Memory Cards: Creating flashcards designed for the class

by Fidel Navamuel · April 1, 2026

Last updated on 1 April 2026

Have you ever created review sheets for your students, shared Quizlet links, explained the spaced … repetition and found that it doesn’t really hang? Memory Cards was designed precisely for this.

CardsMemory is a free flashcard application with spaced repetition, designed by a teacher for school use, with simple sharing and a real concern for sobriety on the data side.

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A spaced … rehearsal app in the students' pocket

CartesMémoire is a Progressive Web App (PWA): students can install it in just a few clicks on their smartphone (iOS/Android) and review where they want, when they want.

This is an essential point: spaced repetition is of interest only if it becomes a routine. Here, the tool follows the student (home, transport, … permanence), instead of remaining confined to the IT station.

In institutions, CartesMémoire also works directly in a browser. There is no need for installation or a specific technical approach: a link is sufficient.

Install CardsMemory on mobile

Android : open the site in Chrome → ‘Add to home screen’
iPhone / iPad : open in Safari → ‘Share’ → ‘On the home screen’

In institutions, CartesMémoire also works directly in a browser. There is no need for installation or a specific technical approach: a link is sufficient.

Zero count, zero collection: well seen for a school context

CartesMémoire does not request to create a student account, nor to provide personal data.

The revision history remains stored locally in the student’s browser. For teachers, this is doubly significant: less management (passwords, registrations, forgetfulness) and a GDPR framework that is much simpler to defend.

Share a package (link + QR code)

The operation is deliberately direct: you create a deck of cards, then you share it with the students by link or QR code (easy to project at the beginning / end of the session). Students add the package in one click and can review independently.

Another detail well seen: if you correct a map or enrich the package, the update is side students without erasing their progress. Concretely, one can improve one’s media over the year (or from one year to the next) without “resetting the meters to zero”.

Create memory cards in Markdown

CartesMémoire relies on a technical choice that simplifies everything: a pack of cards can be a simple Markdown document hosted on DigiPage or CodiMD (apps.education.fr).

The structure is easy to remember:

level 1 title (H1): package name
Level 2 (H2) titles: questions
paragraphs: replies

Result: no need for a proprietary publisher. You can write fast, duplicate, correct, and even collaborate.

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And this “structured text” format opens the door to richer maps: LaTeX formulas (useful in maths/physics), images, sound, video …, which can be adapted to many disciplines.

Cards can also be created from a url.

Have the cards produced by the students: a pedagogical activity in itself

By making the Markdown document editable, the teacher can have the package built by the students: in a group, on a lesson, in preparation for an evaluation, or at the end of the chapter.

This is often where the flashcard becomes really pedagogical: formulating a question, choosing the key information, writing a precise … answer is already revising, and it forces us to clarify.

In class, concretely

Prepare an evaluation : the teacher creates a package on the chapter to be revised and shares the QR code at the end of the session. Students can start reviewing in the evening on their phones.

End of chapter in group : Students build the package themselves on a shared Markdown document (CodiMD) and then upload it to Memory Cards to train each other.

Weekly ritual : Every week, a package vocabulary or ‘key dates’ is updated by the teacher, students regain their progress intact at each session, even if the maps have evolved.

The Spaced Repetition

CartesMémoire is based on the Leitner method, a simple principle to explain to students:

if a card is successful, it is reviewed later (the interval lengthens)
If she's missed, she'll be back faster.

This mechanism makes the spaced repetition very concrete: the student understands why some cards often come back. A progress bar provides an immediate reference to progress in a package.

Suitable for all contexts: from primary to high school, and even as a “paper”

Memory Cards does not require incredible hardware.

In primary school, if you have only one computer, it is possible to create several student profiles and organise them by class.
The double-sided PDF export also makes it possible to work with physical maps, useful when the digital is limited or to vary the modalities.

Using AI to create packages quickly

The Markdown format of CartesMémoire is naturally compatible with AI assistants. On the basis of a written record, a course chapter or an existing document, an AI tool may also be asked to: generate a first question-and-answer basis in the right format.

Provided, then, to do the necessary work: check, correct, adjust the level, remove ambiguities, add an example. AI provides a draft, you keep your hand.

The application also includes an integrated prompt generator to guide those who are just starting out.

An open source project hosted at the Forge de l’Éducation Nationale

CartesMémoire is an open source project, hosted on the Forge de l’Éducation Nationale. For the teaching teams, this means transparency (the code is auditable), a common digital logic, and a model that inspires more confidence than a “black box” app that can change rules abruptly.

I like / I don’t like

I like

Designed for “class” use : sharing by link or QR code, quick adoption by students.
Usable in institutions : works in a browser, without installation.
GDPR reassuring : no student account, no collection; local history.
Updates without breaking the progress : the package can be enriched over time.
Created in Markdown : simple, reusable, collaborative … and AI-compatible.
Open source on the Forge : transparency and common logic.

I don’t like

Ask for a little acculturation time at the Markdown (even if the structure remains simple).
Locally stored progression : a change of device or a cleaning of the browser may cause the history to be lost.
Voluntary sober approach : Those looking for an all-in-one platform that is very rich in dashboards could find the tool minimalist.

A good simple and free tool to install the spaced revision

CardsMemory does not try to overdo it: it aims at the essential and sticks to school constraints. If you want to install spaced revision habits with a tool that is quick to deploy, reassuring on the data side, and flexible enough to switch from smartphone to browser (or even paper), CartesMémoire deserves a try.