Creating Anki Decks
https://docs.ankiweb.net/getting-started.html
First some Anki terms.
| Anki Term | What it is |
|---|---|
| Deck | A group of for notes. One would for example have a sentence and vocab deck. |
| Note | The learning card itself is refered to as Note, not to be confused with card. |
| Note Type | The note template. It defines what fields the note has |
| Field | Fields are the content on the note. One could have fields for the words, images, audio files and so on. |
| Card | The HTML structure of the note. In it one defines in what order and with what formatting the field appears on the note. Here is also where one controls what fields are visible on the front and back of the note |
Create an empty deck and give it a name.
Switch to the Browse tab and select Add Notes in the right click menu.
There are 4 things one has to set up in the Add Notes window before one can start adding notes to the deck.
Click on the note Type to change it. Then click Manage and then Add. In the Add Note Type window, select Add: Basic from the list and click OK. Name it based on what it should be used for, for example "Conversation Sentence Recognition".
Then Close the Note Types window and in the Choose Note Type window select your newly created Note Type and click Choose.
Click on the Deck to change it. Then select the deck you created earlier from the list and click Choose
Click the Field button. Create the fields you want using the Add button, these fields could be for things like: Vocab English, Vocab Kanji, Vocab Kana, Vocab Furigana, Sentence English, Sentence Kanji + Furigana, Image, Audio, Core Index, Notes and so on. Lastly delete both of the default fields, in this case "Front" and "Back".
Click the Cards button. There will be a default created card type. Click Options ▼ at the top right and select Rename Card Type. Give the card type a name, mostly it will either be "Production" or "Recognition". For the recognition card type have the Japanese word or sentence on the front of the card and the rest on the back. For production the English word or sentence is on the front and the Japanese stuff on the back. You can chose to either have only production/ recognition or both, it depends on the deck and what is right for you. If you do decide that the card should both have production and recognition then click Options ▼ at the top right again and select Add Card Type. This will add another Card Type that can be selected in the Card Type drop down list. Rename it to either "Production" or "Recognition" depending on what it is for.
Now it's time to fill the front and back of the recognition or production card. Refer to Anki's guide for the correct Syntax but basically most of it is just HTML.
A card can either test if you recognize the foreign word, your ability to produce it.
- splits card into 2 or more
- makes learning take longer