⚡ Free PowerPoint to flashcards

Turn PowerPoint slides into flashcards

Upload the lecture deck your course actually runs on. GeniusPal reads the slides and turns them into cards you can be tested on.

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From slide deck to study deck

  1. 1

    Upload the .pptx file

    The modern PowerPoint format, straight from the download link on your course page.

  2. 2

    GeniusPal reads the slides

    It goes through the deck and turns the definitions, lists, and distinctions on the slides into question-and-answer cards.

  3. 3

    Study, quiz, or recall

    Flip the cards, sit a multiple-choice quiz on them, or write the answers from memory and grade yourself.

Made for lecture slides

Slides are already the syllabus

  • Lecture decks are what you are examined on

    Slides are the closest thing to a list of what your lecturer thinks matters, which makes them the best possible source for a deck.

  • A whole module in one upload

    You upload the file rather than retyping bullet points, so a deck that took an hour of lectures takes seconds to turn into cards.

  • Reads the text on your slides

    GeniusPal works from the text in the .pptx file. Anything that exists only as a picture on a slide has no text to read, and it will not invent it.

  • Older .ppt needs one save

    The pre-2007 binary .ppt format is not supported. Open it and save as .pptx, which takes a few seconds, and it uploads normally.

Studying from slides more generally? Read our guide to studying from PowerPoint slides.

PowerPoint to flashcards questions

How do I turn a PowerPoint into flashcards?

Upload the .pptx file here. GeniusPal reads the slide text and writes a deck of cards from it, with no add-in to install.

Does it support .ppt as well as .pptx?

Only .pptx. If you have an older .ppt file, open it and save a copy as .pptx first, and the upload will work.

Does it read the speaker notes?

GeniusPal reads the text content of the file you upload. Slides that carry their meaning only in images give it nothing to work from, so decks that are mostly diagrams produce fewer cards.

Can I send the cards to Anki or Quizlet?

No. There is no export today. You study the deck inside GeniusPal, which is also where the quiz and recall modes live.

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