STEP-BY-STEP Walk-Through on How to Make Anki Cards from LECTURES/VIDEOS (HUGE Time-SAVER!)

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[@MultiNerve]

One thing I noticed with making cards like ones you made (“what are the test results for ____?”) is that you may just memorize the order of the positive/negative or increase/decrease answers, rather than memorize what the test results will show. I noticed this when I did something similar (for example, I memorized that class 1B AADs caused all of what I listed on the card as “decrease” rather than learn that the drugs affect EFP, repolarization time, etc.) What helped me to get around this is to make a basic card that asks “why do class 1B AADs cause a prolonged repolarization time?” Then, I’d underline key points I need to remember (such as what ion channel is blocked, how long those drugs stay active in the ion channel, etc.) Also, it helps to make simple comparisons. Same example, I’ll make a card that’ll asks “how are class 1B and class 1C drugs different, in terms of rate of repolarization and effective refractory period?” You’ll spend more time on the card in the short run, but in the long term, you’re training your brain to make comparisons and connections to different things. So when you get into, say, arrhythmias and treatment options, you’ll know WHY you may use beta blockers in patients with stable or unstable angina, but not prinzmetal angina. Hope this is helpful. Doing this made my grades jump up exponentially

[@DoremonUCR]

This is genius. Just started to use anki about a couple weeks ago and this will speed up the process of creating my own decks. Thanks!!!!

[@beakless_duck]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I think it would've been helpful to mention the frozen fields addon. I was wondering how you could keep your notes in the extra field throughout the whole process, luckily someone else mentioned it in the comments!

[@nahomelion]

Our boy is back to uploading! Glad to see you back!

[@animeguy6877]

I was the 1K like! I feel so accomplished already 😌 Time to implement what I learnt in Anki. Thanks Prerak!

[@studyinginthedesert7690]

Smart simple method that I'll be using on art history YT videos right away. Thanks! Taking all the notes in-app and keeping them on the card per the subject is a brilliant procedure.

[@JeonJungkook-zn8kk]

Going to watch this during my study break! 😀Thank you Prerak for sharing all these tips ! Have an awesome day! 😊

[@rafaellaoishi5887]

You are amazing, thank you. I’m going to implement your tips in my study sessions

[@danielvn3]

DAMN BRO, MY BOY IS BACK I missed you daddy

[@PesesitoTony]

*I really enjoyed the 2012 dubstep vibes at the begining tysm*

[@Narski6]

Absolutely awesome guide...been doing something super similar in school

[@DeeperThanCards]

interesting technique. the only thing i would do differently is when typing the notes, preliminarily add the card first before typing a lot in the extra section. this way, you can expand on the notes in the extras section while in the browser. it’s very easy to exit without adding the card and having all your work erased. typing notes in the browser is a safety measure against this.

[@devanikbiswas2346]

MY MAN! How much I have missed you

[@lukecooper3820]

Awesome video, it's helpful to learn from someone so smart, even though, I'm not a medical student your tips are incomparable, it will save lots of my time when I'm taking my notes. thank you very much :)

[@amirmahdiimanzadeh2211]

Really thank you prerak for your helps , I really used your ANKI module , And it saved my academic life this semester , Without knowing your techniques in your free ANKI module , I think it was going to be ugly ! Really thank you for your helps , Sincerely, Amir .

[@404TRUCKERTV]

Omg, this is a great idea. This technique is better because I can now focus on the lecture instead of taking one note at a time and stopping. While each note has information on the entire section. Please mention that you need the frozen add on lol. New versions of anki have to be downloaded manually.

[@katheraincloud]

this is such a freaking smart idea. Truly smarter not harder. Do you still put your lecture slides/additional info in the note like you did in your last several videos?

