The best teaching ideas

The implementation of the best teaching ideas starts with creating a flashcard deck with the corresponding flashcards. When creating flashcards using the “flashcard editor” you have at your disposal three different types of response (text response, precise response, multiple choice), different upload options for image and audio files as well as different formatting functions.

These options can be used as a basis for numerous teaching ideas, types of questions and scenarios:

  • Our timeless classic: learing foreign languages using word pairs (text response, precise response, multiple choice)
  • Image recognition (text response, precise response, multiple choice)
  • Simple calculations – enter the precise solution (precise response)
  • Countries and their capital cities (text response, precise response, multiple choice)
  • Questions of the type “correct or wrong?” (multiple choice)
  • Ask for the missing word in the gapped sentence (text response, precise response, multiple choice) – in order to practise …
    • verb forms
    • prepositions
    • adjective endings
    • comparative forms
    • technical terms
  • Questions about the text or film (text response, precise response, multiple choice)
  • Share the flashcard deck with the group (class)
  • Create flashcards as a group (class) – add co-authors
  • And much more

In the beginning was the flashcard deck

In order to put into practice the best teaching idea, you first have to create a set of flashcards. To do so, just click on the menu item “Flashcard decks”. If you get stuck on your own, you can choose one of our click tours. By pressing the “Help” button on the bottom left of the website, you can activate the click tours that guide you through card2brain’s most important features.

Create a new flashcard deck. On the bottom left you find the “Help” button.

In case you generated questionnaires and lists with word pairs elsewhere and don’t want to recreate them from scratch, you can import them to card2brain – also from Quizlet. For that, all you have to do is create an empty flashcard deck and select „Import“ in the drop-down menu called „Actions“.

The menu item “Import” in your new flashcard deck.

Or alternatively, you can browse our library or our Card Store for existing content that meet your and your students needs. You might also create the flashcards together with your students or your teacher colleagues by adding them to your flashcard decks as co-authors – a fast and efficient method.

Excel import

For the import of existing content, card2brain provides an Excel template which allows you to upload all piles, questions, additional information as well as image and audio archives and save it in a file. Here’s how to proceed:

  1. Create a new, empty file for the content you integrate via Excel import
  2. Chose „Import“ in the drop-down menu called „Actions“
  3. Download the Excel template in the “Import” panel
  4. Fill in the table and upload it in the same environment

Good to know: The individual table columns are described in the second tab of the Excel template. Additional information on the import of image and audio files can be found in the “import” panel of the file.

Do you have questions on how to import data? Please contact us.

Quizlet import

In order to import existing flashcards from Quizlet to card2brain, first create a new, empty flashcard deck on card2brain – then add the Quizlet flashcards to that new card file. Just as all the flashcard decks created on the card2brain website right from the start, also this new card file has different “Import” options that can be selected in the drop-down menu called „Actions“. By selecting the “Import“ option “from Quizlet”, you get a description of all further steps to take. The process begins with exporting flashcards from Quizlet and ends with reimporting the Quizlet texts to card2brain. The following screenshots guide you through the process:

Import option „from Quizlet”
Select Quizlet export.
Set the Quizlet export as shown above. Copy the text exported from Quizlet, paste it into the corresponding text box in the flashcard deck of your choosing and press the „Import“ button.

Grouping learners and content

The saying “In the beginning was the flashcard deck” is an important fact. However, setting up a group for your class, is just as important in order to put into practice the best teaching ideas. This group allows you to share your flashcard decks with your students.

You can invite the students to your group (class) by entering (copying) their email addresses in the corresponding box on the card2brain website and sending the (multiple) invitation. The invitation generates an information mail for the students and – as soon as they are registered at card2brain with their recipient email address – they can access the class‘ flashcard decks, by clicking on the menu item “Groups”, and sync the groups to the mobile app.

Just click on the menu item “Groups”. If you get stuck on your own, you can choose one of our click tours. By pressing the “Help” button on the bottom left of the website, you can activate the click tours that guide you through card2brain’s most important features.

