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Cloze Overlapper

0.03MB. Updated 2017-03-08. Only supports Anki 2.0.x.

Description

Facilitates memorizing enumerations, lists, or any other type of sequential information by breaking the sequence up into cards where each item serves as the context cue for the next: COMPATIBILITY This add-on only works with Anki's stable release branch (2.0.x ≥ 2.0.37). The 2.1 beta branch is not supported at this point in time. BACKGROUND Memorizing lists and enumerations has always been a particularly difficult part of studying flashcards. Good flashcards follow the minimum information principle, where each card is kept as short as possible. Sequential information has unfortunately always somewhat eluded that basic principle because it is hard to break down into smaller chunks. Normally you would employ methods like grouping or categorizing to consolidate information, but with each item building upon the next, that does usually not work for sequences or enumerations. One of the common recommendations in cases like this has always been to create overlapping flashcards, where each card's answer serves as the question prompt for next card in line. For an array of three list items A, B, C you would end up with three cards of the form A → B, B → C, and C → D. What results is chain of overlapping associations between each sequence node that can potentially improve the storage and retrieval strength of the entire sequence. While this method is generally assumed to be quite effective, following it requires a significant time investment up-front that only few students are able or willing to make. THE ADD-ON This is where Cloze Overlapper comes in. It takes care of all the arduous steps required to create these flashcards manually and provides you with a dead-simple workflow: You paste in the sequence or list, adjust the cloze generation settings, and let the add-on generate the cards for you. More generally speaking, Cloze Overlaper provides Anki with a completely novel cloze system that can cover almost every use case you can think of, be it revealing each taxon of a classification system individually, or even gradually building up to an entire poem: Due to working with the formatting tools that Anki provides itself, the cards generated by this add-on are fully compatible with all Anki platforms, smartphone apps included: VIDEO DEMONSTRATION RELEASE LOG This section will always be updated with the latest changes to Cloze Overlapper. More details on major releases are listed in the next section. For a full release log, including smaller bug fix releases and more details on each entry, make sure to check out the releases page on GitHub. 2017-03-07: v0.3.0 – Adds a couple of options surrounding full cloze card generation 2017-03-03: v0.2.1 – Fixes some smaller bugs and adds a button to remove selected clozes 2017-03-01: v0.2.0 – Initial public release LATEST CHANGES AND NEWS 2017-03-07 v0.3.0: INSTALLATION Simply follow the generic instructions listed below this add-on description. DOCUMENTATION The use of this add-on is documented in the official Wiki and a series of video tutorials on YouTube. Please make sure to check out the FAQ and Tips sections in particular. They contain some valuable advice on how and when to use this add-on. You should also familiarize yourself with all of the sections on card scheduling. HELP Please check out the Troubleshooting section in the Wiki if you are experiencing issues with the add-on. Bug reports and suggestions are always welcome, but it might take me a while to get to them. Please do not post bug reports in the review section, as I will not be able to help you or reply. Instead, please use the official support thread (no registration necessary!). CREDITS AND LICENSE Cloze Overlapper is Copyright © 2016-2017 Aristotelis P. I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has helped with testing, provided suggestions, or contributed in any other way! I would also like to thank: Licensed under the GNU AGPL v3. The code for this add-on is available on GitHub. OTHER ADD-ONS Make sure to also give some of my other add-ons a try: ADD-ON COMMISSIONS A lot of my add-ons were commissioned by fellow Anki users. If you enjoy my work and would like to hire my services to work on an add-on or new feature, please feel free to reach out to me at: ankiglutanimate [αt] gmail . com MORE RESOURCES Want to stay up-to-date with my latest add-on releases and updates? Feel free to follow me on Twitter: @Glutanimate New to Anki? Make sure to check out my YouTube channel where I post weekly tutorials on Anki add-ons and related topics: / Glutanimate ============================================ SUPPORT THIS ADD-ON Writing, supporting, and maintaining Anki add-ons like these takes a lot of time and effort. If Cloze Overlapper has been a valuable asset in your studies, please consider using one of the buttons below to support my efforts by buying me a coffee, sandwich, meal, or anything else you'd like: Each and every contribution is greatly appreciated and will help me maintain and improve Cloze Overlapper as time goes by!

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on 1555876466
that's very useful
on 1555854423
Brilliant
on 1555779249
Thanks for the add-on, you're brilliant!
on 1555717870
Great work, thank you!
on 1555268508
Hey Glutanimate, I was wondering if there is a way to do a cloze WITHIN a cloze (#inception), to EXPAND on information contained in the first cloze?
After answering the first cloze, you'd graduate and be able to answer new detail in the second cloze. For example, I want the card to read like...

