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Study modes and decks
Your flashcards live in separate decks: personal, class and course. Learn what each deck holds, how joining a class switches decks, and how to switch back.
A study mode picks which flashcard deck you are reviewing. Each deck keeps its own progress. A card can be new in one deck and mastered in another.
The three kinds of deck
- Personal: your main deck. It keeps every card you have ever earned, from every course.
- Class: one deck per class you join. It starts fresh when you join.
- Course: a deck for one course, like MCAT or SAT. You create it yourself. It only holds that course’s cards.
What happens when you join a class
- Joining a class starts a new class deck.
- If you were in your personal deck, you switch to the class deck automatically.
- Your personal deck is not deleted. It keeps every card and all your progress.
How to switch decks
- Open Flashcards.
- Find Study mode at the top.
- Pick a deck, or choose New course study mode to make one.
Where new cards go
When you unlock a topic’s cards, they go into your personal deck, your class deck, and that course’s deck if you have one. They never go into a different course’s deck.
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