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Student's Guide to Getting Started

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

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Written by Joseph Ascoli
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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 create button (top right of your screen) and choose "Notes."

  2. You can start with a blank page, use our AI summarizers on a PDF/PPT/Video, or even start from a live audio recording.


Creating your first flashcard set

Time to make your first flashcard set!

  1. On knowt.com, click the create button (top right of your screen).

  2. Choose "Flashcards." You can start from scratch, use our AI summarizers on a PDF/PPT/Video, create from a live audio recording, or import a set from Quizlet.

  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? When prompted, make sure you "Unleash Kai" to enable AI on your Knowt account.

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!


What else can I do on Knowt?

So much more! Browse 4,000,000+ notes and flashcards created by the Knowt community, and find study guides, flashcards, and practice tests in our Exam Hub for the most popular exams in world (AP, IB, GCSE, & more).

Access all of your files from the "Files" tab in the side navigation, and join your teacher's class from the "Classes" tab.


Loving Knowt? Refer friends and get rewards!

Can't get enough of Knowt? Refer your friends using your unique referral code and earn coins, which are redeemable for merch, gamification bonuses, and much more in the Knowt Store!

Read this article to learn how to refer your friends!


Get the Knowt app to study on the go!

In both the Apple and Play stores, download the Knowt app to take all of your study materials with you!

Looking for specific guides for the mobile app? Scroll down to the "On the app?" section of our most popular guides for step-by-step mobile app instructions, or reach out to our team for help!


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.

Here's how to contact the team via our support chat:

  1. After viewing an article (like this one) in our help center popup, press the back button in the top left of the popup.

  2. Now that you've navigated back to the help screen, you can message us directly via the "Send us a message" button at the bottom of the popup:

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