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How to Create a Recall Linked to a File or Video
How to Create a Recall Linked to a File or Video

Create recalls linked to the locations of facts/concepts in your learning content that you want to remember

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Written by David Handel, MD
Updated over 2 years ago

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iDoRecall (iDR) is a unique spaced-repetition flashcard app because you can create flashcards (recalls) that are linked to specific facts, concepts, formulas, and other nuggets of knowledge in your learning materials that you want to remember.

When you practice memory retrieval with your recalls, if you struggle with an answer, you are always one click away from seeing the source material at the exact location where you learned it so that you can quickly refresh your memory in the context where you learned it.

When reading a file in your library, you will see the following tools in the document viewer's toolbar which you can click and use to create a recall linked to an area of interest.

the recall creation form
  1. On the left is the Text highlight Tool. Use it to select and highlight text in your file. The recall creation form will open with the highlighted text pre-populating the A (answer) field.

  2. The tool in the center is the Snip Tool for drawing a marquee around your area of and creating a screen grab that will be placed in the answer field of the recall.

  3. On the right is the Pin Tool which enables you to drop a pin at your area of interest in the file.

When you watch a video that you've added to your library, click this button to add a recall that will be linked to the timecode where you learned the relevant piece of information. Learn more about adding and using videos and audios in your library.

click this button to create a recall linked to a timecode in the video

Remember the magic of iDoRecall

When you create recalls linked to the nuggets of knowledge in your learning materials that you want to remember and the subsequently practice memory retrieval with those recalls, you are always one click away from seeing the exact source location and context where you learned it.

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