Level Up Your Learning with Anki and Spaced Repetition

Anki is a software for creating cards similar to flashcards but the real power comes from the algorithm it uses to implement spaced repetition learning. This article will cover a few different methods for studying, setup, usage of Anki and best practices for effective learning.

Table of Contents

This is a long article but you can use it as a reference and jump around to any section.
— — Disclaimer
— Prerequisites
— Different Types of Studying
— — Cramming
— — Passive Learning
— — Active Recall
— Improving Study with Spaced Repetition
— — The Spacing Effect
— — Spaced Repetition
— Enter Anki and Spaced Repetition Software
— — Introduction to Anki
— — Why Use Anki?
— Getting Started
— — Installing Anki
— — Recommended Settings (optional)
— — Installing Add-ons
— Decks
— — Creating a Deck
— — Adding Sub-decks
— — Deck Settings
— Notes and Cards
— — Notes vs Cards
— — Basic Card / Creating your First Card
— — Basic and Reversed
— — Cloze Deletion
— — Overlapping Cloze
— — Basic Image Card
— — Image Occlusion
— — Making a Custom Note / Cards
— Anki Best Practices
— Additional Resources and Links
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