Manually arranging the order of flashcards

[Slim Smith]

Is this possible? I'm able to do this in "organize cards", but when it comes to reviewing them I can only arrange them by date created or score (via "card selection" > "system" > "fixed").

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[mikelove]

Not currently supported - however, if you exported, deleted, and reimported the cards in a particular category with duplicate-checking turned off, that would make the "created" order your desired order.

Could you tell me a little more about why you're interested in this feature? It's come up a few times, but we don't really see the point of it pedagogy-wise - it feels like it's only going to worsen your recall to review cards in the same order each time.

 

[Slim Smith]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the quick reply and the workaround. I'll give it a shot.

To answer your question: I would like a feature that gives me 100% control over my flashcards. After three years of doing spaced repetition, with limited results, I'm now looking for a different way of studying, especially grammar. My enthusiasm for SRS has waned. Call me pedagogically incorrect.

I've started rereading some of my textbooks because I still haven't mastered some of the grammar and rules. As a result, my flascards are more like notes. And I want to be able to flip through them in the order that I choose. When I, not the software, feel like I've learned the grammar point, then I can delete it myself.

Hope this feedback helps. Thanks again for your help.

 

[mikelove]

We've had a number of people interested in running through series of notes like this, but our plan had been to do that through an improved viewing experience in Organize Cards - let people view nice clear full-screen definitions in that and avoid the need to deal with sessions at all if you just want to review a bunch of notes that you've made.

Would that work in your case too, or is it important that you be able to go through the process of hiding / revealing / scoring each card?

 

[Slim Smith]

A revamped Organize Cards sounds like it might do the trick. I'll try my notes out in the current version.

Thanks!

 

[Slim Smith]

I'll try my notes out in the current version.

My notes get cut off when viewing in Organize Cards. I prefer how they look when reviewing. I've attached two screen shots.

Hiding / revealing is important; scoring isn't. Since most of my notes are in Chinese, being able to tap on a word and see its definition is helpful.