The Quizlet Blog

« Announcing the Quizlet API
Quizlet has fantastic growth — needs maintenance »

Study with images on Quizlet (!!!)

Today we’re announcing some major new functionality on Quizlet: image-based studying. It’s been one of our all-time most requested features, so we’re super excited to make it available to every one. On Quizlet so far, everything has been plain text: you type in a word, and you type in a definition. Now you can study visually.

One of the major upgrades is to the “create set” page that let’s you enter flash cards. Here’s what it looked like before:

Picture 1

Here’s what it looks like now:

Picture 3

The import data and flip terms links are easier to find, the auto-definer is easier to use (that’s what the mysterious question mark used to do). If you didn’t know, the auto-definer looks up definitions in a dictionary (Source: WordNet), and also pulls up definitions that other users entered (but only in public sets). And overall, the input boxes are wider so you can fit more data in visually without scrolling.

But that’s just cosmetic — the really cool thing is the new “add image” feature.

Picture 4

All you have to do is click “add image” and we automatically find you an image from Flickr, an awesome image hosting service with a great developer platform and lots of Creative Commons-licensed images that let us use the images for free, as long we credit the authors (which we do).

Of course, if you don’t like the first image that pops up, you can get the next one.Picture 5

Or the next one…and so on. You can also refine your search, so if you don’t like any of the images, you can type a special search in the “Find Images” box that is independent of your term and definition.

Also, you can use just images and have no definition, or you can use Quizlet like before without images, or you can use both at the same time. It all works seamlessly.

Now, how about studying? Images are fully integrated into all the existing study modes. Check it out:

Familiarize:
Picture 6

Learn:

Picture 7

Test:

Picture 8

Scatter

Picture 9

Space Race

Picture 10

It’s wicked cool. If you want to play with a real live image set, check out this list of french animals with images. I hope to add more FAQs and a showcase of image sets so you can see more examples — the possibilities are limitless.

One really cool use-case is for foreign language and english-as-a-second-language (ESL) learning, where you may have 30 students in a class who come from 8 different countries. If you were to say a fish is something that swims in the water, that wouldn’t be useful, partly because the students wouldn’t necessarily all understand the english definition to an english word. But with pictures, well, they speak for themselves.

Now, you may be wondering, can you upload your own images instead of using Flickr?

Not yet, but you will be able to soon. We plan to allow uploading images very soon as a paid upgrade. As always, Quizlet will remain free to all users and we won’t be removing any functionality for non-paying members, but we may be adding some additional powerful features to paying members. We will have more information on this soon.  Uploaded images would be especially useful to medical school students who need to study special diagrams or art history students who need to study obscure paintings or sculptures.

Also, our thanks to the people who have become friends of Quizlet by donating to Quizlet. Their support has helped make this feature and other future upgrades possible.

Developers: Look for an update to the Quizlet API in the next week or so with image abilities.

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 12:32 pm by Andrew and is filed under New Features. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

115 Responses to “Study with images on Quizlet (!!!)”

  1. August 6th, 2009 at 2:48 pm Anonymous:

    When is the iphone app coming out?!?!?

  2. August 6th, 2009 at 3:11 pm step21:

    yeah, when is the iphone app (or any mobile app) coming out? Also, what about illustrations, will their be support for this? I mean something like a biological, technical or medical illustration, with lines to various places which you then would have to name. Something like this (for medical things) was done by Thieme publishers for the US, but it’s no use for the rest of the world or for ppl studying sth else, mainly cause it’s only a subset of anatomy and the names are not the same all over the world.

  3. August 7th, 2009 at 12:51 am lisa:

    very impressive site!!came across another site http://www.funnelbrain.com that provides a platform to create flash cards with videos,photos and text in a collaborative manner.found it very interactive and useful.

    thanks!!

  4. August 7th, 2009 at 5:59 am Christine:

    This is a great upgrade, especially for people who are visual and who learn so much quicker by looking at pictures. Thanks for everything!

  5. August 7th, 2009 at 8:05 am RJ:

    Andrew, did you also just add shadows to the navigation buttons and the profile text at the top right? If so, how did you achieve that effect or is it just a background image? Nevertheless, nice upgrade. I am impressed, I didn’t think it would come for a long time.

  6. August 8th, 2009 at 6:38 pm Jim:

    This is great! Thanks! Studying for spanish will be a whole lot easier.

