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Study Notes Simplifier

Turn dense textbook paragraphs into bullet-point summaries and flashcards.

📅 2024-01-18👁 1,456 views🆓 Free forever

🛠️ Tools you'll use All Free

ChatGPT (free tier)
Notion or Google Docs
Your textbook or notes

📋 Step-by-step workflow

1

Copy the dense paragraph or chapter section you need to study.

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Open ChatGPT and paste the prompt below.

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Paste your text where indicated.

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Review the simplified notes and flashcards.

5

Save to Notion or print for offline study.

🤖 Copy-paste prompt

You are an expert tutor and study coach. Simplify the following academic text into clear, memorable study material. For the text I provide, create: ## Simple Summary [Explain the main concept in 2-3 sentences a 16-year-old could understand] ## Key Points - [Most important point 1] - [Most important point 2] - [Most important point 3] - [Most important point 4] - [Most important point 5] ## Flashcards (Q&A Format) Q: [Question 1] A: [Answer 1] Q: [Question 2] A: [Answer 2] Q: [Question 3] A: [Answer 3] ## Memory Trick [One analogy, acronym, or story to remember the main concept] Here is the text to simplify: [PASTE YOUR TEXT HERE]

Replace all [PLACEHOLDER] text with your specific details before pasting into ChatGPT.

💡 Example input & output

INPUT (YOUR NOTES)

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water...

OUTPUT (AI RESULT)

## Simple Summary Plants make their own food using sunlight, like a solar-powered kitchen. They take in CO2 and water, and produce glucose (sugar) and oxygen... Flashcard Q: What are the inputs of photosynthesis? A: CO2, water, and sunlight

✨ Pro tips

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Works best with 1-3 paragraphs at a time, not entire chapters

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Ask to 'focus on exam-relevant points' for test prep

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Request '10 flashcards instead of 3' for deeper study

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Use 'explain this like I'm 10' for very complex topics