How to type up your flashcards

I tend to use Quizlet to make my flashcards - but if I want a physical copy, I always type them up rather than handwriting them as it saves so much time :) 1. I use Microsoft publisher, but you could use any programme with a landscape page that you can insert a table (I think Libre office is a free alternative to Microsoft) 2. First I insert a 2x2 table so my page is divided into 4, you could do it larger or smaller depending your desired size of your flash cards ​

3. I make a very light grey light to outline my table so I can see where I am cutting them out 4. Then I simply type out my content and colour it! I have found the perfect font size for me to be size 14-15 as this way the font is big enough for me to look at the flash card and remember phrases but it’s not too big so I can still fit a decent amount of content on it 5. You can do them double sided, this is a bit more complicated (let me know if anyone is interested in this), I did this for a while but it makes it more difficult when cutting at I tended to cut bits off from the reverse side often 6. I now use a guillotine to cut them into 4 along the grey lines - the guillotine I used was £7.99 from Wilko but I’m sure they are sold in quite a few places 7. The binder clips I use are rose gold and are from home bargains- I recommend dividing them into sub topics as if you have a huge pile of cards for your whole subjects, it’s less likely to will revise from the, altogether ​ I hope this helped, I highly recommend giving this a try if you want to save time and try learning from typed work rather than writing! I still write my notes but find typing easier for slight condensing and I can skim through them easily. Please ask if you have any questions! 💛