Bree Goree 10/7/14 QuickTips Handout: Note Taking (Flashcard) App www.FlashcardMachine.com
Using Flashcard Machine to help review notes and develop
better study habits.
From the website (www.flashcardmachine.com) in the top
right corner, click ‘Don’t have an account?’
Clicking this button will take you
to a page that will allow you to
set up a new account, and offers
help in starting to use Flashcard
Machine, as shown below.
Goree 2 Listed are
instructions
on how to
sign up and
use the
program for
the first
time.
Goree 3 Enter your personal information into the text fields shown above, then
accept the terms of use and click register. Go to your registered e-mail and
click on the verification link sent to you, and you will be able to create
flashcards by clicking “Get Started Creating Flashcards” below!
Creating your first flashcard set.
The nice thing about Flashcard Machine is that you are
able to organize your flashcards into different sets by
subject or by exam and insert text, images, or audio into
your flashcards. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to do
all three.
To keep notes organized,
let’s start by creating a
New Folder.
Goree 4 Name your folder, then
save it so that you can
easily identify the
flashcard sets that will be
within the folder itself.
Goree To open your folder, move your mouse over the name or
‘Title’ of your folder until it turns yellow, as shown
above. Click on this and you will come to the following
screen. Proceed by
clicking ‘New
Flashcard Set’
to create your
first set of
flashcards.
5 Goree 6 When you click ‘New Flashcard Set’ you will be
brought to a page like this where you are
required to enter what your subject is, grade
level, and describe the flashcards you are
making. This helps you keep track of and
organize your flashcards. When you are
finished, your page should look like the
following image. When finished, click ‘Save Set
Details.’
Click here when
finished describing
your set.
Goree 7 As shown above, you are able to customize your
flashcards! You are able to choose the font, size, color,
and alignment of how your flashcards will appear.
I also highly recommend keeping all of your sharing
options disabled. This helps prevent plagiarism and helps
keep you accountable for your own work.
From here, you have the option of Advanced
Editing or Quick Editing. I will show you the
Advanced Method, as the Quick Editor is fairly
self-explanatory after learning how to operate
the Advanced Editor.
Advanced Editing
Click here.
Goree To add a
picture,
click
‘Manage
Images.’
To add a
sound clip,
click
‘Manage
Audio.’
From the Advanced Editor, you will be
able to add images, text, and audio to
your flashcards for when you study. You
cannot add images or audio from the
Quick Editor. You can also format the
layout of each flashcard individually as
shown below.
8 Goree 9 Adding an Image/Audio.
Download an image file or audio file to your computer.
Flashcard Machine supports jpg, jpeg, gif, pct, pict, bmp,
and png images. It supports mp3, mid, wav, aiff, aif, and
mp4 audio files. The steps for uploading both audio and
images are the same, so, I will show you how to upload an
image.
From this page, you will
browse for the image you
just downloaded, name your
image in the Flashcard
Machine server, and click
‘Save Image.’
Goree 10 Then, after adding your file, Flashcard Machine will give
you a code to copy and paste into the Editor.
You’ll want to do this, and then go back into your
flashcard set by entering your folder, clicking the desired
flashcard set, and entering the Advanced Editor once
again.
Copy and paste this
code into the
Advanced Editor.
Goree 11 When finished editing or creating flashcards, click ‘Save
and Exit’ on the left hand side of the screen. You can see
what this button looks like when referring to the image
on page 7. Now you’re ready to study! In order to study,
go to the folder your flashcards are in, and then click on
the flashcard set you wish to study. The top of this page
looks like this:
Click ‘Start Study
Session’ to begin
reviewing your new
flashcards.
Goree 12 Press the Space button to turn your card over.
And there you have it! You’ve successfully used Flashcard
Machine!