[@austindellafosse4023]

This video is super helpful since I just started college on Monday

[@RameshKumar-ng3nf]

Bro, i salute you from bottom of my heart for sharing such IMPORTANT tips , which saves lots of our time . You are AWESOME bro ❤️ 🙏🙏🙏. Subscribed your channel 😊

[@rinogo1]

I like your technique! Efficiency pro-tips: When creating your clozes, use the keyboard instead of switching over to the mouse. Select text with shift and arrow keys. Then, you can use Cmd-Option-Shift C (Mac, will be similar on PC) to mark the text as a Cloze ("same card").

[@ashhh2529]

I absolutely love your videos!

[@SaVaMD]

This is genius! Thank you so much!

[@christinethinguyen2394]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!

[@ibi9636]

you rule prerak!

[@lonacif]

Very good tip. Thanks!!

[@pao6070]

You're the best brooo!!!

[@kylieamor711]

this was so helpful 😩

[@vwang3607]

This is so helpful tysm!!!

[@danielc.6156]

sooo useful, thanks bro :)

[@LukeAvedon]

Nice. I really like this method.

[@knguyeen]

Hi Prerak! I saw your playlist for Anki but didn’t know where to start since there are a lot of videos that seems like it can start from anywhere. Could you maybe do an updated all-in-one video guiding through how to set up anki for 1st timer, which add-ons to install or useful for premeds, how to create cards/decks, how to organize it, etc. If you don’t have time, could you maybe write a guide on it or say which videos to watch in sequence to fully understand and utilize Anki? Thank you in advance!

[@luisenriquecuevashernandez4796]

Could you do a video about speed in reviewing Anki, I am right now under 8 seconds average, and I was wondering if that's has some level of progression

[@modyashraf8992]

awesome advice thank you

[@buttercupcumbersnatch7842]

That is smart. Thanks for sharing

[@Lobi10879]

You can do this on the app without the freeze add ons: 1) open Anki on a desktop 2) make sure you’re using the profile synced with your app 3) open a cloze flash card 4) on the extra portion there is a pin 📌 button that will save your notes even if you add a new flash card. (The pin acts like the freeze add on but syncs with the App) Tips: (for my keyboard might be slightly different on yours) Shift + Cntrl + C will make a cloze section Cntrl + enter will add the flash card to the deck you are in Shift + Arrow keys will highlight Cntrl + arrows keys makes your move around faster (instead of going to your mouse) These have just helped me take notes much faster without having to moved from the keyboard to my mouse multiple times. I used my iPad to take notes in class and use my phone to study and make flashcards when I’m waiting in my car or walking to the next lecture. I also use my phone to study while laying down instead of sitting in the chair. So I find much value in using the app instead of just the desktop. It makes studying more convenient and enjoyable

[@okechukwuanudokem2060]

the pin is a new feature it wasn't there when he made this video

[@adriano1309]

This is goated man

[@PrerakJuthani]

Please share

[@mbdoucet]

Great video. How do you get the fields to lock in? So that when I add a new card, my notes don't dissapear. Thanks for all you do!

[@heythere9554]

Frozen field add on on previous versions of anki. In the latest versions it is inbuilt. Click on the icon present on upper right corner of the field you want to save.

[@ramanpreetkaur4423]

How are you making multiple cards without copying and paste the whole extra section to a new flashcard?

[@gemma8869]

Hey, there’s and add on called frozen fields that allows you to keep the inputs the same, I think he has a video on his channel about it :)

[@joshwilkinson8966]

When making an anki card if i want to change a word while making the question, for example: If the question is ( What is my best day of the week?) and i want to change best to favorite, when i backspace through best and being typing favorite, it starts eating into ( day of the week). (day of the week) doesn't move forward as i type favorite.

[@hl1921]

if you do ctrl+shift+alt+c you can add another c1 cloze :)

[@dancevids23]

What anki version are you running? Do you recommend updating to the latest version?

[@kacperkazaniecki596]

Any thoughts on using remnote instead of Anki?

[@dragoph]

bloody genius

[@matteofranzoni9134]

WOW! Thank you

[@yeskenerasyl]

Great advice

[@Sexyboy2545]

Do you feel like this is more time consuming compared to using cloze deletion, within senses?

