How To Use Anki Like A Pro [Full Step-By-Step Walkthrough]
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2024
- One of the most powerful study tools out there for med students is Anki. But how do you use it like the pros who get honors?
There is no such thing as the perfect study tech stack. Everyone will have their own note-taking, flashcard, calendaring and reminder apps. For flashcards in particular, there’s Quizlet, Brainscape and many others. But what I often caution my students is to be careful about using tools just because your friends or someone you read or watch recommends it. Not every flashcard app fits the way you study. In fact, the wrong one can take up so much valuable time for studying.
Anki is an awesome app that I’ve used in med school all the way to this very day as a medical resident. Yes, it is not for everyone, but for those who are gearing towards getting better grades, having less stress studying and improving retention, then Anki can most definitely help.
Yet, it's not enough to just learn how to use it; you should also learn how others used it to blend with their studying. The exact same way I used Anki to graduate with honors and to keep up with my M.D. journey as an internal medicine resident may not work for you. But there are pieces and ideas that you can steal and implement to level up your studying and be the best med student you can be.
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0:00 Intro
0:48 What Is Anki?
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3:12 Decks Before Flash Cards
4:40 Make Flashcards
5:10 Basic FlashcCards
5:56 Basic (And Reversed Card)
6:52 Cloze Flashcards
9:00 Image Occlusion Add-On
11:22 Using Other People’s Anki Flashcards
12:30 Advance Tips For Better Retention
13:02 Screenshot Method
14:20 Anki And Image Inclusion Method
16:10 Using Tags
18:14 Timer Method
19:08 Breakdown Flashcard Info
20:14 Stress-Free Anki Conlusion
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Hi friends! I hope you enjoyed this video on how to use Anki like a pro!
How do you use Anki to study!? What do you want to know about Anki!? What other flashcard or study apps do you use!?
Let me know along with any questions you have below!
@TheMDJourney, I had download someone MCAT cards and now I just created my cards, but I am unable to synchronized my decks from mac to ankiweb. Could you please help me? Thanks.
Thanks bro this is epic
The image feature is very cool
Thank you, man. Great video! Would you be able to elaborate a bit on these topics or make a follow up video covering how to play with the more complicated settings?
1. How to adjust the settings under "options" which controls the steps in minutes, maximum reviews, what the easy bonus/modifiers do, as well as the lapses, etc.
2. How to sync your cards to your other devices like phone/iPad and how to reverse sync them without messing it up (download vs upload)
3. How to use the burying/suspending features
4. How to use a controller like a PS4 controller or something along those lines to make it easy/quick/fun to go through cards. I had to get a friend to help me with it but that was a while ago and forgot how to do it myself now.
Thanks man, I appreciate your help!
can you make a video on how to print anki flashcards (two sided)
…learning about anki, on the last semester of med school.
Better late than never
Same
Learning after medschool.
Same
Thank you ❤@@TheMDJourney
ANKI was originally a little overwhelming and your video seriously helped, thank you for posting this. I am commenting to boost your account because you deserve it!
Aww thanks for the nice words! Enjoy :)
Dude you just saved my entire medical career in this video. thank you so much
that explanation pierced my head its just so simple yet amazingly detailed
Speechless. I'm not even a med student, but recommended it to my friend right away.
you're a good friend 🥺💓
@@addictaedtokookie1622 Thx! ^^
@@thiagoantunes892 u dont justtt need it as a med student u can use anki for anything
@@hash377 For sure! I've been using for my English language learning since 2018! =)
@@hash377 I use for martial arts, programming, body language.
I really appreciate how fast you can you talk all the details in one video and yet very clearly, articulate and concise. You're a great teacher!
Thank you.
Quick note at 14:20: You can actually export all the slides to image files to save you the time of screenshotting every slide:
* Go to 'File' > 'Save As' or 'Export.'
* Choose the image format (e.g., JPEG).
* Select the location and click 'Save' or 'Export.'"
Thank you, that saves us a whole lot of time!
This is incredibly helpful, thank you so much! I looked for this video just to figure out how to use the cloze function, but I need to memorise a ton of anatomy and physiology for my final and the image occlusion is going to be so useful!!
Great video Doc! I was comparing Quizlet to Anki, and your video made me realize all the benefits that Anki has to offer. This was also a very useful intro to getting up and running. Thank you.
