Choose the right content for each face
Give a card a named entry and create its front and back. Each face uses one content type: text, an uploaded image, or a Canvas drawing. A term on the front and its explanation on the back works well for definitions; an image prompt and a written answer can support visual recall.
Content types are alternatives on a face. Changing a face to text or uploading an image replaces that face's other content type, so save work you want to keep before changing it. Use Study Notes when a topic needs longer text alongside several separate images and drawings.
Make a manageable practice set
Organize your entries with names and optional groups, then select a set for a quiz. A focused set can contain a lecture's terms, a collection of structures, or a small group of concepts you want to review together.
The Library lets you inspect and edit cards before studying. Click or tap away from editing controls to flip a card when it has a back. Text, image editing, and the card-face Canvas retain their own tools; the separate Study Notes toolbar is not part of the Flashcards interface.
Flip, rate, and repeat
In Quiz, choose a card set, shuffle, and start. Read the front, flip the card, then choose I know or I don't know. Rating advances to the next card automatically. On touch devices, swipe right for I know or left for I don't know.
At the end of a round, repeat missed cards or start another round. Rate your own recall after flipping each card. Answered Tape covers in card images can also provide recall prompts.
Save the whole pack separately
Saving a face finishes that card edit. Save the pack separately to keep an external copy. Flashcards uses .gqa pack files for device backup and transfer; Google Drive is an optional private destination when you sign in.
You can browse community packs and save your own copy of a read-only shared pack before editing it. Sharing your own pack is an explicit publishing action, separate from saving a private file.