[@MelisaRodriguezS]

Hi Prerak! Thank you so much for this video, I wanted to know how to make the extra column of anki visible when you are studying the deck? because for some reason mine doesn’t appear, I just have the question and answer

[@MelisaRodriguezS]

@@kimbav2171 thank you so much!

[@MelisaRodriguezS]

@@kimbav2171 So I do have the field when I'm inputting new cards but for some reason when I'm actually reviewing the cards the extra column doesn't show after I hit the spacebar, like in order to read the extra information I put there, you get me?

[@samia9563]

thanks for the help. do u know a way to get all my anki cards to a word file /pdf format?

[@PurpleRainLovee]

What add on are you using to do this? Frozen fields? Could you link it or add the code?

[@filipadias6557]

Any tips on how to make anki cards using Kaplan?

[@jordanlazaro1676]

Does AMBOSS get rid of the need for making notes on the "extra" tab since it acts like a pop-up dictionary?

[@racheltanhx623]

May I ask if this method is good if you plan to study with your mobile phone? Won't all the info under "Extra' cause you to waste time scrolling down to switch to the next card?

[@nar51]

Landed here randomly and now i dont know why but suddenly becoming a doctor seems to be the bigger urge :). I guess it's the absolute genius manner of describing the anki notes process. Loved it and will use this and these videos and develop more capability of using anki Thanks Prerak, now a subscriber :( and a little closer to admirer :)

[@ravi_pawar]

but how you later on search for the particular card in card browser?. for eg. as per your lecture notes if you search for MGUS in the card browser it will show all cards containing MGUS in question as well as cards with MGUS in extra details!... plus if i want to update my notes later on then how this will be updated in all the other cards where earlier recorded lecture notes exist.

[@yinzhang7842]

how long will you spend on making one lecture's flash cards?do you have a more time-saving way to make the notes into Anki cards? Thanks for your sharing'

[@dr.rajshekharkundu6277]

use remnote

[@Ashmi-qt4xe]

@@dr.rajshekharkundu6277 i used remnote n lost all my notes. I emailed them several times and still cudnt recover my notes i had a really bad experience. Anki is good in terms of back ups and syncing.

[@dr.rajshekharkundu6277]

@@Ashmi-qt4xe tbh i cant disagree..and also Remnote is in its Beta stage..so... the only thing i like abt remnote is the auto flashcards system...writing everyting again for flashcards in anki seemed troublesome

[@ashhh2529]

So the text in extra doesnt change when flashcards are made? Also why is the text box getting red in color? Pls clarify I got introduced to anki via this channel and im learning to make it my superpower Hi im from India and im trying to study for descriptive papers in my accountancy course.. can anyone suggest as how to use anki for descriptive papers. I would be thankful

[@enochappathurai]

If you use the AnKing card type, you can have a specific Lecture Notes section

[@M_Ortega]

I'm using the AnKing card type, I tried to do this but I noted when using the mac version the transition between one card to another gets delay, it only happened with the cards added the note. also, another problem of this method on anking card type is that if you are going to update content on that topic you need to update the whole cards specific to that topic otherwise you will have different notes on each cards

[@hannahmeyerson1614]

How do you add a card without it deleting all the notes in the "extra" section?

[@sarahmohiuddin4020]

How do you insert a line in the extra field?

[@daveyjones3016]

At 3:45 how did you make the card but keep the “extra” section open. Usually everything goes after making a card.

[@neotugado6783]

download the frozen fields add-ons my g

[@SashaJV123]

Really annoying but now whatever was in my extras as notes, after i make that card it shows up on the "back" when i study them

[@toobig5570]

bro can you share your online med anki deck plz

[@michaelgo3432]

Hey Prerak, how do you put the dotted horizontal line?

[@michaelgo3432]

Nvm I found the answer, Glutaminate's Mini Format Add on

[@indiraalonso-diaz1260]

how much time do you investiga in this method? is it plausible

[@yvonnedeng7946]

how does he keep the info in the "extra" box there after he saves the new card? Every time I click save, a completely blank new card is made and i have to copy and paste all the notes over. Is there a way to have the notes stay while I keep making a new card?

