
If the card is on the first step, the delay will be the average of Again and Good.There are four rating buttons when learning:Īgain moves the card back to the first step. You can change the number of steps and the delays between them in the deck options. By default there are two steps: 1 minute and 10 minutes. When learning new cards, or when relearning cards that you have forgotten, Anki will show you the cards one or more times to help you memorize them. If you don’t trust yourself to compare your answer accurately, you can ask Anki to prompt you to type in the answer rather than just showing it to you. When the answer is shown, you should compare the answer you thought of with the answer which is shown and tell Anki how well you remembered. It’s okay if it takes you a little while to recall the answer, but as a general rule if you can’t answer within about 10 seconds, it’s probably better to give up and show the answer than keep struggling to remember. After thinking about the answer, either click the Show Answer button, or press the spacebar. When a card is shown, only the question is shown at first. While studying, you can return to the overview by pressing the s key on your keyboard. Anki will proceed to show you cards until the cards to be shown for the day have run out. To start a study session, click the Study Now button. If you have Bury siblings activated in your deck options, you may see how many cards will be buried in grey: The cards are split into three types: New, Learning, and To Review. This is called the ‘deck overview’ screen: Study OverviewĪfter clicking on a deck to study, you’ll see a screen that shows you how many cards are due today. You can click the gears button to the right of a deck to rename or delete a deck, change its options, or export it. (You can also use the Study Deck action in the menu to select a new deck from the keyboard, or you can press the s key to study the currently selected deck.) You can return to the deck list to change the currently selected deck at any time by clicking on “Decks” at the top of the main window. When you click on a deck, it will become the ‘current deck’, and Anki will change to the study screen. New, Learn and Due (To Review) cards for that day will be also displayed here. On the decks screen, your decks and subdecks will be displayed in a list. Study in Anki is limited to the currently selected deck as well as any subdecks it contains.
