Remembering with Anki

Erik Hetzner

ehetzner@plos.org

What is Anki?

  • “Friendly, intelligent flashcards”

Mobile

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Mobile 2

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Spaced repetition

  • Increasing intervals between testing
  • e.g. 1 day, 2 days, 4 days, 8 days, etc.

Spaced repetition 2

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Fields create multiple cards

This will create a card for each direction

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Fields create multiple cards 2

This will create many cards

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Other features

  • LaTeX
  • Images
  • Cloze
    • Create multiple cards from hidden text
    • {{c2::Canberra}} was founded in {{c1::1913}}.
  • Mobile apps (android & iphone)
  • Sync mobile/desktop via ankiweb.net (with media sync)
  • Audio