Finally found an Anki tutorial vid that explains things simple and spot on. Thank you! I am heading to binge your videos before class!
Glad we found each other :D Best of luck in school!
You are almost the best one I've seen out of many Anki app explanations. Thank you for the useful content and creative ideas you created 💛
I have been struggling to understand ANKI but wanted to use it to study for boards. your video has been so easy to understand! Thank you!
This is really easy to follow. Thanks for making such a well paced and thought out video!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I am a premed student and to be honest after one year at college i learned the hardway that making notes is a waste of time. first of all i would never go back to look at the notes i made. and if i did go back to look at i wouldn't even be able to understand. secondly i would end up rewriting what was on the lecture slide onto my notes. And i found that i would always end up going to the lecture slides to actually learn the content. lastly i would never assign equal prioty to all the different topics i would learn. instead i would find myself going back and forth between the same topics. to conclude i want to say that you are a LEGEND for showing us these techniques. especially the screenshot Lecture slide style anki notes. i feel like this particular anki technique was what i have been waiting for my whole life. it so unbelievably easy to do. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE SUBSCRIBED BTW. 😉
sorry if i sound like i am all over the place.....that's because I am all over the place.
Thanks for the awesome comment!!!!
This is the BEST tutorial I’ve ever seen, tysm!! Everything I wanted to know is in this one video in a clear and simple presentation
Man bro, you're a beast at this! You take something that is overwhelming, and show exact steps, how to accomplish thinks. Thank you for taking your precious time to make, share this👍🏻🔥
I want to thank you for taking the time to make this video. I'm using these tips to help with my cloud engineering studies. Your advice works so well with a lot of the architecture diagrams and complex processes that were hard to put in flashcard format before, and you've simplified it down into a nicely repeatable process. Awesome video!
Love that you've found it helpful!
@T R how was your experience?
I'm currently studying cloud engineering, do you have an Anki set that you could share?
I wouldn't think cloud engineering would be a big field, but now that I look at it, clouds are very beautiful and intricate, however my eyes start to hurt after a while, what sunglasses do you recommend for looking at clouds?
Thank you so much for this great over view!
The app can look overwhelming (the UI certainly isn't inviting) but your walkthrough is an absolute life-saver!
Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the comment
Honestly I saw around 3-4 videos before watching this and yours is the most detailed and informative one.
I love the pace of the information you're throwing out and appreciate the time you put into this! Thank you
Thanks for nice comment :D
I'm a retired nurse and a lot of that I still had to learn, so I feel your pain. Back in my day, the glory of anything computers was simply not there for us. I just wanted to say thank you for spelling this out so clearly for us. I was just about ready to use regular index cards until I found your video and one by youtuber Fluo Gray on the complex Excel imports. One thing I am interested in is finding decks to download and I had no idea how to do it and the addons look essential to me. Again, thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU! 🤩
Thanks for the simplicity and the efficiency for beginners who don’t have time to be experts in Anki
TheMDjourney, thanks to you ! Your video is so much quality. It smells well how you went through those medecine courses and it enegrises for real ! Your video was my second about anki's features and i felt, i'm feeling so lucky. Keep going for everything you do :)
this was an AMAZING video, I sat through at least ten other videos and none of them did such a good job of explaining the different ways you can use Anki. The examples were soooo useful. Thank you!
Glad this helped! :) Best of luck!
Thank you so much Doctor! Your voice is so calm as well which is a great bonus honestly! One more question: I want to create a brand new anki file (I don't mean a new deck). I don't want my pathoma anki notes to get mixed up with somebody else's. How do I do that? I would like to make one similar to the people in the forum you mentioned
the snipping tool method is so smart!!! it gets you started very fast- which will be so helpful, since i have to get going. my subjects this semester are huge, there won’t be another method to cover everything. thank you!
Super useful!!! I’m ust getting started w/Anki and i was so overwhelmed when i first opened it up, so thank you!!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🎬 Introduction to Anki and its significance
- Anki as an intelligent flashcard system with spaced repetition.
- Recognition of weak and strong topics for efficient learning.
- Application in various learning domains like medical studies, language learning, and more.
01:27 🛠 Setting up Anki on different platforms
- Anki's compatibility and availability on PC, Mac, Android, and iOS.
- The initial setup of Anki, including account creation and profile setup.