Card 1: CHF maintenance w/ [...]
Card 2: CHF maintenance w/ oral loop + ACE-I + BB (specifically [...])
Which would expand as...
CHF maintenance w/ oral loop + ACE-I + BB (specifically carvedilol, metoprolol, bisoprolol)

I've tried this...
CHF maintenance w/ {{c1::oral loop + ACE-I + BB (specifically {{c2::carvedilol, metoprolol, bisoprolol}})}}
But it ends up looking like this...
CHF maintenance w/ [carvedilol, metoprolol, bisoprolol])}}
Which expands as...
CHF maintenance w/ oral loop + ACE-I + BB (specifically {unknown field c2)}

Can you help? :)
on 1554637672
This addon is an absolute cornerstone of my ability to learn lists, processes, lyrics and poetry. It handles connected sequences of information in a literally game-changing way. This should absolutely be a part of Anki's basic functionality. Truly essential.
on 1553388839
LOVE IT!!!! Make one for 2.1! please!!!!
on 1553275169
Too much context has been one of my biggest problems with the Anki cloze system. This however is excellent. Thank you very much.
on 1553122162
Love it! I won't update to 2.1 until this extension is updated, because it's so integral to my learning
on 1550004447
Really good. When will it be available for 2.1 version?
Comment from author
Thanks! Glad you like the add-on :). It might take a couple more months for the 2.1 version to hit AnkiWeb. But if you don't want to wait, I've just pushed out the first alpha build on my Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cloze-overlapper-24279438
on 1547891348
Great addition for students!
on 1547630483
Please, it would be great if someone ported it to Anki 2.1 !
Comment from author
Sorry that it's taking so long, but I'm working on it!
on 1546181640
I miss having this add-on, would be great if someone ported it to Anki 2.1 !
on 1544204446
Looking forward to seeing this on 2.1
Makes me a little sad each time I check and it's not supported yet. I will wait still
on 1543272690
i have been using your various add-ons, love them. I have an idea for a new project, that may make anki even more powerful than before, I hope you can apply your skill to this task. can you create a bridge between the media import addon and image occlusion, here is why. I primariliy use image occulsion to study, but it can become time consuming because i use it for every slide on a given lecture, so having 3 lectures per day results in 80 slides per lecture, results in too much time making cards. media import is great because it allow you to import you lecture fast but it does not allow for the use of image occulsion , so frustrating, do you think you can take on this challenge? waiting for 2.1 overlapper, i am checking regularly
on 1542908257
Looking forward to 2.1
on 1542182233
Really good add-on but is severely outdated! We need the 2.1 update.
on 1540570231
When will it be available also for Anki 2.1?
on 1540270389
This is one of my 2 main card types. Indispensable.
on 1539855956
Brilliant, works well. Helpful youtube tutorial as well.
on 1539853738
Useful! Thanx!
on 1539253141
Essential Add-on for me.
on 1539251718
I did not think that Anki could be even more powerful than it is allready. This add-on proved me wrong. Also try the Image Oclusion Enhanced from the same developer. Highly recomended!
on 1538934371
Desperately need this for 2.1
on 1537632251
This is such a great addition to the normal Cloze functionality. As with others, just waiting for it to be available for 2.1!
on 1537556761
An essential addon for me. I am really looking forward to the 2.1 port! Please keep up the amazing work!
on 1536671689
Good!
on 1535403747
<3 <3<3
on 1535217583
Firstly have a meal on me.
Amazing job with all the Add-ons.

Please reconsider adding typing support for this Add-on. It would simply be awesome.

I have no idea if it would be possible but I know of one Add-on that allows more than one type field per card, called "Multiple type fields on card"
Comment from author
That was very generous of you, thank you! I really appreciate the continued support! :)

Typing is definitely something I'd like to look into again. That add-on is a good start, but the implementation is a bit too hacky and unstable for my taste (it overwrites quite a few private methods in Anki's code). Ideally I'd like to find something that works across all platforms. Perhaps this will be easier to implement on Anki 2.1. No guarantees, though!
on 1535191818
!!!
on 1534592842
I'd love this to be updated to work with Anki 2.1, because this is one of my "must have" add-ons!
Comment from author
Thanks for the rating! Glad you're enjoying the add-on. I'm working on the 2.1 port as we speak.
on 1534091641
Useful add on for the biosciences (pathways, post-receptor activation steps...)
on 1534011466
Nice ADD!
on 1533577988
Save a lot of my time. Thanks.
on 1532859646
It is well thought-out, well implemented, and phenomenally brilliant, really. It is utterly transforming my ability to work with lists of things I need to memorize, as well as writing (poems, songs, verses, etc.) I need to memorize. It's incredible.
on 1532824720
Thank you, awesome addon. I would like to use it more, unfortunately, for me, I can't use it togheter with Emacs package Anki-Editor. I would like to add cards that use: [[oc::text]], however, in Emac's Org-Mode the "[[ ]]" implements a hyperlink, so I can't export the notes correctly. Is there any way to change the syntax from [[oc::text]] to something like {{oc::text}}?
on 1531604705
Has been great for medical school. Study for step 1 right now and has been enormously helpful in learning lists.

One nit-picky thing is I wish the font size in the browser could be put back to the default/original size for this add-on. I index my cards and sort them by their index id, so when I'm scrolling through a deck in the browser looking for a specific topic to syudy, the fonts get big and small because this addon has a larger font. Makes it a little harder to quickly find a topic by eye. Currently looking for a way to change the font size in the browser so everything is the same size
Comment from author
Hi! Thanks for the feedback! Glad you've been enjoying the add-on.

