Anki: Memorization Tool // Effective Usage Guide

[OverSight]

This is a bit of a continuation of my other guide:

Highly recommend checking this out first.

 

I should preface by saying that when it comes to memory, your brain needs to time to encode things. If you want to learn a lot, your greatest asset is to plan ahead and study/learn the topic a little bit every day. Anki is something you want to be committing to everyday and making a habit to review. If you do not review everyday, you'll find that your cards stack up and you create way too many cards to review everyday.

 

If you cram, you will trade off a lot of your ability to retain the information for speed (which is not always ideal).

 

Download: https://apps.ankiweb.net/

 

Recommended add-ons:

Image Occlusion: Anki 2.1 Code: 1374772155

Load Balancer:  Anki 2.1 Code: 1417170896

Pop-up Dictionary: 153625306

 

Settings:

In your default deck, click on the gear icon and change:

the "New Cards/Day" setting to 9999

 

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- Steps ( in minutes) : 3 15

- Graduating Interval 1

- Easy Interval: 1

- Starting ease: 250%

 

Notes:

- Never press easy unless you really know it.

- If you're looking at a card for the first time, press good and press again or good again on the second time around.

- If you are having trouble focusing, try the pormodoro method.  Study for 25 minutes (or a goal that you can hit), take a 5 min break. Repeat.

- Make flashcards for things that are extremely difficult to memorize. Try not to make flashcards that are not exactly necessary.

 

Card Types:

- Normal Flashcards: Self explanatory.

- Cloze Deletions: These are essentially how to make fill in the blank statement type flashcards. These types of flashcards can be very effective and quick to go through.

- Image Occlusion Plug-in: This add-on allows you to take an image in your clipboard and blur out areas for the flashcard and reveal them on review. Great if you need to memorize diagrams.

 

How to use cloze deletions youtube video:

How to use image occlusion: