Hey bro! Happy to help out. Did you make sure to “sync” everything up? I can’t think of why it won’t show up if you don’t sync it. Let me know if that works?
Good question! I would just change the action to Tag only so it doesn’t suspend any cards by accident. I would probably now in hindsight change the steps to “30 1440” as well. I must have forgot to do so here!
Hey Amanda! It is normal to have all 4 options. When you’re just beginning to learn a card there won’t be a “hard” option until the card matures to an interval of 3 days or so. This is when it’s considered to be “graduated”. You can continue studying as normal and just hit “good” Everytime you get it right and “again” when you get it wrong! Hard and Easy are typically options used sparingly so I wouldn’t even worry about them if they confuse you! Best of luck!
Anki can be really challenging for everyone, trust me! Glad I was able to help, but you seem to still be a bit confused. Are there any questions you have that I might be able to help out with?
Now that you have ANKI all installed with the correct settings for optimal use, don't forget to install these 10 Must-Have ANKI add-ons! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-goUrNKJMSZs.html In addition, in this video here I go over how to create your very own high-quality ANKI flashcards for whatever you might need it for: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VJ9RUvEkvek.html Learn how to TAKE A DAY OFF Anki here :) Sometimes we all need it! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PmB9kLCro8A.html Comment with any questions or concerns and I WILL get back to you ASAP! Best of luck!!
Hi Austin, I really enjoy your channel, I know that someday it's gonna be bigger. I'm from Mexico and I'm currently studying 2nd year in medicine school. I will start using anki to improve my grades :). Hope your videos go viral, it's clearly seen that you put a lot of effort on them. Greetings from Mexico!
Thanks a lot Santiago! I truly appreciate the support and the kind words. Wishing you all the best in your medical studies 💪 Keep it up!! & yes, I hope my videos go viral too so I can help more people out :)
I downloaded and installed Anki. Then I had a question and tried to ask it on the Anki forum. Each time I entered my email address and clicked create account, nothing happened. I also came across a post saying I could log into my Anki on my iPad but going to the internet and signing into my account. When I installed Anki it did not ask me to make a profile...no email address and password. How do I enter the information so I can sign into my Anki account? Thank you.
Hey Peggy! If you sync up your deck then should ask you for the email and password so that everything is all connected so that should work. Let me know if you have questions!
@@AustinNguyenMD thank you Austin. I kept running Inyo problems and then found out I downloaded the wrong Anki. I can’t believe they have 2 and the app for the iPad costs the same for both of them!!!
Happy to hear it was helpful!! Best of luck on beginning M1 this year, that is a huge accomplishment!! Hope my videos can be helpful for you :) Keep it up!
Just downloaded Anki, was recommended by Ali abdaal(the RU-vidr if you know him) and he suggested to go check out some random youtube video on optimizing the settings since the default are pretty bad. so went over here, first of all thank you for the content! appriecate the effort you've putted here. and second, Good luck ! I think you are one of those youtubers who is going to grow big, Earned a subscribe :)
Thanks for kind words Yuval! Glad you came by my channel & that the content was helpful for you :) Definitely would be awesome to be as big as Ali Abdaal someday, but even just helping a few people here and there is what I’m all about! Appreciate the support & best of luck with everything bro!! 💪
thank you so much for this. As a high school student wanting to get started on Anki to study for school and french, I struggled to find videos that don't just assume I know exactly what it is.
No problem at all! So happy to help out and hear that you were able to set up Anki through this video :) Best of luck learning French and with all your studies! Tell your friends about Anki!!!
Hey! So I want to start using Anki. I'm just about to go into Year 11 and will probably use it for Year 12 as well. To be honest, I'm still very confused on how Anki works, but if I copy your settings, would that work for someone like me (high school student)?
Hey there! I think that’s a great idea :) And absolutely - these settings would work for you and if you need to create your own flashcards I also go over that in another video! Best of luck!