- Customization options for multiple profiles to organize flashcards based on study needs.
03:23 🗂 Creating and organizing flashcards and decks
- Creating and structuring decks for organized flashcard management.
- Different types of flashcards: basic, reverse, cloze, and image occlusion.
- Utilizing Anki's functionalities for effective flashcard creation and review.
05:45 🧠 Understanding flashcard creation methods
- Various methods to efficiently create flashcards using Anki, like screenshot method.
- Integrating screenshots and Anki for faster flashcard creation.
- Enhancing the speed and efficiency of creating flashcards without tedious typing.
11:26 🚀 Advanced strategies for improved retention
- Advanced strategies to boost retention while minimizing time spent on flashcard creation.
- Combination of the screenshot method and image occlusion for complex topics.
- Utilizing pre-made Anki decks to expedite learning and reduce the effort of creating flashcards.
15:24 🧠 Anki Techniques for Effective Studying
- Utilizing image occlusion tool and screenshots for flashcards without typing.
- Prioritizing difficult topics using tag-based filtering in Anki.
16:07 🏷️ Tagging and Focusing on Difficulty Levels
- Understanding and utilizing tags in Anki for various purposes.
- Tagging flashcards based on difficulty to tailor your study focus.
17:19 ⏳ Efficient Review Strategies in Anki
- Employing a mental timer to maintain consistent pacing during flashcard reviews.
- Breaking down complex flashcards into manageable chunks for effective memorization.
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Thanks mate!
Excellent video! Thank you for catching me up on everything I need to know to start using Anki for my own studies.
Glad this helped!
I started to study medicine recently and I love this video. You really helped me out
This was so dope! Never thought I could do so much with Anki cause at first it looks kinda hard but you made it easy to understand! thanks!
Not going to med school, but working on some Tech certifications and going back to school in the Fall for Computer Information Systems and this is going to help me out so much. Thank you for making this video!
Glad it helped!
Excellent video! I am trying to learn everything I can about how to use Anki before I start med school this fall! Thank you so much!
Glad this helped you out!
Thank you. I ve known anki for over 12 years but ive never used it because i always found it so not intuitive. But your explanations made it so easy to understand! :) great content!!
Ive been using Anki for months now, sometimes i thought about giving up on it cuz it felt like a waste of time.It was worth it tho. Your vid is SO HELPFUL.TYSM
Thank you for the comprehensive walk through, I can't imagine how long this took to put together!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have to say this was the best video I've seen on Anki yet. Things that were not covered in several other videos like if you have an urgent topic you have to review before an exam and how to create cards were explained perfectly. Thanks!
Yay! Im glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks a lot for your effort! You know, I've struggled a lot with the part of reviewing, while using anki to prepare for my History exams. After spending, no kidding, around 10 minutes on one question, I ended up exhausted and dissatisfied with my work in the end of the day. So thank you a lot for sharing your timer method, I hope it will help me with my classes now!
Thanks so much for the concise and complete video. The screenshot + image occlusion method is especially great, thanks again.
It’s got to be the best revision app ever created
No doubt!
Started studying for my MCAT ~1 month ago and always heard of using Anki. Thanks for the video homie, helped a ton with understanding how it works and definitely incorporating into my study regime :)
Glad you liked it! Good luck on the test!
That's crazy to me. In my day. Anki didn't exist.
Awesome video thanks for such a great tutorial! Glancing through the comments, I gathered that my purpose for Anki is quite different from most here, who are studying to perform on exams. I am also using it to gain performance, but instead of academics I am trying to improve my skill in the poker arena to a professional level. Looking forward to integrating this into my routine very much.
Not one of those long videos with lots of talks and less of information. You're great, I loved it
This is The most efficient way to revise portions, now because of the lockdown you are stuck at home without teachers suggesting you to revise so that you dont forget. This is amazing. Thank you Laksh for the video, its very clear and helpful. Should've found about it earlier.
Glad you enjoyed it!
To learn a new language I've been taking notes in Word and handwriting them in a notebook and grabbing screenshots. It's been a struggle for retention. Putting screenshots in this tool and making learning a game is bound to help me. Levering other people's decks, what a great tip. Thanks for this video!
Yay! Glad this video was helpful!
