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Students
Flashcards bring back each card just before you would forget it. Your notes, essays and deadlines are in the same place. The group project has its own board.
You study in your own Personal space. A group project can be a team of its own, with your classmates.
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This combination of six Magpie areas fits a student.
- Flashcards
- Flashcards schedules your revision with spaced repetition.
- Notes
- Notes keeps lecture notes in Markdown, saved as you type.
- Documents
- Documents holds essays, with footnotes and a list of references.
- To-dos
- To-dos keeps every deadline, with a reminder before it.
- Kanban Boards
- Kanban Boards splits a group project between you.
- Calendar
- Calendar holds exams, deadlines and seminars.
Each card comes back just before you would forget it.
Flashcards schedules your revision with spaced repetition, so each day shows the cards that are due. A card can be basic, fill in the blank or multiple choice.
You can import cards from a CSV or Markdown file. The night before, you can flip through a deck.
Lecture notes are saved as you type, and search finds them again.
Notes keeps your notes in Markdown, with headings, checklists and pictures. Each note is saved as you type.
Search finds a note by its words. A checklist line can become a To-do, such as reading a paper.
Essays have footnotes, numbered figures and a list of references.
Documents holds your essays, with headings, footnotes, numbered figures and a table of contents. A list of references can follow the text.
A tutor or a classmate can comment and suggest changes. The finished essay exports to Word or PDF.
Every deadline is on one list, with a reminder before it.
To-dos keeps each assignment with its deadline. Upcoming lists what is planned for each day. A reminder can be emailed a day before.
Typing "every Monday" at the end of a To-do makes it repeat each week.
The group project is split up on a board, so everyone knows their part.
Kanban Boards holds the project as cards, such as the literature review and the survey. Each card has who is doing it, a due date and To-dos.
Comments and files stay on the card, so nothing is lost in a group chat.
Exams, deadlines and seminars are on one calendar.
Calendar shows your events, with To-dos on their days and deadlines on theirs. A month at a time shows what is coming.
Each event is added for its own date. A weekly seminar is added once for each week.
Seven more areas cover data, slides, reading, PDFs, files, chat and a portfolio.
- Spreadsheets
- Spreadsheets holds your data, with formulas such as AVERAGE and XLOOKUP.
- Presentations
- Presentations holds the slides for a seminar, with speaker notes.
- Bookmarks
- Bookmarks keeps your reading, with tags and a note on each link.
- RSS Reader
- RSS Reader follows journals and blogs in one timeline.
- PDF Editor
- PDF Editor merges, splits and compresses PDFs in your browser.
- Team chat
- Team chat gives the group project its own channels.
- Websites
- Websites builds a portfolio, at a domain of your own.
A topic goes from a lecture to the exam.
The lecture
Your notes are saved as you type.
The cards
The key terms become a deck.
The essay
The draft goes to a classmate for comments.
The deadline
A reminder comes the day before.
The exam
Each day's revision shows the cards that are due.
Setting up takes four steps.
Make your first deck
You add cards, or import a list. Help: Study with Flashcards.
Write a lecture note
You write in Markdown. Help: Write and organize notes.
Add your deadlines
Each one goes in with its date. Help: Use To-dos.
Make a team for the group project
You invite your classmates by their handles. Help: Create and manage a team.
Plans
The free plan suits most study, with up to 200 notes and 1 board. Pro raises them, to 1,000 notes, and raises your storage from 1 GB to 20 GB.
A group project team on the free plan has places for 3. Magpie accounts are for people aged 13 and over. Prices are on the Pricing page.
Other people who study and teach have pages of their own.
Teachers and small schools
A teacher or a small school shares lessons and keeps parents informed.
Research groups and labs
A research group books instruments and writes papers together.
Families and households
A family shares a calendar, lists and a family chat.
Questions students ask
How does spaced repetition decide what I revise?
You rate each card Again, Hard, Good or Easy, and that sets when it comes back. Cards you find hard come back sooner. Each day shows the cards that are due.
Can I import flashcards I already have?
Yes. A deck can be pasted or uploaded as JSON, CSV, TSV or Markdown.
Can I type my answer instead of turning the card?
Yes. A card can ask for a typed answer. Magpie checks it before the answer side is shown. Small slips in a longer answer still count.
Can my essay have footnotes and references?
Yes. A document can have footnotes, endnotes and citations, with a list of references after the text. It exports to Word or PDF.
Can my classmates edit our group report?
Yes. You can share a document with a classmate to review or edit, by their handle. They see that document and nothing else of yours.
Can I get a reminder before a deadline?
Yes. A To-do's reminder can be emailed a day before its deadline. It can also come at its planned time.
Can I merge PDFs of my readings?
Yes. PDF Editor merges, splits and compresses PDFs in your browser. They are not uploaded unless you save the result.
Start studying with Magpie.
Create a Magpie account and make your first deck.