Almost ten years ago we reviewed Quizlet for the first time. It was a great app then, and today it’s even better thanks to the app’s integration of AI technology.

Quizlet, currently the top contender for Flashcard apps in the app store, is a great way to study. Simply put, the app allows you to either create your own custom flashcard sets by scanning documents with the build scanner, selecting pre-downloaded images or text files, creating them manually, or choosing from a library of pre-existing cards.

And, because this app is so widely used, there is an extraordinary library of user-created content to choose from.

From the app’s home page, if you tap on the search bar, you can search through a wide variety of subjects. For this example, I typed in “Algebra” and immediately saw a list of possible options to choose from. When you look at the list of flashcard sets, you’ll see that the flashcard sets with the most daily studiers will be put on top. This is a great way of ensuring that the content you choose is still relevant.

Of course, when you use the search engine to look through content, you not only see flashcard sets, but also textbooks, questions, users, and classes, so you can really do a deep dive on whatever subject you are searching for.

There’s also a wide variety of study material that you can create, including flashcard sets, study guides, or practice tests. And as we mentioned above, there’s lots of options on how to create that content.

To test Quizlet’s AI, I chose “Create flashcard set”, then selected a file I had previously downloaded. The file was a math sheet that I had found online, but I could have also opted to take a photo of some homework. After selecting the file I wanted to use, the AI automatically turned the homework into a set of flashcards.

Once the flashcard set is created (or selected from the list of pre-existing sets) you can enter into the test mode and start quizzing. When you select a card, you can swipe left on it to indicate that you are still learning, and it will place the card back in the set, if you swipe right to indicate that you already know the content of the card, it will be temporarily removed from the set so you can concentrate on the cards that you don’t know. There is also a built-in read aloud feature that is great for students with print-based disabilities.

Quizlet is free for students, but Quizlet Plus for Teachers, which is ad-free and gives you access to a variety of teaching tools such as a student progress tracker and advanced editing options, costs around $60 CDN per year. To learn more, click here.

This post originally appeared on the AT Help Desk website.

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