  7. August 10th, 2009 at 9:00 am Name:

    make the iphone app before school starts…

  8. August 11th, 2009 at 2:19 pm Michael:

    Awesome! Now, I’m able to study better!

  9. August 11th, 2009 at 7:25 pm Michelle:

    AWE

  10. August 12th, 2009 at 6:38 pm someguy:

    there needs to be a way for group creators/managers to clear the chat box easily and remove all old sets (since its a new semester)

  11. August 13th, 2009 at 6:23 pm Emily:

    I’m using an iPhone app called Touchcards which allows you to import Quizlet flashcards. Can’t wait for the proper Quizlet one though!

  12. August 14th, 2009 at 3:58 pm Travis:

    I am really excited about where this is going. The only thing Quizlet is lacking in my opinion is different options for printing. I have a laser printer that automatically does double sided. It would be AWESOME if there was the option to print in this manner because then each card would only be one page thick. It would just be a matter of moving switching two columns on the print function layout. Thanks for such an awesome sight. Cheers.

  13. August 15th, 2009 at 12:07 am Soadrul Amin:

    Thanks Andrew for this upgrade. I need something more: flash cards made up of term, definition and example.
    Can it be done?

  14. August 15th, 2009 at 2:33 am surya prakash:

    This is really an awesome application . But in my view this application would be at its best use if Quizlet would have made collaboration with Google instead of flickr as the former provides any image no matter what the word you search for. Anyhow, this is a gr8 thing that everyone should appreciate,well done quizlet

  15. August 17th, 2009 at 3:10 am Christine:

    Is it just me, or can images only be used for a few of the flashcards? Because after about 7 terms and definitions, the add image button disappears no matter what I try to do.
    Any explanations?

  16. August 17th, 2009 at 9:03 am Kristen:

    this is an awesomeness addition to the already amazing quizlet site!!!

  17. August 18th, 2009 at 4:14 am Supernaturaldexter:

    About time, what else have I missed out on

  18. August 20th, 2009 at 1:33 pm a boy named girl:

    the iphone app comes out in 3 months i hear

  19. August 20th, 2009 at 8:49 pm alex:

    3 months??!!! im having my licensure exam in 3 months… pls hurry.

  20. August 21st, 2009 at 11:10 am dejah:

    nice goin gone head withcha bad self ya digg!!

  21. August 23rd, 2009 at 6:31 pm ....... um:

    when do u guys’ school start? mine starts on Tuesday the 25th of August

  22. August 24th, 2009 at 3:09 am Matt Pierson:

    This is really a cool application! Images can really make it more easy to memorize.

  23. August 24th, 2009 at 2:21 pm krissy:

    mmk wow!

  24. August 24th, 2009 at 5:03 pm Mailey Melton:

    Great idia Quizlett!

  25. August 25th, 2009 at 5:45 pm ace rich:

    I loooove the new feature!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    it really helps me study!

  26. August 28th, 2009 at 1:56 pm Maggie Ma:

    It wonderful! Thank you so much Andrew. It will make my teaching more interesting and exciting.

  27. August 29th, 2009 at 2:35 pm Shannon:

    I am a teacher, and I love this site. I have shared it with many colleagues and they love it too! This new addition is wonderful. Is there a way for the image search to be more precise? Right now the pictures that come up are not really related to the word…

  28. August 29th, 2009 at 4:42 pm My Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (weekly) | My Squirrelly View of Education:

    [...] The Blog: Flash cards, vocabulary memorization, and studying games | Quizlet [...]

  29. August 30th, 2009 at 9:13 am Suszen:

    You rock Quizlet!!

  30. August 30th, 2009 at 10:35 am kirstin23:

    yall are a genius!

  31. August 30th, 2009 at 9:51 pm ArcaneAmoeba:

    This seems like an awesome new feature. Too bad you can’t upload your own pictures without paying :( Seems to me like such a useful, core feature shouldn’t be restricted to paying users. Maybe you could allow images to be uploaded to other sites, then imported into quizlet for free, or at least improve the image search so that more relevant pictures come up. Hoping for more news on this in the future.

  32. August 31st, 2009 at 1:59 pm mai mai:

    ^she’s right!

