Spaces Repetition Formulas in Notion

Spaced Repetition in Notion

• The video begins by explaining that the focus of today's tutorial is on spaced repetition inside of Notion
• Spaced repetition is defined as a learning strategy that involves reviewing information at regular intervals
• The speaker goes on to mention that they have previously done a video on spaced repetition, where they explained a use case for the technique
• Today, the speaker wants to share a simple formula for pushing dates forward in Notion, which is essential for implementing spaced repetition
• The speaker then shows the viewer the database they will be working with, which includes four subjects and a date property for the first review date

Customizing Spaced Repetition

• The speaker introduces the concept of using the select property in a formula to customize the intervals for each subject
• They demonstrate how to set up the formula by using "if select" followed by the options for difficulty (easy, medium, hard) and the corresponding number of days to add to the review date
• The speaker explains that if no selection is made, the original date will remain unchanged
• The speaker then goes on to test the formula by making different selections for the difficulty level and showing how it affects the next review date

Overall, this video provides a detailed explanation of how to use a formula in Notion to customize spaced repetition intervals for different subjects. The speaker clearly demonstrates each step and provides helpful explanations along the way.

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Hello and welcome to today's video on spaced repetition inside of Notion. In this video, I will be sharing a simple formula for pushing dates forward in Notion, which is essential for spaced repetition.

Spaced repetition is a strategy of learning through the repeated review of information. The time intervals between each review is what we can customize. With this Notion formula, we can push the next review date forward according to these intervals.

Let's get started by looking at how to push dates forward inside of Notion. Here is our database, which includes subjects one through four. The date property here is the first date that you are reviewing your note.

We will create another property, a checkbox, and call it session one. When session one is complete, we can click the checkbox. We will then create another property called next review, which will be a formula.

Every time session one is clicked, we will add three days to the original date. The formula will look like this: "If property session one, then date add (date, three, days), else prep date." This means that if session one is checked off, the next review date will be pushed forward three days. If it is not checked off, the original date will remain.

Let's make this a bit more interesting by adding two more checkboxes: session two and session three. Now, when we click session two, we want to add another three days, and when we click session three, we want to add another three days to the original date.

To set up this formula, we will change the first line to session three, as it will respond first. We will also change the number of days added to nine. We will then copy this formula and replace "session three" with "session two," changing the number of days added to six. Finally, we will do the same thing for session one, adding three days.

To customize each spaced repetition, we will use the select property and create a formula that looks like this: "If select (spaced repetition, easy, three days, medium, six days, hard, nine days), then date add (date, select (spaced repetition, easy, three, medium, six, hard, nine), days), else prep date."

This formula allows us to choose the difficulty level of the subject and the corresponding number of days added to the next review date. If we select "easy," three days will be added. If we select "medium," six days will be added. If we select "hard," nine days will be added. If we do not make a selection, the original date will remain.

That's it for this tutorial on spaced repetition inside of Notion. I hope you found it helpful and that you can use this formula to improve your learning and retention. Thank you for watching.

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