Preparing a test

A test on Monday covers three lessons? A test to prepare gathers them, whole or some of their cards only, so that the child revises them together, whatever their decks. Once revised, the cards go back to their decks.

Making a test

From a lesson: 📝 Prepare for a test…, in its review, adds it to a test (a name, a date), whole or some of its cards only (a tick on each card). Once the lesson is in a test, the button shows the test’s name (📌 …).
From the list: the tests are at the top of My lessons, where ＋ New test makes one. Its sheet then adds lessons (＋ Add lessons, whole) and sends to Anki those not there yet.

A test to prepare: its lessons, and how to revise it in Anki

In Anki: a tag

Every card of a test gets a tag in Anki, Exam::<name>. It is put on its notes right away when they are in Anki already, or with them when the lesson is sent.

Deleting a test (Delete the test, in its sheet) takes the tag off. The cards stay in Anki, with their review history.

Revising it

The test’s sheet says how, step by step. With Anki’s custom study, by hand:

Open the deck holding the lessons.
Custom Study → Study by card state or tag, then All cards in random order (don’t reschedule).
Tick the tag Exam::<name> and confirm.

Anki makes a session with these cards; once done, they go back to their decks. When the lessons are in different decks, the sheet gives a search to paste into Tools → Create Filtered Deck, with a Copy button.

A filtered deck gathers them faster:

Android app
Computer

In the test’s sheet, Open in AnkiDroid: AnkiDroid’s browser opens with the test’s cards, whatever their decks.
Tap ⋮, then Create filtered deck, even if the list looks empty.
Tap Build. Over 100 cards, raise Limit to first.

AnkiDroid lets no other app make a filtered deck itself: these three taps are needed. See The app and AnkiDroid.

For several children, a test is made from the chosen child’s lessons: see Several children.