[@tuyetvu3268]

you need to add this frozen fields add-ons to you anki app. ankiweb.net/shared/info/516643804

[@Michael-zd2le]

Can't I just add an extra column to the basic card type and instead of using cloze?

[@DeeperThanCards]

if anyone is interested, i also have a playlist tutorial about how i use anki to make cards from ppt slides. i use the 10 questions note type, which is like the basic note type on steroids. most of all, i like that it‘a very continuous and it has a field to include the lecture slide, which makes review a breeze. here’s a link to the playlist if you would like to check it out: kzbin.info/aero/PLP90-t2eADAEHD3PPR1ujKqlmjyS9wzpO

[@user-dm5qi4nb6l]

how can I get notifications on due cards in anki desktop?

[@saphimal1]

I noticed (min 5.39) that you create MULTIPLE! cards while your Notes underneath (in the field Extra) won't move. I tried it out but when I clicked "add", all the notes were gone and attached to the ONE card I've created. How did you manage to freeze the content of "Extra"/your lecture notes and create multiple cards?

[@danyaabu-shanab7289]

Have you figured it out because I have the same issue.

[@criancadenegocios1639]

Wow, why is there no content like that in my language? Then, I am suffering to understand him and apply it in my studies. lol

[@tomato778]

The problem with this approach is redudancy. If I need to update a information(say later I got some better understanding and corrected the note), I need to now change all the extra fields in other notes :-(. How does one solve this problem?

[@RobertGenito]

Great video! Soooo glad I’m not going through med school. Not because it’s hard-cause let’s face it, rote memory is nothing. I’m just glad that I’m not being formally miseducated !

[@nonmetallica11]

how to keep the extra box unchanged while adding cards? like here: 3:43 pls lemme knowww

[@lukecooper3820]

It's the anki frozen fields add-on. I'll tell you how it works, first of all, you'll need the code: 516643804. copy this number, then with your anki open, you'll click on "tools" > "add-ons" > "get add-on..." next you paste the code, then click on "ok", after that, you'll restart your anki and when you open it again, the add-on will show up in the "Add" button above the decks. I hope I helped you :)

[@nonmetallica11]

@@lukecooper3820 you saved so much of my time! so thankful! thanks fro making my day :D do wanna suggest some other useful add ons?

[@lukecooper3820]

@@nonmetallica11 I'm glad to help! Yep, I'll suggest a few of my favorites: 1) Button Colours (Good, Again) code: 2494384865 2) Anki Zoom code: 538879081 3) Image Occlusion Enhanced code: 1374772155 4) AwesomeTTS - Add speech to your flashcards (this is really useful to add audio in foreign languages) code: 1436550454 5) ReviewHeatmap code: 723520343 6) Pop-up Dictionary code: 153625306 These are just some that I use daily, but there are a bunch more out there, so feel free to search as you want. :) Again I'm feeling glad to help.

[@nonmetallica11]

@@lukecooper3820 thanks a ton! Can't wait to use them all.... Can we connect? Reddit?

[@kombinatsiya6000]

@@lukecooper3820 Nice list - thanks!

[@ajithrajaful]

ur a god living amongst men

[@user-cu6hl2fj4j]

Wonderful

[@sammazibuko7001]

Thanks

[@medstudent1769]

I couldn't use this technique on Microsoft. What can I do about it?

[@lababa4936]

How do you add tags?

[@rohitchavan1034]

Aaj me doctor ban gaya🤣

[@samrosthstein6385]

Does anyone know how to approach this method using textbooks? My curriculum is PBL and we don’t get any PowerPoints and have to read off the book 😭

[@raghunandanraman2388]

What if you want to include pictures of lecture slides?

[@bellefeu4933]

win+shift+s lets you snip a section of your screen, and places it in your copy/paste board.

