Key Concepts

Cards

In the Quiz plugin, we use the term 'card' for a pair of questions and answers. It's like a digital version of those paper flashcards with a question on one side and the answer on the other. When you reveal the answer, the question usually stays on the screen. For example, if you're learning basic chemistry, you might get a question like this:

Q: Chemical symbol for oxygen? After thinking about it, and deciding the answer is O, you click the show answer button, and the plugin shows you:

Q: Chemical symbol for oxygen? A: O After confirming that you are correct, you can tell the plugin how well you remembered, and the plugin will choose a next time to show you again.

Card state

New: A new card is one you've added or downloaded but haven't studied yet.

Pending: Pending cards are those you've encountered for the first time and are currently in the learning process.

Suspended: Suspended cards cannot be learned and are temporarily deactivated.

Card Types

The standard card types are as follows:

Basic

Has Front and Back fields, and will create one card. Text you enter in Front will appear on the front of the card, and text you enter in Back will appear on the back of the card.

Basic (and reversed card)

Like Basic, but creates two cards for the text you enter: one from front→back and one from back→front.

Cloze

This note type simplifies the process of choosing text and converting it into a cloze deletion format. For example, you can turn "Man landed on the moon in (???)" into "Man landed on the moon in 1969." For additional details, please refer to the cloze section.