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Using Anki: how to study more - Cyborg Ninja - 2013-03-30
I use Anki and my average is about 100 cards a day. However, I'm finding this to easy because many of the cards are simply a review for me. What is the best way to add more cards to study on the fly? So far I've been increasing the New Cards Per Day limit, but it sounds like this isn't a good idea because I might not want that many cards the next day. I could find myself inundated with flashcards if I miss a day.
So I click on a deck, and I see two buttons on the bottom. One says Study More and the other says Filter/Cram. What are the differences between these options and which one is best for me?
有り難うございます。
P.S. I just noticed that I can't see a preview of my post because the "Anki question?" dialog box seems to replace it.
Using Anki: how to study more - TheVinster - 2013-03-30
I've never used the Study More and Filter/Cram options so I can't speak for them in particular; however, I think you should just raise your new cards studied per day. It'll be a steady increase in daily reviews, not some monstrous tidal wave. Personally I go for 20 new cards a day and it seems to have averaged to 375-425 reviews a day. Keeping in mind this is a deck I've had for years I would definitely say it's acceptable for the amount of cards (8,000+).
Using Anki: how to study more - s0apgun - 2013-03-30
This doesn't really answer your question but if I were you I would add more new cards per day. Start off by adding a couple every week, then you can get a feel for how many reviews is too much. I do about 33 new cards for my core 6000 anki deck and its still pretty manageable. Usually takes 45-75 minutes per day.
Or... just increase the new card limit on days where you're feeling like learning more. Days you feel like trash add 0 new cards and just do reviews. Sometimes if I finish my anki for the day in like 45 minutes, I'll increase the new card limit for that day so at the end of the session I spend another 15 minutes learning some new cards only.
Using Anki: how to study more - undead_saif - 2013-03-31
Maybe study something outside Anki? Like reading an easy story or a grammar book.
Using Anki: how to study more - Stansfield123 - 2013-03-31
As always, preparation is the key to success (Confucius says? I think Confucius says. I could be wrong though.).
Mining your new cards from native material (and doing it smartly, by picking out only the most useful, interesting words, finding good example sentences for them - be it from a dictionary like Yahoo or your Core deck, if it's in there - and putting everything together in the best card format possible), will ensure that you're 1. never overwhelmed by reviews. 2. not just wasting your time reviewing things you already know.
SRS is meant to be used not for cramming large volumes of entirely foreign material whole sale, but for solidifying key, hand picked material you already understand. Reviews should be a part of the process, not the process. Adding cards you barely understand, that you need dozens of repetitions to learn, is a terrible way to use Anki, and is what leads to getting swamped with reviews. Adding hundreds of cards you already know, is just a pointless waste of time.
Reviewing nicely made up, simple but informative cards that you have put effort into selecting and polishing, on the other hand, is a pleasure.
Using Anki: how to study more - Cyborg Ninja - 2013-03-31
Sorry guys but I really just wanted to know the difference between Filter/Cram and Study More. I ended up choosing Study More to change the new card limit per day.
Using Anki: how to study more - tokyostyle - 2013-04-01
This is much easier to do in Anki 2. You can increase the card limit for today only through the Custom Study button.