  33. August 31st, 2009 at 5:25 pm Jeff1920:

    Realy make a quizlet app for the itouch or iphone

  34. August 31st, 2009 at 5:43 pm Alex:

    Love it.
    Thanks.

  35. August 31st, 2009 at 9:20 pm Barack Obama:

    I love this new idea except you must go on the show shark tank in order to suceed and sell your ideas out. YOU MUST HOPE

    I WANT YOU 2 HOPE

  36. September 1st, 2009 at 3:20 pm anonymous:

    OMG!!! I was just wishing for this this morning, and wow! You like read my mind or something!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
    this will be so helpful for Spanish.

  37. September 2nd, 2009 at 1:57 pm ??:

    What about audio

  38. September 3rd, 2009 at 5:28 pm Brutal Glass:

    Great addition. I would recommend trying to get a quizlet app for the ipod/iphone. It would be very popular and sucessful

  39. September 4th, 2009 at 9:46 am alicia:

    Hey, Andrew! This new image thing sounds awesome! I’m sure I’ll be using it A LOT for school this year – I start in five days. I think it’ll really come in handy for science vocab.

  40. September 6th, 2009 at 6:43 pm Phil:

    I would gladly pay for an iPhone app that includes the race game, any plan to have it out before the midterms period starts?

  41. September 7th, 2009 at 10:43 am McGirl:

    Awesome! last school year i was wishing Quizlet had picture flashcards because of all the cells and animals we’d been studying by their appearance. of course i had made sets to memorize the names, but i had to use normal flashcards for the pictures. I’m sure it will be a lot easier to do now! Thanks so much, Quizlet!

    -McGirl

  42. September 7th, 2009 at 10:45 am McGirl:

    wait………………… you have to PAY? ………..oh………….. nevermind then.

    -McGirl

  43. September 7th, 2009 at 10:47 am McGirl:

    someone’s earlier comment said that they wished you didnt have to pay, but i don’t see that your post mentions anything about paying……. oh well, i’ll have to check it out and see. But it IS a good new addition as long as you don’t have to pay!

    thanks!

    -McGirl

  44. September 8th, 2009 at 4:59 pm Jesus Christ:

    I bless this!

  45. September 9th, 2009 at 3:33 pm Kenzie:

    Its easy for me to learn instead of reading my notes more fun in a way.

  46. September 9th, 2009 at 5:52 pm Silver_Wolf_Kitten:

    OMG THANKS SO MUCH!!! This helped me out a bunch! Thanks.

  47. September 10th, 2009 at 12:05 pm alicia:

    Oh my gosh! Today in Science we were given a sheet of lab safety symbols. We gotta memorize the term, definition, and symbol. This will totally help now!

  48. September 10th, 2009 at 4:32 pm some girl :-():

    Quizlett just isn’t working for me.Sorry:-(

  49. September 11th, 2009 at 2:13 pm Chloe:

    :O

  50. September 11th, 2009 at 2:14 pm Chloe:

    :(

  51. September 14th, 2009 at 3:52 am Cong:

    There’s already books doing what quizlet does for a lot of money. I wouldn’t mind paying for quizlet considering how beneficial it is.

  52. September 14th, 2009 at 10:13 am corey:

    im makeing money off my music and fights

  53. September 14th, 2009 at 5:57 pm H.M.:

    Knowing how helpful Quizlet has been to me and my studies, I appreciate everything that you guys put out there.

  54. September 15th, 2009 at 11:57 am chase:

    I think it is all wright it ant the best but it ant the badest

  55. September 16th, 2009 at 5:32 am Natalia:

    A fantastic improvement! Thanks a lot!

  56. September 16th, 2009 at 8:37 am kristinn:):

    love, love, love this site:) thank you much!

  57. September 17th, 2009 at 8:17 am Brittany:

    iF YOUR BOYFRIEND IS IGNORING YOU AND FLIRTS WITH OTHER GIRLS WHAT SHOULD i DOiT HURTS ME BY THE WAY HE’S DOING ME! WE’VE DATED SINCE GRADE SCHOOL SO ANY ADVICE?PLZ HELP ME!!:)

  58. September 17th, 2009 at 4:22 pm soccer girl:

    well just talk to him that is wht i would do and ask him whts up. and tell him how u fell and c if he listens to u if he does keep dating if he blows u off break up but first comfront him

  59. September 20th, 2009 at 7:09 pm VB:

    It’s kind of bad how you can’t upload your own pictures that you want. For Math I wanted to use graphs and line segment examples but they didn’t have any! That is my only critique, otherwise it is an awesome upgrade.

