Hmm… Does Anki allow me to review all of my decks of study material simultaneously? Specifically opening up an individual topic of study defeats at least half of the purpose that I use spaced repetition for!
Anki also allows to tag cards, so instead of splitting your data bases to different decks, you can split them to different tags on a single deck. This way you can review them all together, as well as review specific tags if the need rises.
It’s a pretty standard feature. I mean, Mnemosyne has always had categories*, as has SuperMemo. I’m hardpressed to think of any serious SRS which doesn’t include categories or tags.
You should be able to do a “custom review”, which allows you to specify which cards to review, and you can tell it to show you cards from multiple decks
Browsing the downloads section I found several pre prepared decks on pharmacology. This will come in handy, thanks!
I also note that they have a version for the iphone, which will be perfect for learning unobtrusively whenever I’m bored.
Hmm… Does Anki allow me to review all of my decks of study material simultaneously? Specifically opening up an individual topic of study defeats at least half of the purpose that I use spaced repetition for!
Anki also allows to tag cards, so instead of splitting your data bases to different decks, you can split them to different tags on a single deck. This way you can review them all together, as well as review specific tags if the need rises.
Excellent! Thanks Mark. That’s a feature that may tip the balance. I’ll certainly consider Anki for the iPhone app at least.
It’s a pretty standard feature. I mean, Mnemosyne has always had categories*, as has SuperMemo. I’m hardpressed to think of any serious SRS which doesn’t include categories or tags.
* instead of tags; tags are part of Mnemosyne 2.x
It doesn’t allow you to review all your decks simultaneously, but you can merge decks by importing one deck into another. http://ichi2.net/anki/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#How_can_I_merge_or_split_decks.3F
You should be able to do a “custom review”, which allows you to specify which cards to review, and you can tell it to show you cards from multiple decks