How to Create Free Online Flash Cards
Flash cards help people review and memorize any topic. Whether you're a student reviewing information for a quiz or exam, a teacher making flash cards for a class or a presenter reviewing statistics for a meeting, you can quickly and easily create free flash cards online for online or offline study.
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Things You'll Need
- Images
- Scanner (optional)
- Paper
- Printable perforated index or flash card sheets (optional)
- Printer (optional)
- Scissors
- Paper cutter (optional)
Instructions
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Gather any images (clip art or photos) that you want to put on your flash cards and save to a storage device, such as a hard drive. If you have loose images, scan to your computer using a scanner, following the user instructions for your specific brand, and then save. Consider the purpose of the flash cards when gathering images. For example, for basic math flash cards you might use theme-based images such as the zoo, pets, fruit or vegetables. Keep in mind that images aren't necessary, but as visual aids can help with the learning process.
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Go to a free online flash card website like ProProfs.com or FLASHCARDB.com and set up an account. Look for a button that says "Register" or "Sign Up" and then follow the website instructions. Typically, registration only involves entering a username, password and/or an email address.
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Open a blank flash card "set"---group of flash cards. Follow website instructions to use the tools on the site to open the set. Most sites feature button or link marked "Create a New Flash Card Set" or "Create Flash Cards."
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Enter a title for the set. Enter a description of the set, keyword tags and select a set category if prompted. When finished, enter questions and answers for each of your flash cards into the provided fields. On traditional, hand-held index flash cards users write a question on one side of the card and an answer on the other. Online, users type a question in a field typically provided on the left side of the Web page and an answer in another field typically on the right side.
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Edit and format each flash card. Change the font style, color and size of your text. Add an image to flash cards as desired. Most websites provide a "Browse" button to add images. Click the button, search for your saved image in the window that opens and then click "Insert" or "Open" to add the image to a flash card.
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Save your flash card set when finished. To study your flash cards online, click any button or link marked "shuffle" and then study each card individually or, if available, study in a review table. To study offline, place paper or printable perforated index or flash card sheets in your printer, select any print option offered on the website and follow the site's instructions to print the cards. If you use paper, cut the cards from the paper with scissors or a paper cutter.
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Tips & Warnings
Always review the terms and conditions before registering on a "free" online flash cards website. Some supposedly "free" sites charge members after a certain "trial" period or only allow members to use features such as printing for offline study if members pay a subscription fee.
