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Student's Guide to Getting Started

Welcome to the better flashcard site! We put together this one-stop article with everything you need to begin studying on Knowt.

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Written by Abheek Pandoh
Updated over 3 weeks ago

How to create a Knowt student account

  1. Go to knowt.com, and click Get Started on the top right.

  2. Enter your name, email, birthday, select Student for account type, and desired username.

  3. Click Sign Up at the bottom.

  4. Verify your email address by entering the code sent to your email.


Creating your first note

Now you’re ready to create your first note!

  1. On knowt.com, click the blue plus button on the top right of the screen (next to the notification bell button) or click the Create New button on the home page right next to the library/trash button.

  2. Select Create Note to start on a fresh page.

  3. You can start with a blank page, the AI generator, or even by uploading a note from Google Drive/your device.


Creating your first flashcard set

Time to make your first flashcard set!

  1. On knowt.com, click the blue plus button on the top right of the screen (next to the notification bell button) or click the Create New button (right next to the library/trash button on the home page).

  2. Select Create flashcards to start on a fresh set!

  3. Fill out the title, description, tags you want to add, and at least 4 terms to the set (which you can use the AI tool for).


Activating AI on your account

Want to use our AI to help write your notes or make flashcards? Refer to this article for steps on how to activate our AI on your account and how to use it for notes, and this article for steps on how to use AI for flashcards!

Be sure to play around with our AI Summarizer tools too (such as the AI PDF Summarizer), which can turn any PDF, Video, or other file into notes and flashcards based on your study preferences!


Importing from Quizlet to Knowt

Have study material on Quizlet that you want to move to Knowt? Follow these simple steps to bring your content to our site!

  1. Go to Knowt on the Chrome extension store.

  2. Click the blue Add to Chrome button.

  3. To use the extension, click the puzzle button on the top right side of your Chrome browser (to the right of your URL bar) -- it will open a dropdown, and you should see the Knowt extension (it's a white icon).

  4. Click the extension in the dropdown (there's a pin button to the right of the name that we recommend you click for easy access).

  5. Visit any flashcard set on Quizlet.com and click the puzzle button, and then the icon to open the extension.

Tip: To find out how to bring material from Quizlet to Knowt in an alternative way, read this article!

Woohoo! You should have your first piece of study material on Knowt. In the future, making notes or flashcards will be much quicker!


Study modes

Knowt currently offers the following study modes; use them to your advantage and build a habit to ace your exams!


Still have questions? Contact us

If you have any more questions, please feel free to reach out to our team using the built-in support chat.

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