabulary is a must for developing fluency.

This book aims to make it easier for students and professionals to understand how Anki works, and how to use it effectively.

When you come across information that you want to memorize for the long term, Anki should be your go-to tool.

This book shows you:

* Key concepts and precise techniques that makes Anki effective
* How to write high quality cards for faster recall
* How to adjust Anki settings to suit the content you want to study
* How to use Anki add-ons like the Heatmap, Pop-up Wikipedia, Frozen Fields, and Image Occlusion

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jeremy P. Jones
• Release date: Feb 10, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005458256

Jeremy P. Jones

Jeremy Jones is an avid enthusiast of macOS and iOS apps focused on productivity,

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Master Anki Flashcards - The Smart, Savvy Way to Study and Remember

Jeremy Jones

February 11, 2021

(c) 2020 Jeremy Jones

Contents

Overview

Anki as an Escalator

The Formula for Succeeding with Anki

What Does Successful Use of Anki Looks Like?

Key Concepts

Anki as an Uploader for Your Brain

The Anki Technique Requires Time

Anki is Good for Remembering, But Not for Understanding

You Are Responsible for Correctness

One Fact Card Can Generate Multiple Review Cards

The Algorithm Drives Efficiency

Status of a Review Card on the Anki Escalator

Push Through until Anki Reviews become Fun

Techniques

Make Flashcards from an Exam Perspective

Make Flashcards After Studying

Direct to Flashcards for Fact-heavy Content

Anki Desktop: 1-2-3 Shortcuts for Again/Good/Easy

Study a New Deck with a Three Pass Approach

Use Cloze Deletion Cards to Memorize Fact Statements

Image Occlusion Cards

Edit Your Cards During Your Review

Change Default Anki Revision Settings

Use a Cloze deletion card as a stand-in for a Traditional Front-Back card

Put All Pre-requisite Information in the Extra field of a Fact Card

Question Banks to Flashcards

Convert Handwritten Notes into Anki Flashcards

Review Anki Everywhere, Everyday

Limit Reviews to 100 Cards per 25 min Pomodoro Block

Review using a Custom Study Session

Should Use Pre-made Anki Decks but Always Add Context

The Heatmap Add-on helps You Build Consistency with Anki

Use the Pop-up Wikipedia add-on to lookup the selected term in Wikipedia

Add Cards in Bulk with the Frozen Fields Add-on

Study Intensely with the Speed Focus Mode Add-on

Resources

Anki Website

Ali Abdaal’s Skillshare Course on Anki

Anki Reddit Community

Overview

Anki is a powerful tool for all students and professionals. Anki already has a large following in student communities, such as in Medicine, where students have to memorize and recall a large volume of factual information. Similarly, flashcards have been popular for learning languages - again an area where rapid recall of vocabulary is a must for developing fluency.

The technology that powers Anki, known as the Spaced Repetition

Reviews for Master Anki Flashcards

[aimmaxxer · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This booklet changed the way I study and use Anki, especially with how I make flashcards. The author put a very smart technique for making flashcards as close cards. Thank you!

[Thyagesh kumar Palani · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It helps to have a reasonably good understanding of anki ecosystem