For what it's worth, the add-on's card template actually uses the default font size for the browser appearance. You can check this by creating a new Anki profile and adding some basic cards and overlapping clozes, and then comparing how they appear in the browser.

If you are using a shared Step 1 deck like Zanki or Bros then they are more than likely equipped with custom card templates that render slightly differently in the browser. In order to apply the same font formatting to the Cloze Overlapper template you can do the following: Find a card with a smaller font size in the browser, click on "Cards" in the editor section, then click on "More" at the bottom of the card template editor. You should be able to select "Browser appearance" or something similar. Click on that and a dialog with a font selection menu should come up. Remember what font and font size is set there. Then repeat the previous steps for the Cloze Overlapper note type right up to the point where the dialog comes up. Set the font values you remember from the other note type, then confirm with OK to apply the changes.

N.B.: It might look like Cloze Overlapper and the other note types are using the same values (Arial 12), but that is actually not the case. By default, the font values of card templates in Anki are unset. I.e.: It might say Arial 12, but Anki actually uses the system-wide font settings to determine the card's appearance in the browser. It's only after clicking "OK" in the font settings dialog that the options shown there are actually applied. There is also no easy way to undo this change with Anki 2.0, so be careful with that. Once you set the font settings for one card template you will have to do it for every single one to reach the same level of consistency as before.
on 1531438462
super useful
on 1530808346
Funny, it never once occurred to me that this would not solve my problem of having to type in four answers for a 4-cloze note. If spelling is important (not doctor?), and we're just supposed to analog write on paper in front of the computer, we have to write the previous item prompt and the item we're remembering.
I spent the afternoon on the videos, installed, made some cards, and only then was directed to a thread where it's explained that only one "type"-field per card is allowed. We know that. That's what we wanted this for -- to split clozes into multiple cards to avoid that limitation.
If this is creating separate cards for each line of a list, why can there not be one "type"-field per card, so we can type in the answer?
Comment from author before post was edited
Sorry to hear that you were unhappy with the add-on. However, there's a reason why typing support is not advertised anywhere within the add-on description, numerous wiki entries, nor tutorial videos: Anki does not support multiple typing fields on the same card, thus Cloze Overlapper doesn't either (https://github.com/glutanimate/cloze-overlapper/issues/1). It begs the question then why you would rate the add-on for what it can't be, instead of rating it for what it is.
on 1530638215
awesome
on 1528891451
The work you are doing to improve learning is great..Keep up the great work Glutanimate!!
on 1528675200
Thank you for developing this. It's excellent.
on 1527465600
This is amazing at what it does!
on 1526428800
Extremely Useful
on 1526342400
it really helped
on 1526083200
Zum Lernen langer Listen einfach klasse. Bspw. Arterien / Venen und Nerven oder Komplikationslisten und Differentialdiagnosen. Gute gemacht!
on 1525910400
Another plug-in from glutanimate that is totally awesome. Even though it's pretty straightforward, the variations are many. Perfect tool for creating pathways, like in neuroscience and biochemistry, and learning complex related topics.
on 1525046400
Thank you soo much for this addon. We need more people like you (programmers) that can help more people like me (non programmers). I've been looking for something like that for my learning Cantonese. You've made my day! ;)
on 1523664000
Works wonderfully!
on 1520985600
Cloze overlapper is the gold standard for what a plugin should be.
on 1519689600
Nice one!
on 1519603200
Great Stuff!
on 1519084800
I like it.
on 1515715200
amazing for my nursing care planning schedule.
on 1514505600
Works just have to play around with it. Any way to convert regular cloze cards to this?
on 1512864000
Anki essential
on 1512345600
Awesome missing feature added. Thanks!
on 1511913600
shut up and take my money!
on 1500508800
Very Useful

Thank you very much. It is very useful to remember lists.
on 1499126400
Awesome

Just an awesome and very useful addon! Thanks for releasing it.
on 1495756800
sounds good

but if only it worked on anki mobile it would have been hilarious
on 1494288000
Some bugs

Hello there ! thanks for your awesome add... please if you can fix some bugs... whenever i add a list row that contain some colored words and then i add the overlapping [o]] and add the note to find that this sentence which contained the colored word has split into 2 sentences.. please fix it . thanks :)
on 1493510400
Very useful addon

This addon is great for making cards for memorising lists. Would reccommend people to watch the authors videos on youtube to learn about all the features.
on 1493510400
Just perfect

Such a useful addon to help users to memorize lists, paragraphs, poems and so on. Excellent job!
on 1493424000
Awesome

One of the best addons.
on 1489881600
Out of the 10+ add-ons I have, this is definitely in my top 3. I have struggled with putting metabolic pathways (Endocrinology class, yep), lists, sonnets onto Anki because of the lack of clues and connection-building -- but this is a godsend. Out of the myriad of add-ons I have, this is definitely in my top 3 most valuable for studying. Get it now!! Also, the "Remarks" field is great.
on 1489104000
Excellent

Works as advertised.