This video is GOLD. Thank you for an excellent explanation🧡 really really helpful
Really helpful video! One of the most cohesive guides for ANKI I've seen yet!! I'm just starting clin years so really useful to get an idea of how to use this!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm taking a self-paced course that uses Chicago Manual of Style. I've been feeling hopeless for almost a year wondering how I could learn everything required. Thanks to your video, I finally feel like I can jump into the course and finish it.
Glad this helped you!
I'm starting to use Anki to improve my Norwegian, and this video really helped to make it feel less overwhelming and got me over the learning curve of the programme. Thanks!
Best of luck learn Norwegian!
Jeg er her for å gjøre det også, lykke til
@@HonkTheMusic takk, du også!
Thanks for the tutorial. Currently its almost end of the school year but next year I am gonna use this definetly.
Спасибо огромное! Давно искал замену Quizlet. А с этим дополнением теперь буду самообучаться в Anki.
I am first year medical school and couple months later I am starting to use Anki as a way to learn. THANK YOU so much for that video. As a person who knows nothing about it I understood a lot. Great video!
Awesome! Glad you found it helpful Angela! Best of luck :)
Thanks for the awesome video, I’m a snip and sketch guy myself. Just switched yesterday to Anki. I’ve been using flashquiz for years, but the picture quality is a little tricky on there for high res photos. And I use the snips-screenshots a lot, even kind of make them interactive for learning computer software. I like the tag part, and want to finish off by saying, this is my favorite video on Anki, out of all the ones I’ve seen.
I'm glad you found this video helpful!
Image Occlusion is an amazing thing. Finally, I can create flashcards in seconds. Thank you so much
Thank you so much for this detailed explanation! Learn a lot from this video and gotta install this right away to start my learning journey in pharmacy school!
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it
So concise and to the point explanation I really like how you gave your own experience along it's really helpful now I can ace my upcoming exams ! !
Aww glad you enjoyed the video :) thanks for the comment!
Thank you so much for this video!!! I start my 3rd sem of nursing school and i wanna use anki and active recall to get better grades and to retain information! This video is very helpful because looking at anki is overwhelming. I subscribed and will be watching your other videos ☺️👍🏼 keep up the good work!!!
Thanks for the supportive comment!
Great job explaining! Makes the website so much easier to navigate and less intimidating!
Thank you so much, you’re definitely helping me to do my absolute best for my post graduate studies in Radiology!
Glad you're finding the content helpful :)
Currently an MLS student studying for the ASCP BOC and my degree program exit exam. I just discovered Anki and this video was so helpful. Straight to the point and very clear. Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is fantastic !! I needed a way around typing for my vast Engg syllabus. This is gonna speed things up.
Glad this helped :)
Jee eh?
Aprpeciate that great vid, espcially like how you used it and the walk through as well as the tips and tricks you use to speed up the process
You've explained this all wonderfully, thank you so much!
i didnt even know what anki was and flash card system even existed now i know so much about it
thanks
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
About a year and a half ago I was desperately looking for someone to break down Anki like this for me so I could use it for MCAT studying but I could not find anything online and my med school friends were not good at explaining it to me lol. I gave up on using it but now I really need to figure it out. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This was seriously so helpful. God bless you, brother.
A couple things that I wish were also included in this that I think would be really helpful:
1. How to adjust the settings under "options" which controls the steps in minutes, maximum reviews, what the easy bonus/modifiers do, as well as the lapses, etc.
2. How to sync your cards to your other devices like phone/iPad and how to reverse sync them without messing it up (download vs upload)
3. How to use the burying/suspending features
4. How to use a controller like a PS4 controller or something along those lines to make it easy/quick/fun to go through cards. I had to get a friend to help me with it but that was a while ago and forgot how to do it myself now.
Thanks man, I appreciate your help!
Glad this video was helpful! Thanks for the suggestions!
Med student here in Brazil, thank you so much for the advice!
Thank you so much. I was overwhelmed by the Anki. You made it sound so much more easier. Thank you!
Glad it helped!
Great tutorial! The image occlusion is one of my favorite tools but I never considered just screenshotting the PowerPoint slide and simply inserting it into Anki with image occlusion. Thanks for the video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for your effort!
This might be just 20 min video but it has days of effort!❤
Glad this helped you out!
