Friday, September 11, 2009

Free Flash Cards in Open Office

Open Cards is an extension for Open Office. To create flashcards, you will need Impress (their version of PowerPoint). Basically, you use the title section as the front of the card and the slide contents section as the back. Once you install the extension, you will notice a menu option labeled "Open Cards". When you are viewing the "front" of the flash card, you can choose to show the rest of the card after you have tried to recall the information. Once you see the answer, you can rate your ability to recall the information. You are provided with the following choices: perfectly, well, so so, hardly, and not at all. There is also a Long-term Memorization Manager. This tool allows you to organize all of your flash card files and review your progress. For more information, visit http://www.opencards.info/