It’s coming up to that time where we are all finishing up with classes and about to undertake exams. For some people, it’s a stressful time, especially if you haven’t quite understood everything in some classes. But never fear, as this app review will help you with your endeavours to study over the next couple of weeks before exams (but not the day before. Don’t leave it ’til the day before).
The app that helps me with some of the harder concepts in class is StudyBlue (available for Android and Apple). What StudyBlue does is allow you to create flashcards with terms and definitions of particular concepts you may have come across in class, and then quiz yourself on what they mean through multiple ways (such as true or false, or a nice feature I like, a kind of “Wheel of Fortune” guess the definition). It also grades you on your performance in the test and remembers what concepts you understood, and ones you may need to study more, meaning you can take the test again from easiest to hardest, randomly, or the least studied.
It also automatically creates a review sheet, which for you maths and science students could be used to create a cheat sheet if your exam allows it (you’d have to take a screenshot then upload it to your computer to print off).
However, the best feature is this: you can share notes and review sheets with friends and classmates, meaning you can help not just yourself, but a struggling mate with the concepts behind a course. If you’re like me, you’ll find it much easier to study with a mate and discuss certain concepts rather than just being right or wrong, and StudyBlue can also be used by multiple people on the same device.
StudyBlue is on both the Google Play store (Android) and on iTunes and is free to use/download (there are some extra features that are not mentioned here that come at a premium price); it also requires either a Google or Facebook account to sign in and an internet connection to use most features.
– James