  60. September 22nd, 2009 at 5:18 pm soccer girl:

    i know right the upgrade is amazing!!!

  61. September 23rd, 2009 at 5:35 pm Frankie:

    Thank you Andrew. I am now a straight A student!

  62. September 24th, 2009 at 5:23 pm Allie Marie:

    this is a good idea;; spanish is gonna be a lot easier.! thanks! (:

  63. September 30th, 2009 at 9:10 am Anonymous:

    You should adjust the Find Flashcards feature so that you can look specifically for sets *With Images*

  64. September 30th, 2009 at 1:07 pm soccer girl:

    ya tht would be so kl and help full :)

  65. September 30th, 2009 at 3:15 pm koolioppl:

    i htink that donating money to quizlet wouldnt b so bad nowing how much ot helps….

  66. September 30th, 2009 at 3:16 pm koolioppl:

    hbu

  67. September 30th, 2009 at 3:17 pm sccer chick:

    tht would be so great to make spanish easier

  68. October 1st, 2009 at 1:00 pm Anonymous:

    that is so cool that will help with languages and other subjects :D THX QUIZLET!

  69. October 2nd, 2009 at 5:36 pm Shaak Ti:

    I love that you can put pictures on quizlet. It makes studing waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay easier! Thanks Quilet!

  70. October 2nd, 2009 at 5:37 pm Blackbueaty:

    Quizlet is my favorite site. Love that you can put on pictures. Thanks

  71. October 2nd, 2009 at 5:39 pm Anynonymous:

    You guys should get an app on the iphone for this. The idea for images w/flashcards was genius. Great job!

  72. October 3rd, 2009 at 8:29 pm kimikochan:

    great concept but when are they going to allow people to put their own pictures on because the ones now…uh well, they have nothing to do with what i need. love the idea though!

  73. October 4th, 2009 at 6:51 pm AshMac21:

    I want to upload photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

  74. October 5th, 2009 at 4:17 pm Hannah:

    I can not beleve how much quizlet has HELPED me with my studies!It is SOOOOO COOL to see how much I’V acompleshed! And again quizlet has helped me a LOT with my studies,my teacher is AMAZED to see how well i’v done this year.So thanks to quizlet, i’m a GREAT student.

  75. October 6th, 2009 at 2:05 pm italyluver98:

    ok

  76. October 6th, 2009 at 2:43 pm Alexa :]:

    Wow Quizlet actually helped me :)
    when are you going to add the adjectives for spanish 7???

  77. October 7th, 2009 at 8:47 am Boucheza:

    ?

  78. October 7th, 2009 at 8:47 am Boucheza:

    0___0

  79. October 8th, 2009 at 1:25 pm elelover:

    LOVE IT!!

  80. October 10th, 2009 at 9:01 am dance:

    I love quizlet you r the ONE OF THE BEST study sites I have EVER used!!!! YOUR AMAZING!:)

  81. October 10th, 2009 at 9:02 am SOFTBALL:

    LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  82. October 10th, 2009 at 9:05 am Miley:

    Hey its Miley and I just wanted to say that i love this web site… When I’m on tour my teacher loves me to use it!!!!!!!!!!!!

  83. October 12th, 2009 at 12:11 pm soccer girl:

    ya it is really useful for like every subject my teacher wants us to use it and lets us go on quizlet when we have studies or finish a class early

  84. October 12th, 2009 at 1:47 pm @_@:

    Great site! Keep up the splendid work.
    :)

  85. October 14th, 2009 at 7:14 pm mjluver:

    awesome now it will make it easier to understand…..never seen anything this amazing since michael jackson…..(that means its pretty impressive)

  86. October 18th, 2009 at 12:12 pm Jethang:

    When will the new system allow us to submit our photos from the computer directly.

  87. October 18th, 2009 at 2:55 pm LivelaughDance1234:

    I love this site and i think it’s a gr8 way 2 study!

  88. October 19th, 2009 at 1:57 pm moll:

    omg i LOVE this quizlet thing! i didnt hav to ask my mom to test me and i got an 100% on my first quiz!!!! LUV U QUIZLET!!

