Guide

How to turn PowerPoint slides into flashcards

Lecture slides are dense with exactly the facts that show up on exams, and almost nobody re-reads them. Turning the deck of slides into a deck of cards is the fastest way to actually use them.

Upload the .pptx

In Quizcard, open a folder, click Upload file, and choose the .pptx. Then click Make flashcards. Each slide is read in order; titles, bullets, and speaker-visible text are all included.

From Google Slides, use File → Download → Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx). From Keynote, use File → Export To → PowerPoint.

How slides map to your plan

One slide counts as one page. The free plan reads the first 30 slides of a presentation, Basic 50, and Pro 100. A typical one-hour lecture is 30 to 50 slides, so most lectures fit on the free or Basic plan in a single upload. For a longer deck, split it in PowerPoint and upload the halves.

Getting the most out of slide decks

• Slides with a question in the title (“What limits the rate of diffusion?”) produce near-perfect cards. Many lecturers already write this way.
• Lists on slides become “name the N components” cards with the list on the back.
• If a slide is only a picture, it won’t contribute text. Consider exporting the slides to PDF instead, where Quizcard can crop the figure onto a card.

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Keep reading

• How to turn a PDF into flashcardsTurn lecture notes, textbook chapters, or question banks in PDF form into a ready-to-study flashcard deck. Keeps the charts and diagrams. Free to start.
• How to turn a Word document into flashcardsUpload a .docx of lecture notes, a study guide, or a summary and get a topic-grouped flashcard deck. No copy-pasting. Free to start.
• CFA flashcards, built from the material you are actually tested onMake CFA Level 1, 2, and 3 flashcards from your curriculum PDFs and notes, with payoff diagrams and formulas kept on the cards. Free to start.