[@Mryoungstar1994]

How can I create the card without always loosing the Information in the Extra field?

[@quintascooper4652]

that is what I am wondering as well...

[@justice_Achernare]

Add-on called "Frozen fields". Search-out!^^

[@KL-uu7mb]

Anyone could share their reviews ? anyone tried this method for a long time and worked super well?

[@vahagnaldzhyan4811]

Thanks for this video! I have a couple issues when trying to implement your strategy: * I have to use Cloze- 1697d instead of Cloze because I don't have the extra feature in Cloze. * Every time I try to create a new card by pressing "Add," all of my work in the extra section gets erased. How can I fix this? Thanks

[@blackgirl-futuremd3943]

I'm not sure if it has been already mentioned, but he is using an Anki add-on called "frozen fields" (it's the snowflake icon you see next to the text boxes), this add-on allows for you to keep what you wrote the extra field as you make new cards. You can download the add-on from this link: ankiweb.net/shared/info/516643804 Hope this helps!

[@vahagnaldzhyan4811]

@@blackgirl-futuremd3943 Thanks so much! I really appreciate it.

[@PesesitoTony]

im a spanish follower im 17 any lil advice or sth to improve at memorizing history?

[@studyinginthedesert7690]

Instead of trying to remember every date, try to memorize the order things happened and anchor that sequence to a few key dates. I.e. if you're studying the American revolution, perhaps just work to memorize the date of the first battle, the date of the battle where the British first decisively lost, the final battle & the year of the peace treaty. Then you can build other sequential info in, fuzzy at first but in order, around that. I personally use Anki to memorize the names of certain less common figures (with a picture on the front of the card) and as prompts to remember conceptual summations (i.e.: what did Simon Schama say was the main reason Rembrandt didn't travel to Italy to study Renaissance painting?). Also, sit back & soak up all the free info you can get on the subjects you're interested in from YT. Find a good doc & listen to it a couple of times in the background while exercising, etc.

[@PesesitoTony]

@@studyinginthedesert7690 ty

[@hogleg270]

what is the {{C1::> }}??

[@AM.000]

Why not just take the notes in a word doc, then copy paste to the extra tab?

[@KL-uu7mb]

cause the format gets screwed up especially when you have the images, it really gets you frustrated

[@fareenarahman3622]

Good

[@NeewVogue]

The layout of my anki looks completely different

[@rakshithm1257]

I suck at typing

[@ThePoorManTrader]

0:30

[@BIGTONE-lc4vd]

I came to your sight to learn anki not to understand what you are doing in school. Your technique can be very useful if we could really get to the reason I came to your sight. How to make ANKI cards better

[@okechukwuanudokem2060]

ur blind bro

[@mindgames470]

I have the highest respect for all the hardworking people in the medical field, but I'm here to learn about Anki Cards and a little frustrated, because you could cut the video by a third, if you'd stick to the topic. first 3mins "use Anki as a word document to take notes, keep your notes structured for later use " - okay, done.

[@godfatha1]

This isn't really time saving in any way.. Not sure how else people would be making anki cards.

[@hcm9999]

The biggest problem is why use flashcards in the first place. I have never used flashcards. I don't understand them. I don't know why anyone would want to use them. First, it takes a long time to write them. Second, it may take a long time to read them and get the answers correctly. Third, they look boring, tiring, tedious and time-consuming. Why not just read a book? In the same time you create and read flashcards you could just read a book. Or, if you are studying something like Physics of Mathematics, you should just solve a bunch of exercises from a textbook. Most textbooks have plenty of exercises for you to practice. All you have to do is solve them. The book author already prepared all the exercises for you, you don't need to write them, unlike flashcards. If you are learning a foreign language you should read as much as possible. Reading is the best way to acquire vocabulary. You consult the dictionary for the words necessary to understand the text. Reading is much more fun, entertaining and engaging than using flashcards. By reading you always see the word in context. Flashcards on the other hand take the words out of context. It is much harder to memorize and understand them. Flashcards are completely inefficient compared to just reading.

