Flashcards remain one of the best tools for memorizing information. Anyone who has learned a foreign language knows just how useful flashcards can be.
But make it? It’s annoying.
Today we’ll take a look at a new method to quickly make flashcards. gFlashcards.com is a very cool website that allows you to quickly create flashcards and quiz yourself on website, mac, iPhone or iPad. This article has information and tips on quick creating flashcards and how to use it.
1. How To Quickly Make Flashcards
Flashcards remain one of the best tools for memorizing information. Anyone who has learned a
foreign language knows just how useful flashcards can be.
But make it? It’s annoying.
Today we’ll take a look at a new method to quickly make flashcards. gFlashcards is a very cool
website that allows you to quickly create flashcards and quiz yourself on website, mac, iPhone or
iPad. This article has information and tips on quick creating flashcards and how to use it.
Make Cards with Google Docs Spreadsheets
1. To start, head to Google Docs’s site and create a new spreadsheet.
2. Click on Unsaved Spreadsheet right next to the Google Docs logo (or press Ctrl + S or
Command + S) to give this spreadsheet a descriptive name.
2. 3. Now type all of your terms on one column (column A), and your definitions on the next column
(column B).
4. Download the csv format files
3. 5. Go to gflashcards.com, login and create a new sets.
6. Choose a descriptive name and save it.
4. 7. Use import function to import csv to the site.
8. Choose the file you download from google docs and save.
5. 9. Done, we got the cards.
If you have a bunch of vocabulary words, you can divide them in groups and dedicate one
spreadsheet document (not sheet) for each group because the csv we need works with individual
documents.
With Excel (on Windows)
1. Start Excel and open a new blank spreadsheet. Type all of your terms on one column (column
A), and your definitions on the next column (column B)
7. Then, upload csv as 5~9 step as google docs.
Make Cards with Numbers (on Mac)
1. Start Numbers and open a new blank spreadsheet. Type all of your terms on one column
(column A), and your definitions on the next column (column B)
2. Export the file to utf8 csv format.
8. Then, upload csv as 5~9 step as google docs.
Another Method to Quick Add Cards
1. Use ‘Quick Add’ when editing cards.
9. 2. Paste all data in the filed and choose correct parameters to make sure live import preview is
perfect. Then click ‘Import’.
Tips 1: format of cards
Markdown is a way to format your text to add bold and italic text, headings and a few other things.
You could use markdown when make cards and upload to gflashcards.com. Here is some
examples:
This is how you create *italic text* : italic text.
This is how you create **bold text** : bold text
10. Create bullet lists using stars:
* Item 1
* Item 2
* Item 3
Will looks like this:
* Item 1
* Item 2
* Item 3
Tips 2: Make Flashcards, the Right way
Each card should only have 1 question and 1 answer. You aren’t copying down information
verbatim when you make a flashcard. It should be quick not a synopsis or a bibliography. So just 1
question and 1 answer.
Right way: A flashcard that has “Who was the main actor in Mission Impossible” - answer on
other side: Tom Cruise.
Wrong way: Who was the main actor, supporting actor, key grip and set designer for the movie
Mission Impossible? Answer: Who the hell knows?
