How to turn PowerPoint slides into flashcards
Aripsy turns PowerPoint slides and speaker notes into question-and-answer flashcards. Upload a .pptx or paste slide text, then practise the key ideas.
Aripsy turns PowerPoint slides and speaker notes into question-and-answer flashcards. Upload a .pptx or paste slide text, then practise the key ideas.
Use a supported .pptx file with slide text and any helpful speaker notes.
Sign in, upload the file within your plan allowance, and review the extracted study notes.
Turn checked definitions, comparisons, and process steps into short question-and-answer cards.
Check diagrams, charts, equations, and layout-dependent meaning against the original presentation.
Illustrative example
Source material
The slide names the topic; the speaker notes add the explanation behind the card.
Slide
Speaker notes
Waves compress air in cracks in the cliff.
Draft flashcard
Try to answer before revealing the back.
Your source check
Keep the relevant passage beside the answer while reviewing the draft.
PPTX
Slide: hydraulic action. Speaker notes: waves compress air in cracks in the cliff.
Back
Waves force air into the crack; the pressure can weaken the rock.
Three common starting points
Turn one lecture deck into cards for definitions and process steps after checking the extracted notes.
Create separate prompts for terms, comparisons, and examples within one topic.
Use explanatory speaker notes as context, then verify every card against the presentation.
Prepare the file, review the captured text, and check each answer.
Start with your slidesPowerPoint decks often spread one idea across headings, bullets, examples, and speaker notes. Aripsy can organize extracted text into short question-and-answer prompts so you can test the material instead of rereading every slide.
One lesson, chapter, or revision topic usually produces a more useful deck than a large folder of unrelated presentations. Remove duplicate slides where possible and keep the headings and speaker notes that explain the context.
Text boxes, slide headings, bullet points, and speaker notes are the strongest inputs for flashcard generation. Definitions, named examples, process steps, and comparisons can become concise recall prompts.
After sign-in, Aripsy can analyze eligible embedded images in an uploaded .pptx and add their details to the study text. Some visuals may be skipped or misread, while animations and slide layout may lose context. Compare cards based on those details with the original slides.
Treat generated cards as a draft. Edit vague prompts, split cards that test several facts at once, and confirm technical wording with your course materials, specification, textbook, or official mark scheme.
File format guide
Microsoft’s instructions for saving a presentation as a supported .pptx file.
Start with your slides
Upload a .pptx or paste slide text, then check important answers against the presentation.
Start with your slides