[@aldutroix3944]

Are you in university? I don't know about anyone else, but my textbooks used to be around 2000 pages long, and it was extremely difficult memorizing everything just by reading over and over. Plus flashcards get you to engage with the text, and unless you have some amazing memory, active repetition will definitely help you understand and memorize the material just as you go along making them. Medical studies have it much worse with much more to memorize than university classes. The sizes of those textbooks are huge, and I never would have got through without Anki. Also he's not discouraging reading, this is just a form of memorizing information. You have to both memorize and read to understand the context and connections behind it all. They've never been boring or tedious to me since what you're doing as you're making them is essentially studying, and making 1000+ is easy in a few hours of hard work. If flashcards don't work for you, that's fine. It's not for everyone.

[@hcm9999]

@@aldutroix3944 1. "Are you in university?" No. I studied Engineering at college a long time ago, and speak Portuguese, English, Japanese and am right now studying Swedish. You need to memorize a large number of words to learn a foreign language, but I have never used flashcards. 2. "my textbooks used to be around 2000 pages long, and it was extremely difficult memorizing everything just by reading over and over" When I was in college, nobody was required to memorize a 2000-page-long textbook. An exam was always about some chapters of a book. I have always studied by simply reading the chapters and solving exercises. Most textbooks have exercises for you to practice and the questions of the exam were all based on those exercises. 3. "I never would have got through without Anki" Millions of people all over the world get through without Anki or any kind of flashcard. Sure you can still use Anki, but I believe you are spending much longer to study than other people. I believe you could study and memorize much faster without Anki. 4. "You have to both memorize and read to understand the context and connections behind it all." No, it is the opposite. You have to understand first and then memorize later. You need the context in order to memorize. It is not possible to memorize without a context. Memory works by association, you need to associate words with something else in order to memorize them. Anki takes the words out of context, it is much harder to understand and memorize. For example consider the sentence "Jag skrev en bok" (I wrote a book). It is much easier to memorize the ENTIRE sentence than the individual words. The context gives you important clues about the meaning and function of each words. Even when you don't know some words, just by looking at the context you can guess the meaning of the unknown words. It is much easier to study and memorize when words are in context. 5. "making 1000+ is easy in a few hours of hard work" A FEW HOURS?? That is exactly my point! How many pages of a book can you read in a few hours? Reading is much more efficient and easier than making flashcards. 6. "If flashcards don't work for you" I am not saying flashcards don't work. I am saying that flashcards are highly inefficient compared to just reading. I believe you could study much faster and easier without flashcards.

[@lucasr2926]

@@hcm9999 Active recall has been demonstrated in the evidence to be very effective and superior to reading and highlighting notes in terms of memorising information (and also spaced repetition). This video was based on medical school, which has key concepts which you need to understand but also lots of little facts which we just kind of need to know verbatim to pass exams. I’m not sure how different your degree is/if it is more concept based. Reading is good to get an understanding of the concepts first, flashcards are more to check you remember all the points you need to score marks in exams to pass. I don’t know about you but I don’t have a memory photographic enough to read greys anatomy and just remember all of it. Reading about the kidney is not necessarily as efficient as compartmentalising all of the information into flashcards (e.g. surface anatomy landmarks, blood supply, drainage, lymphatics and so on). www.osmosis.org/blog/2022/02/21/active-recall-the-most-effective-highyield-learning-technique

[@Haburg]

waste of time, , i don't know how to make one,

[@kylam143]

Anki ok iPad sucks

[@youwhoniverse]

just explain how to do it and don't explain all the medical stuff, no one cares about that apart from 0.1% of ppl

[@yazeedalbeladi3105]

Prerak YOU ARE AMAZING !! I really Don’t know how to thank, EVERYTHING I WANT IN MED SCHOOL is right here in your channel!! THANK YOU SO MUCH MY FRIEND or as we say in Arabic SHOKRAN شكرا 🤍🙏🏽🙏🏽