I am grateful to see a Anki tutorial by a law student and NOT a med student!!! lol However, I am curious have you found a way to adapt your outline to import the information into your decks instead of manually just typing your notes into flashcards?
Gareth, I can't thank you enough. I just got my results back from my first semester and I got a 1st in 4/5 of my law modules! I couldn't have done this without your method that I stumbled across at the start of the semester. My results from 1st year don't even impact my final degree once I finish the 4 years, but it is good to know that your method that I've applied has worked. I'll be definitely making use of Anki for all the years ahead of me.
Hey, thank you for the kind words and I'm super happy to hear that you found the video so useful! I certainly wouldn't have been able to get a first in law without Anki, so it's great you discovered it so early in your degree! Good luck with the rest of your degree :)
This was an absolutely AMAZING tutorial and I LOVED your style of explaining things. I've been wanting to use Anki for years but the sheer overwhelming aspect of using it has always made me download the app, try to learn it, but give up. I will be using Anki to study certifications, and this tutorial has given me so much hope. I've purchased tutorials before that were just as overwhelming as using Anki. This was EXCELLENT! Please tell me you have a course on using Anki even more! I'd purchase in a heartbeat!
Thank you so much, I really apreciate the kind words! Unfortunately I don't have any course to sell you haha, but subscribing to my channel would mean a lot :)
Hi Gareth, I've just finished my first semester of Law School and I've been using your Anki method since the start - I made over 1,000 cards. However, I have a question now that my first semester has come to an end. One of my modules was Criminal Law 1, and next semester I will have criminal law 2. Should I continue learning my Criminal Law 1 deck given the fact that I'll have Criminal Law 2 next semester, or would that be too much information to learn since I have about 550 cards for that module. Another module I did was Media Law, which I'm never going to have to do again. Should I just completely forget about all the media law flashcards or should I keep learning them? I'm so glad I came across your video at the start of the term as it made it so easy to memories all the cases and such. Thank you!
If that information will help with your next module, then keep the cards in your deck and continue learning them. It shouldn't be too much additional effort too because the spacing between those cards will soon be at 6+ months, so they'll only very ocassionally be shown to you
Thank you for making this! It’s very helpful. Do you recommend making a deck for each lecture/tutorial/seminar or combine all the same topics together in one deck?
No problem! I'd recommend combining all the same topics in one deck, but using tags to give you the option of reviewing specific lectures/tutorials/seminars should you need to do so 😁
Yes! Thanks, Gareth for this detailed video. I found it really helpful! I got some questions as to how do you refrain yourself from making too many cards? and how do you condense the information because I tend to write everything on one card and find it difficult to review it :/ Also, how can I review my cards in the order I created and not randomly? Thanks again :)
Hey, no worries, I'm glad you found the video helpful! 😁 Firstly, Anki is perhaps most effective when you only create cards for the things you struggle with most. In other words, I would first summarise your notes for a particular topic (so you condense the information upfront) and then, after that, choose the most 'difficult' information to create a card. With your second question, being selective with the information you create cards on will certainly help. If you find a card has too much information you are either best off splitting the card into 2-3+ different cards or using the cloze deletion tool I discuss in the video. Cards should be really quick and easy to answer, so if you have more than a sentence in an answer then you need to break it down or shorten it. Finally, my recommendation would be to review the cards in their specific order as the algorithm is designed to show you the cards you struggle with more often. If you just review them in the same order they are created you're not using Anki's most powerful tool. However, if you do want to review them by creation date, I think it is possible but I'm not entirely sure of the process (as Anki doesn't have a quick method for doing this). Although this Reddit post may help: www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/3tgpcl/how_to_view_cards_in_the_order_they_were_made/ I hope that helps 😁
Did you use Anki as a supplement to your outline for finals, or did you only use Anki? If you used Anki as a supplement, how did you use it? For instance, you would review your outline/notes on one day and just use the Anki flashcards when they came up? Thanks!
