Not sure where to put this, so I’ll post it here so someone can help me understand. I feel like the numbers in the Decks window are probably one of the most salient features for most users when they start using Anki. We have “New”, “Learn” and “Due”. I often see students confused about what these …

Learn usually has multiple steps. They’re thus repeated in the same day again and again. Plus, it’s weird if due count increases because you did new cards before. These are my reasons why I would want (re)learn category.

I think the simplest answer is that cards in Learn / Relearn are doing different things, and being treated differently than other cards. Aside from the (generally) short intervals, both scheduling algorithms treat “reps” in the Learn stage differently. Learn-stage cards are also subject to differen…

Thanks, yes, I understand they are treated differently in the algorithms. And I guess knowing when you are going to be done could be useful. [image] Danika_Dakika: I am surprised to hear that. Once a user understands foundational concepts like the learning steps, and why cards need to be gradua…

Onboarding is always a fertile topic of discussion – [image] Revisiting onboarding decks and tutorials Suggestions I wanted to share some thoughts on the topic of creating a shared deck to help users get started with Anki. This has been discussed previously in these topic…

Why is the "Learn" category important?

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Onboarding is always a fertile topic of discussion –

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Why is the "Learn" category important?

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