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Build a weekly vocab deck from class notes
Weekly decks fail when volume beats review capacity—cap new cards and protect your baseline retention.
A weekly vocab deck from class notes fits your review budget. New cards arrive in controlled batches tied to the lessons you actually attended.
How to do it
Work through one batch at a time. Finish review before you upload the next set of pages.
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Collect the week's screenshots and note photos into one folder before upload.
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Import as a single weekly job with a date-based tag such as week-2026-06.
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During review, prioritize high-frequency class vocabulary over nice-to-know examples.
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Reject tangential lines the teacher mentioned once but will not assess.
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Approve to your weekly cap even if extraction produced more drafts.
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Study or export the weekly batch before starting next week's capture pile.
Quick check before you approve
- Each card ties to something said or assigned that week.
- Weekly tag applied uniformly for filtering and export.
- Total new approvals respect the cap you set on Monday.
When something goes wrong
Overflow drafts
defer lower-priority items to a holding tag, not daily reviews.
Forgot mid-week notes
import a mini-batch with a supplemental tag instead of merging blindly.
Review backlog
skip new approvals until due counts stabilize.
Related reading
Continue with nearby topics in the same workflow—import, review, then study or export.
Keep exploring the workflow
Start with the pillar that matches your question, then follow the linked guides for the next step.
Ready to try the workflow?
Upload your study pages, review the extracted cards, and export only the material you want to keep in Anki.