1. Invite students to the group (class), 2. Add flashcard decks to the group. On the bottom left you find the „Help” button.

Creating flashcards in groups (school class)

Here is the simplest, clearest and most sustainable way of creating flashcards together with your students:

  1. Create a group for your school class and invite your students to join this group.
  2. Create an empty flashcard deck, or in other words one flashcard deck per theme, chapter or learning objective. You can do that step-by-step in line with your curriculum.
  3. Once you’ve created an empty flashcard deck, you click on “Share” in the “Actions” drop-down menu and entitle one or several students of your class to act as “Co-author” by entering their e-mail address in the “Individual user” section. Moreover, you can ask them (orally or in written) to add flashcards to the created flashcard deck within a predetermined time frame.
  4. As soon as the flashcard deck is ready (say in a weeks‘ time), you can lock it and get rid of ambiguities, mistakes and redundancies. The feature “Lock file” can also be found under “Share” in the “Actions” drop-down menu of the flashcard deck. By locking the file (or flashcard deck), you withdraw the write permission from your co-authors. Alternatively, you can also simply remove your co-authors.
  5. Finally, you share your final and approved file version with your group (class). Thus, all students can use it to study for their exam. Proceed as follows: “Actions” > “Share” >, then go to “My groups” and “select a group” > “Add as …” > “Fellow learners”. Of course, you can also start this procedure in the group view.
The share menu – all options at a glance.

According to the age of your students you can adapt the approach described above. Of course, there are many other ways of setting up collaborative scenarios. Here are the main advantages of using this five-step approach:

  • You have full control over the flashcard deck and over the learning content of your students at all times.
  • The final flashcard deck is your property. You can reuse and share it with other groups (classes) at any moment.
  • It is obvious that creating flashcards is the key to success in the learning process. Both, you and your students, benefit from this approach – students because they can study using the flashcards and yourself because you don’t have to do all the work on your own.
  • Volume and quality of flashcard decks created by one of your students can be objectively evaluated.

The App Editor is out!

Yeah! From now on, you can create and edit your flashcards also in the mobile app.

Thanks to our partners‘ assistance, you can download the BASIC editor for free or enable the editor toolbar with a PREMIUM in-app subscription from CHF 7.00 for 3 months.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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… and we’re looking forward to receiving your feedback.

Login via QR Code

To make studying on the smartphone even easier, you can now also sign onto the app via QR code to synchronise your flashcards onto your mobile.

After logging in on the web, simply…

  1. click on the phone icon
  2. download the mobile app
  3. show your personal QR code on the web
  4. read the QR code with the card2brain app scanner

Less hassles in the classroom

Entering a user name and a password are no longer required. The students access their flashcards even faster and more easily – typos are excluded and the login is guaranteed right away!

100% Single Sign-On

All users registering at and signing onto card2brain via Office365, SWITCHaai or an LMS interface (e.g. OpenOLAT or Moodle) do not need to set an additional password for learning in the mobile app either – once logged in on the web, simply scan the QR code and off you go!

 

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New App – faster, nicer, better

Every day, millions of people are studying with card2brain on their PCs, tablets, and smartphones, while they are out and about, at home, at school or at work 🙂

To make studying along the way even more fun, we have updated the mobile app to the latest technology and completely redesigned it together with our Premium Partner PostFinance.

Gradual rollout for all platforms

The apps for iOS and Android are already available; the Windows Phone 8 version is currently getting the final touch.

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The app for state-of-the-art teaching

«Bring Your Own Device» and «Flipped Classroom» are the new concepts that are currently finding their way into many schools. Lately, we launched the Teacher subscription with group features to endorse these new ways of teaching, and have now also integrated the groups into the mobile app.

An overview of the subscriptions, prices and features you will find here.

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The simplified sharing saves you time issuing flashcards and always keeps you on top of things.

You can create groups, invite member, add sets of flashcards to groups and manage your classroom together.

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The new group features including all Basic and Premium features are available at the previous Premium price of CHF 66 per year.

The tried and tested Premium package only costs CHF 22 per year.

You may test both subscriptions during a total of 30 days for free.

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