  89. October 19th, 2009 at 3:41 pm Anonymous:

    why can’t i uplaod pictures?

  90. October 19th, 2009 at 3:51 pm soccer girl:

    GREAT JOB QUIZLET

  91. October 21st, 2009 at 11:12 am anonymous:

    adding an image is great, but when can we upload an image from our computer? It has been saying “coming soon” for a while. This would make the image feature really helpful.

  92. October 21st, 2009 at 11:45 am brittany_gms:

    Adding a image would be a good idea because if people have trouble reading they could see the image

  93. October 22nd, 2009 at 12:22 pm soccer girl:

    yA

  94. October 22nd, 2009 at 5:57 pm jofizzle:

    yo dats tight dawg!

  95. October 28th, 2009 at 3:02 pm soccer girl:

    yes it is

  96. October 28th, 2009 at 7:27 pm j:

    its not that cool guys

  97. November 4th, 2009 at 4:18 pm some girl :-():

    :-)

  98. November 5th, 2009 at 6:55 pm some kid:

    studing with images maks it much easier!!!! it would be much easir to guess wat da words are evn if you dnt kno wat da words r……………….. :-) B-)

  99. November 7th, 2009 at 3:33 pm some kid:

    that is so awesome

  100. November 8th, 2009 at 5:03 pm Selena:

    I tried uploading my own pictures, and it wouldn’t let me… Will this be fixed anytime soon?

  101. November 9th, 2009 at 2:40 pm some girl:

    OMG that is so cool

  102. November 10th, 2009 at 12:28 pm Tam:

    I love the quizlet site, especially since students don’t have to register to use my flashcards. I work at a middle school and this helps alot.
    The only thing lacking is being able to test on labeling diagrams. I saw an add for study stacks on this site, but they want everyone to register to use it.
    I will stick to quizlet and hope one day to see more picture options and working with diagrams.
    Great site! Keep up the great work!

  103. November 10th, 2009 at 1:32 pm soccer girl:

    I LUV <3 QUIZLET

  104. November 10th, 2009 at 8:42 pm Lisa, Malaysia:

    This is AWESOME!!! I have ALWAYS wanted this feature on quizlet as I teach a second language and it always make more impact with pictures.
    Thank you so much guys! This is excellent, you guys rock!!

  105. November 11th, 2009 at 6:00 am neo...botswana...:

    yesss!!! i am so hapi ‘bou this…cz its a gr8 way 2 study anythin’…

  106. November 12th, 2009 at 1:52 pm TBM:

    This has been such a big help! I love birds and have always had a hard time studing the different types. Now I can use the images to study birds!!I LOVE QUIZLET!!!!

  107. November 12th, 2009 at 7:09 pm Joanna Arcee:

    i love this website it is the best it is soo much easier than wasting trees lol hahahahahahahahahah idk y i doing this no one is goin to read this anyways hahahaahha

  108. November 13th, 2009 at 9:43 pm some kid:

    i read it Joanna Arcee

  109. November 16th, 2009 at 6:43 pm sonjab:

    I love quizlet. eventually I hope there can be ways to incorporate charts that way it is broader not just definitions

  110. November 17th, 2009 at 4:52 pm SakuraHaruno8789:

    OMGOMGOMG! i usually HATE studying, bt photos r kewl! ^_~ and i have the iphone, and 1once u get used 2 it, it really sucks cuz its SOOOO boring!

  111. November 19th, 2009 at 3:14 pm gffyryy55ty7:

    tottly cool

  112. November 19th, 2009 at 7:53 pm Flippy123:

    This will make studing much more easer :)

  113. November 20th, 2009 at 9:44 am Boucheza:

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!__________________________!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^___________________________++++++++++++++++++

    ###############??????______________?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  114. November 21st, 2009 at 4:19 am Reddy Thummuru:

    I really appreciate all the features you added to quizlet so far. adding images is a great
    feature. But if you are not able to pronounce that image it lacks some thing you got to learn. My request is add the audio pronunciation for all the features in the quizlet. It will help a lot everybody including ESL students in particular.

  115. November 22nd, 2009 at 5:13 pm Upload Images:

    Allow us to UPLOAD please.

Leave a Reply

Blog Search


Pages

Archives

Categories

Subscribe

Twitter Updates

Follow Quizlet on Twitter