Introduction

SuperMemo will help you learn faster!

It is enough that you spend 3 minutes reading this page to be able to begin learning with SuperMemo!

For a good start, you only need two options:

1. Add new - to add new questions and answers to SuperMemo (keyboard: Alt+A)
2. Learn - to review the material that you want to remember (keyboard: Ctrl+L)

Figure: Adding new questions and answers in SuperMemo at the Beginner level

Start learning now! Initially you may doubt the power of SuperMemo. Trust it for 1-2 weeks and you will begin to understand it better. Add at least 50-100 questions-answer pairs related to your job, your life, or your interests. See how SuperMemo schedules the material for review. See how your memory gets a boost from reviewing that material.

Summary: The ABC of SuperMemo

• Add new material with Add new (Alt+A)
• Be sure to review your daily dose of material with Learn (Ctrl+L)
• Cherish the blessing of empowering wisdom! (which in simple English means: Have fun with your new knowledge)

Option Learn will ask you to review your material only after a few days. For that reason, spend your first days on adding new material for learning.

Important reading

• Beginner's FAQ - questions most often asked by SuperMemo beginners
• SuperMemo is too difficult!!!
• Step by step to SuperMemo Mastery: User's Guide - this step-by-step course of SuperMemo will help you learn the most important skills of an advanced SuperMemo user in a sequence that will maximize the gradual increase in your productivity
• Backup - to make sure you never lose your learning investment, you must learn how to back up your learning material!
• 20 rules of formulating knowledge - the way you put your questions and answers together may determine the degree of your success
• SuperMemo Decalog - SuperMemo beginners tend to make the same mistakes. This text will help you avoid these mistakes and enjoy efficient learning
• Incremental learning - adding questions and answers is the "old way" in SuperMemo. The new way is incremental learning. Incremental learning is more complex and requires more experience. However, it is by far the best way to learn new material imported from the web
• SuperMemopedia - Encyclopedia of SuperMemo written by users of SuperMemo
• Beginner's FAQ Wiki - frequently asked questions that you can edit and add your own
• Starting your first SuperMemo collection - ABC of SuperMemo by Antimoon.com
• Pleasure of learning - you must never forget that learning must be fun, or it may rather result in … hating SuperMemo!