How to Move Gizmo Study Content Into Elly

Choose PDF when the original deck contains readable explanations and you want to create a new source-based note. Expect new wording because the file becomes input for generation. Choose a prepared text file when you need controlled front-and-back pairs and can inspect every row. Do not rename a PDF to CSV; changing the filename does not change its contents.

Make an inventory before exporting: deck name, topic, approximate visible card count, and any cards that depend on a picture. Keep a separate note of image-dependent prompts because neither a text pair nor a printed page guarantees the same interaction. For a large course, transfer one topic first and compare the result before preparing the remainder.

Open the intended Gizmo deck, use its three-dot menu, and select Print. In the browser's print interface choose Save as PDF. Preview the page range, layout, and visible answers before saving. These controls belong to your browser and operating system, so their wording and arrangement may differ on a phone and a laptop.

Open the saved file outside Gizmo. Find the first card, a card in the middle, and the final answer. Check whether text is cut off, whether a front and back remain easy to associate, and whether pictures contain readable labels. If the mobile print preview is cramped, try another available device rather than guessing that a saved file is complete.

After signing in, use Elly's supported PDF source workflow to create a note. Give the note the same topic name as the exported deck, with a marker indicating this is a transfer draft. Generate a focused set of cards from that material and keep the original PDF available while reviewing each answer. AI generation can omit a distinction or join separate facts.

Use a transfer ledger with three statuses: supported, needs repair, and excluded. A prompt belongs in supported only when the new answer can be traced to the PDF and remains correct without hidden context. A card asking for a labeled diagram may belong in excluded until you recreate its visual context manually. This is content recovery, not evidence that the two deck systems are equivalent.

Prepare a clean question field and an answer field, then use Elly's importer preview to confirm their mapping. Include a test row containing punctuation before importing a large collection. Commas inside explanations can shift fields in an incorrectly quoted CSV, while tabs and line breaks can split a supposedly simple text pair into multiple records.

A short physiology example might pair Which vessel leaves the right ventricle? with Pulmonary trunk. A second row can test a longer explanation with a comma. If either appears in the wrong column, stop and repair the file. Do not use a course-wide import as a delimiter experiment. The Anki import guide at /import-from/anki explains another text-export workflow without claiming a native Gizmo converter.

Compare coverage by learning objective instead of assuming a card count proves completeness. Ten long cards may contain more ideas than twenty short ones, and regeneration may split them differently. Make sure key definitions, exceptions, and causal relationships survived. Test several prompts without the original source and repair wording that depends on an omitted neighboring card.

Keep Gizmo and your exported file until at least one real review of the replacement material has gone well. Delete neither as part of the import procedure. If the deck belongs to another learner or includes licensed course resources, transfer only material you are allowed to use. A working import button does not grant permission to redistribute someone else's study collection.