Flashcards

The Flashcards section is where you build study decks your students can revise from.

::: note Flashcards only appears in the sidebar in Primary School, Secondary School, and University modes — not ECD Center or TVET. Check the Institution Type on the Settings page if you don't see it. :::

Accessing Flashcards

1. Click "Flashcards" in the sidebar navigation
2. Your decks are listed as cards

Deck List

Each deck card shows its title, a visibility badge, its description, the subject and class it's tagged with (when set), and how many cards it contains.

Visibility Badges

Badge	Meaning
Personal	Private notes only you can see
Public	Shared with other teachers
Class	Neither Personal nor Public — visible to your class

The deck list also includes public decks shared by other teachers, not only your own.

If you see "No decks yet", click "Create deck" to build your first one.

Creating a Deck

1. Click "Create deck"
2. Fill in the deck details
3. Add your cards
4. Click "Save Deck"

Deck Details

Field	Description
Deck Title *	Name of the deck, e.g. "Quadratic Equations Practice"
Description	What students will learn
Subject	Optional classification
Class	Optional classification
Topic	Optional free-text label
Difficulty Level	Easy, Medium, or Hard — the deck's overall difficulty
Public Deck	Toggle on to share the deck with other teachers
Personal Reference	Toggle on to keep the deck as private notes only you can see

Public Deck and Personal Reference are mutually exclusive — turning one on switches the other off.

WARNING

The Subject and Class dropdowns currently offer a short fixed list rather than your school's actual subjects and classes. If neither matches what you teach, leave them unset rather than picking the closest option.

Adding Cards

Every deck starts with one blank card. For each card, fill in:

Field	Description
Front (Question) *	What the student sees first
Back (Answer) *	The answer, shown when they flip the card
Hint (Optional)	A nudge shown before they flip
Card Difficulty	Easy, Medium, or Hard for this card specifically — leave unset to inherit the deck's difficulty
Card Image (Optional)	Attach a picture to the card

Click "Add Card" for another blank card, or the bin icon on a card to remove it. A card only counts as valid — and only gets saved — once both its Front and Back are filled in; the Save button shows a running count of valid cards.

Card Images

Click or drag an image onto the Card Image area to attach it. Accepted formats are JPEG, PNG, GIF, and WebP, up to 5MB. Click the X on an uploaded image to remove it.

Saving

Click "Save Deck" (top right or bottom of the page). The button is disabled until the deck has a title and at least one valid card. Saving creates the deck, then adds its cards one by one — a confirmation names the deck and how many cards were created. You're returned to the deck list.

Managing Decks

Editing

Click "Edit" on a deck card to open it for changes.

Deleting

1. Click the bin icon on a deck card
2. Confirm in the "Delete deck?" dialog

Deleting removes the deck and its cards, and can't be undone.

Best Practices

1. Keep cards short — one fact or concept per card is easier to revise than a paragraph
2. Use hints sparingly — save them for cards students genuinely get stuck on
3. Add images where they help — a diagram is often faster to recall than text alone
4. Decide visibility deliberately — Personal for your own notes, Public if you want other teachers to reuse the deck, or leave both off to keep it a class deck