Card Formats - Janus Docs

Markdown

All card types support most markdown features including:

Bold text with **word**
Italicizing with *word*
Inline maths, like $a^2 + b^2 = c^2$ , by surrounding MathJax or LaTeX equations with $...$
Code blocks, like print("Hello, world!"), by surrounding with backticks.

For a guide on markdown generally, you can take a look at this guide

Card Types

Currently, Janus supports two card types: Question & Answer (Q&A) and Cloze cards.

Q&A

You can make a Q&A card by separating the front-side (question) and the back-side (answer) using three dashes (---). For example:

What is the capital of France?
---
Paris

Cloze

A cloze is a kind of fill in the blank card; the blank is referred to as the deletion. The front-side will show the text with blanks and then the back-side will fill in the blanks for you.

Simple Deletions:

To create a deletion, hide the text in two curly braces (i.e. {{..}}). For example:

The top three largest countries in the world are {{Russia}}, {{Canada}} and {{China}}

has front-side

The top three largest countries in the world are ______, ______ and ______

and back-side:

The top three largest countries in the world are Russia, Canada and China

When a card only uses simple deletions, Janus automatically groups them together as group 1.

Grouped Deletions

Deletions may be grouped together. Each grouping will give a variation of the flashcard where the front-side hides only that group. To group deletions, specify the grouping by adding the index at the start, followed by two colons (i.e. {{1::...}}) For example

{{1::France}} had a population of {{2::68 million}} in {{3::2024}}

is a cloze card with 3 groups. When tested, you will see one of:

_____ had a population of 68 million in 2024
France had a population of _____ in 2024
France had a population of 68 million in _____

​Markdown

​Card Types

​Q&A

​Cloze

​Simple Deletions:

​Grouped Deletions

Markdown

Card Types

Q&A

Cloze

Simple Deletions:

Grouped Deletions