Byki

What's new in Byki 4.0 Build 264:

• The new three-step process for mastering cards on the Learn screen, which reorganizes the old Flash Card exercises into a more streamlined system. You'll still be going through the same learning process as before - seeing your cards first from one side, then from the other, sometimes thinking of answers and sometimes typing them - but now the order and progression of the learning steps is more obvious and more powerful. As you work your way through Preview It, Recognize It, and Produce It with each list, you'll be sure to master the material. One other change that you may notice - card scores are no longer displayed by default, so that you can focus on learning the material rather than on earning points. However, you can still set the program to display scores, if you choose.
• New activities on the Activities screen. Fill in the Blank, Word Whirl, Concentration, and Four Square now complement old favorites such as Multiple Choice and Pronunciation Practice. What's more, you can now use any of the activities with cards from more than one list at a time.
• New tests on the Test screen, designed to help you prove your knowledge and track your progress over time. There are four types of tests: Self-Reporting Tests, Written Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests, and Dictation Tests (based on the Dictation activity from previous versions). Each time you take a test, you can see a breakdown of your results, as well as a history of all the tests you have taken.
• The new My Learned Items screen, which keeps track of which cards in all your lists have earned scores high enough to be considered mastered. This screen also tracks how long it has been since you have worked with each of these cards. When a card has been recently practiced, it is considered fresh, because the knowledge is likely to be fresh in your mind. When it has gone unseen for a while, a card becomes stale, meaning that it is possible you may need to refresh your memory of it. The My Learned Items screen offers you the option of refreshing your stale cards whenever you choose to do so.