@@AustinNguyenMD Thanks for replying even on a video from 1 year ago :) I still have a cuople of questions but um it's all good if you're too busy 1. So I've been using Anki for the past hour making question cards and cloze deletions on a textbook, is this the right way to approach it? 2. Also so I'm still grasping the idea of New cards which moves into like the second area (review?) but ive realised when the cards show up again it shows up as Again - 10mins Hard - 1 day Good - 1 day Easy 5 days Should the 'Hard' and 'Good' button have the same day? 3. Do you have any videos or recommended videos with suspending cards (and then unsuspending it to study for specific subjects?)/filtered tags/custom study because I have only seen people talk about this and I have no clue what this means Again, I greatly appreciate the video and also you replying earlier :)
Of course! I always reply to comments whenever I can and I’m happy to help out :) 1) yes if you’re making your own cards for high school then you can absolutely make your own cloze deletions from a text book or whatever you need to study! 2) basically reviews are green or red cards that are due everyday based on the interval of the card and when the program says you need to see the flashcard on this day to retain it long term! Early on it might say both hard and good are the same but once you get the card correct again (press good) it will graduate to 3 days and will start spacing out further. After that the hard button will be different than good. I highly recommend beginners just use good and again when they first start off to keep things simple 3) you probably hear people say suspend and unsuspend because a lot of Anki users study from premade decks like I used a premade deck for medical school! For you, I would study the cards you make and when you want to stop studying some cards you can find it in browser and just toggle suspend to get them out of circulation if you find you no longer need them. Suspend is the hot key CTRL + J on windows! Best of luck!! Let me know if that makes sense
@@AustinNguyenMD omg yes thank you so much so that def makes sense on all 3 one last question: Since I'm making my own cards, I'm sorting them out by tags but I've realised that if I want to just go to the homepage and click decks I also have to create another subdeck and move my tags into the newly created sundeck. It's quite time consuming and I'm not sure how to go around this. If that's confusing- 1. I make my cards first and sort them out by tags i.e Physics::Chapter_1::1.1_Heat_and_Temperature::Heat but then I realise that in my regular decks I would have Chapter 1 > 1.1 Heat and Temperature And then I would have to make a new deck called "Heat" and move my tags there Should I be using tags + decks or one only? Because if I use tags only- how do I sort by how I want to learn the cards? Again, I greatly appreciate your time and help.
Hey, that’s a great question! I would actually just recommend you create sub decks and then make your cards underneath the main deck since you’re making your own cards. So basically you can have Physics be the main deck and then create decks underneath for every chapter and then just press the sub deck chapter and click “add” and the cards will automatically go into this new deck so it’s all organized and you can study by sub deck. In addition if you wanted to study all of physics at once just study from the main deck and all the sub decks would be included. Don’t forget to double check the settings and make sure it’s accurate for all your decks though!
Hey Austin! Do you know how people can modify pre-made decks? I learn better when I type out the answer vs just using basic flash cards. I’m using jacksparrow’s deck but it’s been hard to figure out how to change most of the cards to the format that works for me (I think it's some sort of cloze format, but with typing). Would you consider making a video that explains how to make changes like this? I'm totally new to Anki so everything is pretty confusing. Thanks in advance!
Hey Ambika! I’m not sure how to do that as I’ve never done Anki that way before. Maybe just write out the answers and then press space to see it after? I’m not sure how else to work it! Sorry I can’t be of more help here :(
Hi Austin, thank you for your explanation. I am still a little lost with the settings. I want to setup some beginner settings for short-term spaced repetition instead of long-term. So, instead of the 180 day interval I would like to set it to around 2,5/3 weeks, because I have a fixed learning interval without early study material. What would you recommend me to change for your settings? I hope you can help me out and thank you beforehand.
Hey Osman! Thanks for reaching out and supporting the channel. I am always more than happy to answer any questions :) What I would recommend is setting your maximum interval to 21 days (3 weeks) instead of 180 days. After each exam if you don’t need the information longitudinally you can just suspend the cards using “Ctrl+J” which will highlight them yellow and pretty much put them on pause! Hope that helps! In my video about setting up the medical school Anki deck I talk about suspending cards too!
Thank you Austin!! This was super helpful for me. Been following you for a while and always so helpful! But I'm curious, do you ever refer to the stats or settings page after the initial configuration? I've been using Anki for some time and I've never used those two pages beyond just setting it initially.. am I missing out on something?
