What you need

Flash Reference runs in a web browser. There's nothing to install for students or instructors, and only a WordPress plugin if you put decks on a website.

Students#

• A computer, tablet or phone with a web browser. Decks also open in your LMS's mobile app.
• Their course in your LMS, or a website with your decks on it.

Students don't need an account or a password. Their course tells Flash Reference who they are. See Opening a deck.

Instructors#

• An account in your organization. Your admin invites you, or you start a free trial.
• A web browser, to build decks and read results.
• To add decks to courses, your organization's LMS connection. Your admin sets that up once.

Admins#

To connect an LMS, you need to be an administrator in it, or work with the person who is. Flash Reference connects with LTI, the standard most LMSs use for tools like ours:

To put decks on a website, you need a WordPress site running WordPress 5.0 or later and PHP 7.1 or later, and permission to install plugins on it. See Setting up WordPress.

Browsers#

Use an up-to-date version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari. Older browsers, such as Internet Explorer, aren't supported.

Read aloud, the speaker button on each card, only shows when the browser can read text aloud.

Phones and tablets#

Students can study on any size of screen, down to 320 pixels wide. On a phone, they tap and swipe instead of using the keyboard. See Studying on a phone.

Instructors can edit cards on a phone too, but the card editor and results tables are easier to use on a bigger screen.

Accessibility#

Flash Reference works with a keyboard, screen readers and zoom. Our accessibility statement says what we've tested and what still needs work.