anki_guide.md

Anki Guide

Motivation to use Anki

Anki utilizes the testing effect and the spacing effect, which arguably are the two most important (and robust) findings in the science of learning.

• Michael Nielsen: https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/957763229454774272
• Andrej Karpathy: https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/960556555526524928

Getting started

1. Download Anki to your computer http://ankisrs.net.
2. Open Anki and create a deck
3. Register at www.ankiweb.net
4. In Anki on your computer, click on the circle up to the right. Login with your ankiweb credentials. This lets you synch your decks with all your phone and ipad.
5. Download _______ as an example of a deck.
6. (Optional) Download AnkiDroid (free) to Android or Anki to iPhone (expensive). Synch your phone app to Ankiweb.

Writing good Anki questions

• First, read http://www.supermemo.com/articles/20rules.htm
• Second, go through resnet-01 deck to see example questions.

In general, we aim for 5-12 questions per paper:

• 1 question: who is lead author, what year and what institution?
• 2-4 questions on the problem the paper is adressing
• 2-4 questions on the method
• 1-2 questions on results & findings
• 1-2 questions on limitations
• 1-2 questions on community reaction and impact on the field

Collaborating on Anki (advanced)

The .apgk is the standard file format for Anki decks. It is not ideal for collaborating on Anki decks however.

Step 1. Download the CrowdAnki plugin

In Anki on desktop, click on Tools --> Add-ons --> Browse and Install --> "1788670778"

Step 2. Read about plugin

• CrowdAnki on Ankiweb: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1788670778
• CrowdAnki on Github: https://github.com/Stvad/CrowdAnki