Hey thanks for the comment! In short, I’d only create cards for either the things that are super important and/or the stuff I keep forgetting. If you try to write cards for everything you’ll get overwhelmed. For everything else, I mainly used progressive summarisation. This involves summarising stuff at different level depending on how deep you want/need to revise.If you want me to explain how that works I’d be more than happy to do so :)
@@heygarethevans Thanks for the quick response and the advice, much appreciated! If you could please give me a brief overview of the progressive summarization, it would mean a lot! When it came to outlining, would you have one area of your class notes, then revise them using the progressive summarization, and finally input that info into your outline? Lastly, when it came to your weekly studying, would you study your notes and only review your outline when it came closer to exam time? Or, would you solely review your outline after creating it each week, using the spaced repetition method and or active recall? Thank you so much for all of your help! I apologize for all of the questions, however, I’m trying to be like you and finish at the top of my class!
Progressive summarisation involves making various levels of detailed notes. So if you’re revising a topic you could have one level that just explains the topic in one sentence, another level where the notes just outline the topic in 10-20 bullet points, and a third level where you have really detailed notes of the topic. So when you come to revise the topic you can choose how detailed you want your notes to be. I have a video about it, which I’ll link to this comment when I’m back home...
I start by making some detailed notes of the topic and progressively summarise those notes until there are just a few bullet points for each topic. Any key info is put into Anki. To revise, first learn the foundations/basics of the topic and understand that first. Only start learning the details of a topic once you’ve understood those basics
You need to review your notes regularly after you’ve created them. Anki will automatically show the important/difficult information so you never forget it. But you also need a system for memorising your regular notes too. I used a colour coordinated calendar so I could keep track of when I last reviewed a topic and how easy/difficult I found it. The more difficult I found the topic the more often I’d review it :)
I don't believe there is, but I'm also not sure why you would need to do that? Please could you let me know what exactly you're trying to do and perhaps there is a better solution? 😁
You can download flashcards made by other people here: ankiweb.net/shared/decks/ - but if I'm honest, it's much better to make them yourself if you can! Making the flashcards is just as much part of the learning process as studying them :)
Audio/sound too ”quiet” I checked if the problem was on my side but it wasn’t, audio level from other videos was on expected levels and , my monitor audio is on normal level (40/100%). But somehow this video is unexpectedly quiet. Don’t know if this helps but I hope it will. 👍🏻
@@normaaliihminen722 Thank you for letting me know! I think you're correct in saying the video is a little quieter than normal (so I will definitely look into that for next time). For the minute, please could you try increasing your monitor's audio as that would be the simplest workaround for now 👍🏻
I am grateful to see a Anki tutorial by a law student and NOT a med student!!! lol However, I am curious have you found a way to adapt your outline to import the information into your decks instead of manually just typing your notes into flashcards?
Gareth, I can't thank you enough. I just got my results back from my first semester and I got a 1st in 4/5 of my law modules! I couldn't have done this without your method that I stumbled across at the start of the semester.
My results from 1st year don't even impact my final degree once I finish the 4 years, but it is good to know that your method that I've applied has worked. I'll be definitely making use of Anki for all the years ahead of me.
Hey, thank you for the kind words and I'm super happy to hear that you found the video so useful! I certainly wouldn't have been able to get a first in law without Anki, so it's great you discovered it so early in your degree! Good luck with the rest of your degree :)
Great video. My 1st year wasnt that great, hopefully with anki method i can improve
Thanks! Anki is an absolute game-changer for effective studying - good luck next year!
This was an absolutely AMAZING tutorial and I LOVED your style of explaining things. I've been wanting to use Anki for years but the sheer overwhelming aspect of using it has always made me download the app, try to learn it, but give up. I will be using Anki to study certifications, and this tutorial has given me so much hope. I've purchased tutorials before that were just as overwhelming as using Anki. This was EXCELLENT! Please tell me you have a course on using Anki even more! I'd purchase in a heartbeat!
Thank you so much, I really apreciate the kind words! Unfortunately I don't have any course to sell you haha, but subscribing to my channel would mean a lot :)
Hi Gareth, I've just finished my first semester of Law School and I've been using your Anki method since the start - I made over 1,000 cards. However, I have a question now that my first semester has come to an end.
