How to make your flashcards
Type or paste one card per line, separating the front and back with a dash, colon, or tab — for example "Mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell". The maker parses each line into a card automatically, so you can build a deck from notes you already have in seconds.
Why flashcards beat re-reading
Re-reading feels productive but mostly builds false confidence. Retrieval practice — trying to recall the answer before you flip — is harder, and that difficulty is exactly what strengthens memory. Shuffling the deck adds interleaving, another evidence-backed boost.
Mark each card known or still-learning as you go, then run the deck again focusing on the ones you missed. A few short sessions spaced over days will beat one long cram every time.
Turn your existing notes into a deck
You don't have to write cards from scratch. Any notes already shaped as term-and-definition — vocabulary, key dates, formulas, definitions — paste straight in, one per line, and become a deck in seconds. That makes flashcards a fast last step in studying rather than a separate chore.
Keep decks short and focused on one topic, study them in a few spaced sessions, and lean on shuffle so you're recalling facts rather than memorizing their order.