Hi! Glad that the video was helpful for you :) I appreciate the support on the channel a lot!! 🙂 I do like to reference the statistics here and there to see how my retention has been and how long I’ve been spending on Anki! I talk a little bit more about Anki statistics in my video about the 10 best Anki add ons! You definitely aren’t missing out on anything though, just keep smashing that space bar and you are all set!!! Keep it up 💯😊
Honest mistake 🤣🤣🤣 my maximum interval was 6 months before and then I moved it down to 5 months so 180 to 150 days but I got the numbers jumbled up LOL sorry!
Glad it was helpful :) Yes there is definitely a learning curve with Anki, but I promise it will make studying so much easier in medical school!! Best of luck!!!
Super happy to hear this because that’s what my channel is all about! Glad that the videos have been helpful for you :) Good luck with everything & always reach out if you have any questions!
That was my goal :) Anki has a steep learning curve and can be super confusing 😂 so I’m glad this was helpful for you!!! BEST of luck on your studies 💪👊
Yes it is! The algorithm is designed for long term memory retention so if you do the flashcards everyday and learn them correctly, you will theoretically have the information in your long term memory and readily accessible for your exam coming up! Best of luck on the test!!!
If I make the maximum cards 9999 won't that be too much let's say I have a sub deck and that deck contains 500 cards will that make me do all of them that day? Thanks
Great question! If all of the cards were unsuspended then yes it would, however you want to highlight all 500 cards and suspend them so that you can control how many you do each day! If you do this then you can unsuspend say 50 cards on one day and just do those 50. The reason I like to put the maximum cards to 9999 is because some days I’ll do 200 new cards and other days like 50. Regardless I don’t want to cap my maximum at 100 because then I won’t see the 200 I unlocked on the days I need to do a bit more! This is mostly because my medical school deck is about 32000 cards 😂 if you are working on a deck with just 500, you could set your daily maximum to 50 and you’ll see everything in 10 days if you keep up with Anki for 10 days in a row! Hope this is helpful & best of luck on your studying bro!!
Austin Nguyen alright thank you since im still in HS I have alot less cards than you, about 400-500 cards split into 6 chapters 😂, Il just make the limit 50 . Thanks for the reply🔥💯
Sorry to hear that bro. Not sure what might be happening, let me know how I can help! It can be a pain to set up, trust me we’ve all been there. Hope it works out!
@@AustinNguyenMD No problem dude. I was just being a little baby back then. I realised that I had the uncontinued? Anki version. The one on the app store. I thought for my mac I would download from app store.
Appreciate the love and support for the channel brotha! Australia is on my list of places to travel someday once things open up too 😎 You got this!! Hope I can help along the way!
Daljit Saini Good question! I would still recommend no longer than 180 days as things start to get pretty fuzzy when the interval is longer than that! You can try starting at 180 days and then adjust from there. For example, if you start to notice you’re getting many flashcards wrong that are at 6 months (180 days) then I would lower my interval to 5 months (150 days) or 4 months (120 days) Hope that helps!
@@AustinNguyenMD yes that helps. Another question is with so many cards, how do u start studying for finals? If it's a long answer, a video might help!
Not a long response at all actually! You should check out my video on Anki Add ons as well as making your own Anki cards! For me, I use Anki for everything so I have separate cards for my semester classes and medical board exam etc. it’s nice that all my studying is in one place and once I finish my number of cards for the day I can relax and be done!
Hi Austin! I had a question. I am preparing for my MCAT for a January test (most likely the middle of January) and have a long way to go from my diagnostic score. I am using a pre-made deck the MileDown deck and wanted to ask which settings you recommend? I am new to Anki and have had some difficulty. The deck has about 2900 cards total. I was going to ask if I should keep my new cards at about 50 per day or switch it to 9999 like you did in your video? My reviews are at 9999. Also what should the maximum interval be set at? I have 32 days but I saw that you had 180. If I am taking my test in January I was unsure of what to do. And lastly, my leech threshold is set at 4 lapses, any recommendations on what to change it to? I found your videos to be very helpful. I would really appreciate your help.
