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What deck, mark, spaced repetition, active student and other terms mean here.
The words the guides and the app use, and what they mean in Flash Reference.
Decks and cards
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Deck | A set of flashcards on one topic. Students study one deck at a time. |
| Card | A question on the front and an answer on the back. Either side can be a picture. |
| Hint | A short clue, up to 128 characters, that students can show on the front of a card. |
| Owner | The instructor a deck belongs to. |
| Collaborator | Another instructor the owner adds to help edit a deck. Needs a plan that includes collaborators. |
| Shared deck | A deck made Public to your Organization, so every instructor in it can add the deck to their courses. |
| Folder | A way to group your decks, for example one folder per course. Your folders are yours alone. |
| Preview | Opening a deck from the card editor to see it as students do. Nothing in a preview is saved or counted. |
See Creating a deck and Folders, collaborators and sharing.
Studying
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Flip cards | The usual way to study: read the front, then flip the card to check the answer. |
| Mark | After flipping a card, a student marks it Know it or Still learning. Marks are what results are made of. |
| Round | One pass through the cards. It ends with Round complete, showing how it went. |
| Multiple choice | A study mode where students pick each card's answer from four options. A right answer counts as Know it. |
| Spaced repetition | Bringing each card back just before a student would forget it. Cards they know come back after longer and longer gaps. |
| Review | The study mode for spaced repetition: the cards that are due, plus a few new ones each day. |
| Due | A card is due when spaced repetition says it's time to see it again. |
| Bookmark | A student's way of saving a card to come back to. Instructors don't see bookmarks. |
See the guide for students and Choosing how students study.
Results
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Results | A deck's page showing who's studying it, how they're doing, and which cards are hardest. |
| Known | A card whose latest mark from a student is Know it. |
| Hardest cards | The cards marked Still learning most often. |
| Active student | A student who opened one of your organization's decks from your LMS, or from your website while logged in, in the last 90 days. Each counts once, however many decks they study. |
See Reading your results and Active students and your plan.
Your organization
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Organization | Your school's or department's account. It holds your instructors, decks, LMS connection and plan. |
| Instructor | Someone who builds decks, adds them to courses, and reads their results. |
| Admin | Someone who sets up your organization: connects your LMS, invites people, and sees every deck's results. |
| Billing | The role for choosing and paying for your plan. The person who signed up has it. |
| Student | Someone who studies decks. Students don't have accounts: their course tells Flash Reference who they are. |
| Plan | What your organization subscribes to. Plans differ in how many active students they include, and in features like collaborators and shared decks. |
| Free trial | 30 days to try Flash Reference, with no card needed. Every new organization gets one. |
See Inviting and managing people and Plans and billing.
Connections
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| LMS | Your learning management system, such as Canvas, Moodle, D2L Brightspace, Blackboard or Schoology. |
| LTI | The standard LMSs use to connect tools like Flash Reference. It's why students don't need another account. |
| Launch | Each time someone opens a deck from your LMS or website. |
| Consumer key and secret | The pair of codes your LMS uses to connect to Flash Reference with LTI 1.1. They're in Settings. |
| Registration URL | The address that connects an LMS with LTI 1.3 in one step. It's in Settings → LTI 1.3. |
| Shortcode | The code that puts a deck on a WordPress page, such as [flashreference deck="…"]. |
| Site secret | A code your WordPress site uses to sign each launch, so logged-in visitors' progress is saved. |
See Connecting your LMS and Setting up WordPress.