One of my modules was Criminal Law 1, and next semester I will have criminal law 2. Should I continue learning my Criminal Law 1 deck given the fact that I'll have Criminal Law 2 next semester, or would that be too much information to learn since I have about 550 cards for that module.
Another module I did was Media Law, which I'm never going to have to do again. Should I just completely forget about all the media law flashcards or should I keep learning them?
I'm so glad I came across your video at the start of the term as it made it so easy to memories all the cases and such. Thank you!
If that information will help with your next module, then keep the cards in your deck and continue learning them. It shouldn't be too much additional effort too because the spacing between those cards will soon be at 6+ months, so they'll only very ocassionally be shown to you
A law student doing this Anki tutorial is the beat thing that happened to me today
Haha love it!
One of the best videos on Anki I have watched. Thanks so much for clearing up some basic questions I had.
Thank you so much!! I’m happy I could help 😊
brilliant! so happy to see the app used for studying law!
It's a great app 😁
Gareth you are a gem
You're far too kind, thank you 😁
Great video! Very well-presented and clearly explained. I thought the audio was just fine, for what it's worth.
Thank you very much, and I'm glad that the audio was okay! I improved the audio for my latest video too :)
Read your article about Anki. Awesome job!
Thank you!
Found this video at the perfect time of my GDL... thanks really helpful
Awesome timing! Good luck with your GDL and let me know if you need any help using Anki 😊
Excellent video and excellent thumbnail 😍😍💪
Thank you very muchhhh!! 😍😁🎉
Great video, thank you for all of the help! Starting my 1L year next week and I feel much more comfortable now!
Good luck! 😁
@@heygarethevans Thank you!
Wow this is top notch quality. Your explanations are amazing and useful for all subjects
Thank you very much, I'm really happy to hear you found my video useful 😁
Excellent video. learned so much.
0:24, does someone know how or where to make these animations? thanks :P. Also these beautiful animations for every new chapter?
I do this all in Final Cut Pro 👍🏻
amazing! much appreciated.
Thank you so so so much ❤️
You're very welcome 😊
Thank you for making this! It’s very helpful. Do you recommend making a deck for each lecture/tutorial/seminar or combine all the same topics together in one deck?
No problem! I'd recommend combining all the same topics in one deck, but using tags to give you the option of reviewing specific lectures/tutorials/seminars should you need to do so 😁
@@heygarethevans Thank you. I will definitely use your recommendation!
The audio is too low. Anyway i just turned on the cc for subtitle.
Thanks for letting me know, I will sort this out 😁
kindly use microphone so as to hear clearly. thank u.hope you reupload same topic with adjusted voice vol.
My most recent videos should have better audio! Perhaps you could use the subtitles or turn up the volume?
Yes! Thanks, Gareth for this detailed video. I found it really helpful! I got some questions as to how do you refrain yourself from making too many cards? and how do you condense the information because I tend to write everything on one card and find it difficult to review it :/ Also, how can I review my cards in the order I created and not randomly? Thanks again :)
Hey, no worries, I'm glad you found the video helpful! 😁
Firstly, Anki is perhaps most effective when you only create cards for the things you struggle with most. In other words, I would first summarise your notes for a particular topic (so you condense the information upfront) and then, after that, choose the most 'difficult' information to create a card.
With your second question, being selective with the information you create cards on will certainly help. If you find a card has too much information you are either best off splitting the card into 2-3+ different cards or using the cloze deletion tool I discuss in the video. Cards should be really quick and easy to answer, so if you have more than a sentence in an answer then you need to break it down or shorten it.
Finally, my recommendation would be to review the cards in their specific order as the algorithm is designed to show you the cards you struggle with more often. If you just review them in the same order they are created you're not using Anki's most powerful tool. However, if you do want to review them by creation date, I think it is possible but I'm not entirely sure of the process (as Anki doesn't have a quick method for doing this). Although this Reddit post may help: www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/3tgpcl/how_to_view_cards_in_the_order_they_were_made/
I hope that helps 😁
Did you use Anki as a supplement to your outline for finals, or did you only use Anki? If you used Anki as a supplement, how did you use it? For instance, you would review your outline/notes on one day and just use the Anki flashcards when they came up? Thanks!