Hey Milan! I’m happy to help answer your question. I would say that a deck of 2900 is certainly manageable for your exam in January! I would set your maximum interval to 90 days (about 3 months) just so that you will see every card at least 1 more time before January. I would leave the new cards to 9999 and just unsuspend as many cards as you would like to do for the day based on what you reviewed/learned and then do the cards. That’s the best way to learn them as when students cap there new cards to say 50 new per day like you stated, a lot of times they may have learned like 120 new cards worth of material that day but they’ll only learn the 50 and now when you do 50 more the next day it starts to get more fuzzy in your brain instead of just hammering all of the 120 relevant cards on the same day. Definitely keep reviews at 9999 as this is the key to success with Anki (Doing all reviews everyday!) Keep in mind that the algorithm is designed to correspond with the human memory forgetting curve and so if you keep doing the cards everyday and follow the intervals, the information will ideally be stored in your long term memory and you’ll know it well by the time of your MCAT! The lapses setting is not that important as I mention in my Anki settings video, I would just set the leech threshold to whatever you’re comfortable with. 4 is fine! I use 8 for mine but it’s important that you have the setting set at “Tag Only” since this will tag the cards you have gotten wrong X number of times (based on leech threshold) and this would indicate that maybe you may want to revisit a certain topic! i.e for me, any card I get wrong 8 times will be tagged so I know that I should review that topic since I keep getting is wrong! Hope this is helpful to you & I wish you the best on this MCAT in January-Go knock it out of the park!!
@@AustinNguyenMD Thank you so so much for all of your help! I have changed the settings to what you have suggested. Since I am using a pre-made deck, it's kind of hard to separate the cards from each subject for the topic i am covering..so to get around this--I am going into the subject for the mile down deck and doing custom study and choosing the tags (topics I am covering for each specific day)..so for example I would go under Chemistry--->do custom study---> and then choose the acid/bases cards and review those for the day and then add that "deck" to a new folder and repeat the following day's topic. I know this is inefficient but not sure how to get around this. Any ideas? Also, this may be a silly question but what do you mean by "unsuspend" a card? I apologize in advance if my questions are dumb--i'm just new to Anki and trying to figure all of this out.
@@docsheth No such thing as a dumb question! Anki is hard to use, I will be the first to admit that. These are great questions and I hope my answers can help you as well as many others! I would highly recommend using the Miledown deck in this way: 1. Go to "Browse" and Suspend ALL of the cards in the deck. Basically you highlight the entire deck and if you are using windows the hotkey is "CTRL+J" or alternatively you can press Cards>Toggle Suspend. This will turn all of the cards yellow. 2. When you want to learn acid/base or whatever cards you would like to unsuspend/unlock you can use the tags on the left hand side of the browse menu and highlight the cards you would like to study and then unsuspend them (they will now be white and not yellow). You would follow this pattern everyday as you learn new topics until the entire deck is unsuspended and no cards are lefts as yellow (suspended). This allows for all your reviews to be under the same deck and keeps everything in order! Let me know if this is helpful and reach out with any questions!
@@AustinNguyenMD super helpful, thank you so so much! I am going to unsuspend the cards I will do each day for a specific topic and then do my reviews. This will probably be the easiest method to get through and not forget the material. Again, thank you so much!
Hey thank you for the good video. I am learning russian for a while and one thing I didn't understood in the video. I have 4000 do you think it will help me because I don't know if some of the words that I didn't understand appear again...
No problem! Best of luck learning Russian!! What do you mean by 4000? Is that your total card count? If so, the card count doesn’t matter as the algorithm will show you the cards in the correct spaced intervals! My medical school deck is 32,000 cards 😭
Yeah I was hoping no one caught that 😂 but yep 180 is for 6 months and then 150 for a maximum of 5 month for the interval. I got the intervals and numbers jumbled since I started at 180 and then ended up finding the sweet spot for my studying at 5 months (150 days!)
I only just got anki and I’m busy making all the decks for my a level courses but I’m not really sure about what settings to use my exams are give or take in about 9 months do you think I can use anki to effectively remember probably around 2000 cards? And if so what settings would you recommend
