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Card types
Rich Media
Cards with images, audio, and formatted content.
What & why
A Rich Media card pairs an image with a question, a concise answer, and an optional details section for the deeper explanation. Use it when the learner needs to see something — a flag, a painting, a landmark, a diagram. The image isn’t decoration; it’s part of the question.
Fields: an image, a question, a short answer, optional details, and tags. Question, answer, and details take Markdown.
The rule
Reach for Rich Media only when the image is the question. If the card works just as well without the picture, it’s a Basic card.
Bad → good
Modelled on the World Capitals catalog deck. Tap a card to reveal its answer. (In the app the image shows on the card; here it’s described in brackets.)
A decorative photo that adds nothing — this is really a Basic card.
The image carries the question; you can't ask it without the picture.
When it applies
Great for geography (flags, maps, landmarks), art and architecture, and anything with a diagram. Keep the answer short and self-gradable — put the interesting context in details, which the learner reads after grading, so it teaches without muddying the pass/fail.
Every image has to be one you’re allowed to share, with its source recorded — see media & licensing before you add one.