How do a set up a simple flashcard?

In order to distribute material and monitor your students you will need to set them up in a class. For tutors this can be difficult as teaching time is usually one-on-one, and doesn't fit in with the traditional concept of a class.

How do I use prompts?

Prompts provide context for the main text for the flashcard, this context can be used for a number of things:

• To disambiguate the a term that may have multiple meanings (noun, verb etc)
• To provide a cue for conjugation
• To indicate honorifics
• To provide a cue for grammatical gender

When should I show/hide prompt information?

Prompt information, if supplied, is always shown on the question side of the flashcard. However, you also have the option to display the prompt on the answer side. Prompts should be shown on the answer side if the information they contain must be known as part of the answer.

For example:

• In french, an adjective's gender must agree with that of its noun
• The word green can be shown as vert (masc) or verte (feminine). Students must know both forms
• The prompt on the english side can indicate which form is required (masculine or feminine)
• The prompt can be configured to show on answer as well, so if the card is reversed the student knows what gender they should have been thinking of

How do I create flashcards to teach sequence or order?

Using prompts you can create a number of terms that teach a sequence, for example, the alphabetic sequence A, B, C, D. This can be useful for learning dictionary order. Sequences can be set up quite easily:

• The reverse text should be the next item in the sequence. For example, if your front text is 'A', the reverse should be 'B'
• The front prompt should provide text along the lines of 'next letter' or 'next character'
• The reverse prompt should provide text along the lines of 'previous letter' or 'previous character'
• Neither the front nor reverse prompt should be shown on answer

What is a secondary answer?

The secondary answer is a piece of information that is shown with the flashcard answer regardless of the direction being reviewed. This can be used to create advanced flashcards in langauges that utilise multiple scripts or multiple word roots.

Some examples include:

• For japanese, a native reading of a particular kanji word/phrase
• For korean, a chinese character equivalent of the term/phrase