Thank you for making this video. You go straight to the point and that is what i really need at this moment!!!! The video is simple and easy to follow
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment!
thank you so much for this walkthrough! anki is really powerful and is a game changer when you use it with dense subjects (like anatomy)
Thanks for the nice comment!
I have to thank you man...
Thank you so much. You have just earn one more subscriber.
Glad I was able to help! Thanks for your support!
I have been hearing about Anki everywhere so I finally decided to give it a try. Thanks for the video, this will definitely speed things up :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you! I was so confused on how to go about Anki and you have the best video I could find!
Glad this was helpful!
Genius, You deserve the nobel prize man!
simple and straight-forward explanation, big Thumbs UP bra.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment!
Awesome overview, so many helpful tips! Wish I had known about Anki in college :D
Glad you liked it!!
Amazing video! This is going to be so helpful for my studies! Youre awesome!
thank you so much for the detailed and awesome walkthrough!
18:14 - You can use the "Speed Focus Mode (auto-alert, auto-reveal, auto-fail)" add-on for this! =)
Such a perfect video❤ everything is on point and helped me alot🤜🏽🤛🏽
Thank you very much for this video!! It helpedd me alot!
ur voice is calming af
Auto tune ;)
Now I can make my own flashcards for exams without spending hours for each topic, thank you!
Glad this helped!!
3 years since you posted this and it is still helping people like me! thank you so much for making this and keeping it up. I feel more confident in using anki with my learning progress! A great video !
Glad you found it helpful!
Literally the best video I’ve seen explaining how Anki works. And I’ve watched a lot XD. Thank you!
Super sweet of you to say. Glad you liked it! :D
thank you for this throughout explanation, I've been using Anki recently to create my Thai vocab flashcards and tbh I was so lost lmao but thanks to your video now I can actually use Anki correctly hahshahs
Glad the video helped you out!
OMG this video is the best one on Anki how does it have only 3-4K views? Just a question do you recommend not taking notes on the USMLE videos on Microsoft then and just take notes on Anki? Thanks Boss!
You surely can do either. I just find it efficient to take notes in Anki. But you lose the organization of your original notes since Anki will essentially randomize your lecture notes after your initial pass
O My God So Useful Men You Made My life So Much Easier ! Thank You Bro
Great. Thanks for the tutorial. I've used Anki before to learn Kanji and study Japanese. I owe much of what I learned and retained to Anki and shared decks.
Now I'm studying for the ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) exams. There are no shared decks, so I'll be making new ones. My goal is to make cards/decks good enough for future test takers to use.
With this tutorial, I'm on my way.
Pro Tip : Watch this video on 0.75x speed 😊
This video had a lot of information! I'll need to 'space learn' it. ;)
Anki pun - love it !
Thanks, this is gonna be super useful! Starting grad school now to get my doctorate!
doctors and language learners love this for some reason. its always one of them. great program im just surprised other people dont use it as much
For ppts you can just copy the slide cntrl+C (or right click on slide and click copy) and then just paste it onto the anki with cntrl+v without screen snipping, also there is shortcut for windows screen snipping, which is: windows_key + shift + s.
Wish this was a thing when I was still a student.
But still glad that this is a thing now that I am learning things outside of school.
Thank you. I'm just starting to add my cards, and haven't started studying with it yet, but the level of control and organization here is amazing. Honestly, it seemed like it would not be very user-friendly, but that doesn't seem to be the case after playing with it a bit. It's also more robust than it looks at first glance, and you can use it for much more than simple flash cards. I'm looking forward to importing the rest of my physical notes and implementing my ideas and begin studying with Anki. I hope it will be a great tool to add to my arsenal.
Gunner agree with you Chris, great for goals aswell
Bonus tip:
If you're a language learner, I recommend that make flashcards with the language that you want to learn to a simple picture of it. Don't learn the english version, because you have already know the english version. If you study with the translations rather than pictures, you will think always in english way to speak your desired language.
I think I understand what you're saying. So let's say the front is the English word and the back is an image of the foreign word equivalent. Use only images in the foreign language and without any English words in the image. Is that right? I did have a problem with that back in college when I was learning Spanish. I would have to translate it in my head and so I was very slow. I still do that and so I never mastered Spanish. I would also recommend that language learners use images that represent the English word on the front, instead of the English word. For example, an image of an apple on the front and on the back apfel (German).
Win + Shift + S for faster screenshot s