Hey thanks for the comment! In short, I’d only create cards for either the things that are super important and/or the stuff I keep forgetting. If you try to write cards for everything you’ll get overwhelmed. For everything else, I mainly used progressive summarisation. This involves summarising stuff at different level depending on how deep you want/need to revise.If you want me to explain how that works I’d be more than happy to do so :)
@@heygarethevans Thanks for the quick response and the advice, much appreciated! If you could please give me a brief overview of the progressive summarization, it would mean a lot!
When it came to outlining, would you have one area of your class notes, then revise them using the progressive summarization, and finally input that info into your outline?
Lastly, when it came to your weekly studying, would you study your notes and only review your outline when it came closer to exam time? Or, would you solely review your outline after creating it each week, using the spaced repetition method and or active recall?
Thank you so much for all of your help! I apologize for all of the questions, however, I’m trying to be like you and finish at the top of my class!
Progressive summarisation involves making various levels of detailed notes. So if you’re revising a topic you could have one level that just explains the topic in one sentence, another level where the notes just outline the topic in 10-20 bullet points, and a third level where you have really detailed notes of the topic. So when you come to revise the topic you can choose how detailed you want your notes to be. I have a video about it, which I’ll link to this comment when I’m back home...
I start by making some detailed notes of the topic and progressively summarise those notes until there are just a few bullet points for each topic. Any key info is put into Anki. To revise, first learn the foundations/basics of the topic and understand that first. Only start learning the details of a topic once you’ve understood those basics
You need to review your notes regularly after you’ve created them. Anki will automatically show the important/difficult information so you never forget it. But you also need a system for memorising your regular notes too. I used a colour coordinated calendar so I could keep track of when I last reviewed a topic and how easy/difficult I found it. The more difficult I found the topic the more often I’d review it :)
Is there any way of changing the card position in Browse of the Anki ? If so, please let me . As soon as possible .
I don't believe there is, but I'm also not sure why you would need to do that? Please could you let me know what exactly you're trying to do and perhaps there is a better solution? 😁
Is it possible to use Flashcards made by someone else on Anki? Or do you need to make your own?
You can download flashcards made by other people here: ankiweb.net/shared/decks/ - but if I'm honest, it's much better to make them yourself if you can! Making the flashcards is just as much part of the learning process as studying them :)
Can you fix the audio?
Please could you let me know what's wrong with it? I've tested it with and without headphones and it sounds fine to me? Thanks! 😊
Audio/sound too ”quiet” I checked if the problem was on my side but it wasn’t, audio level from other videos was on expected levels and , my monitor audio is on normal level (40/100%). But somehow this video is unexpectedly quiet. Don’t know if this helps but I hope it will. 👍🏻
@@normaaliihminen722 Thank you for letting me know! I think you're correct in saying the video is a little quieter than normal (so I will definitely look into that for next time). For the minute, please could you try increasing your monitor's audio as that would be the simplest workaround for now 👍🏻
@@heygarethevans Yes I Will thank you for making this video!
Being very anxious about increasing the volume since their might be something very loud to come 😭
Sorry about that! I’ve tried to improve the audio for my more recent videos, but if you have any questions I’d be more than happy to help 😁
I regret not using anki in law school, oh well judicial exams... here i come.
Good luck with your judicial exams!
How are you using them for the judicial exams? Been preparing myself, would be curious to know how you went about/ are going about it...
this should take A lot time...is it even feasible?
low vol of voice … kindly do another po
Have you tried using the subtitles? Or turning up the volume? Thanks! :)
Subscribed
You need to fix your audio problem fam
This is very helpeful, and you explained the functions very well. Thank you so much!
Happy I could help!! 😁
Thank you so much 🤎
No problem!!