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How do I create DIYVS course?
How do I change my vocabulary?
How do I study new words?
How do I review words?
How do I make test sheet?
Why do some features not work for me?
How do I create DIYVS course?
How do I change my vocabulary?
How do I study new words?
How do I review words?
How do I make test sheet?
Why do some features not work for me?
Introduction
DIY Vocabulary Study (DIYVS) is a web app to study English vocabulary. It's powered by AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology to help students build vocabulary efficiently and at their own paces.
The version has 30 30-day trial. Then you need a VIP account to continue. (VIP's details are in Help.)
Students can load one word list from the website. Your course will be set up automatically. Notice that DIYVS only runs and maintains one word list. If you load a new one, it will overwrite the previous words and their studying data.
By design, the AI scheduler of lak12.com will drive students' studying and reviewing, and push them to achieve their goals efficiently.
DIYVS has an auto-reminder feature. If you don't study, review, or test over seven days, it will send a reminder email to encourage you to get back on track. If you dislike the reminder, you can cancel it from the email's bottom link.
To help you start DIYVS quickly, we will show you some basic features briefly.
(More questions and answers are Here.)
DIYVS is a cloud-based app. It saves all data at lak12.com. You need to sign on before loading a word list.
The introduction page shows all available word lists that can be loaded to the app. Just one click to create your vocabulary course automatically.
If this is your first course under DIYVS, the Preference will be set as default values. They are:
You will be assigned a Class No, which is for back-end data management.
The fields in Preference can be updated at any time after creation. How to do it
In DIYVS, you can only study and maintain one vocabulary at the same time. But you can reset or change to another word list. Reset means to load the current vocabulary again and reset its studying data. Besides, you can change to a new vocabulary quickly, just one click on the Introduction page. After you either reset the current course or load a new word list, the existing studying data will be discarded.
By Settings->Summary, you can view your course information; there are three sections.
Words and Marks
shows the current progress of vocabulary building.
Here, Mark stands for the count of your review. 1 means to schedule for first-time review, 2 means to schedule for second-time review, etc. When Mark is 9, it doesn't increase anymore.
Review Estimate
It shows the number of words scheduled for the next ten days to review. It's for you to estimate the workload. (How to get it)
Loaded Lists
It shows the logs of Load Words. You can view what and when you loaded, and an abstract of each load. (How to get it)
In DIYVS, there are three working lists for
After you load a word to DIYVS, it's called a new word, no matter if you know it or if you plan to learn it.
The new word list is the starting point of a course. After loading a word list, you can open the New Words page to start.
This page is designed to learn new words; each time it displays six words by default. You may change the word number by Preference, but too many words don't help to learn new words efficiently.
There are four options for each new word:
In general, you should lock or delete known words from the new word list and move learned words to the studying word list for future review.
Learning new words from the New Word List page is a daily action. At the beginning, we recommend:
A locked word can be a known or unknown word that you exclude from learning or reviewing, but you don't want to delete it. It means you can change its status to new or studying later.
The locked word list page is similar to the new word list page. There are four options for each word:
The locked word list page is only for adjusting an individual word's status. It's not a daily action in vocabulary building.
A word in the studying list is a known word but needs to be reviewed. It has a Mark, from 1 to 9, which indicates the number of reviews and decides the next scheduled date.
The studying word list page is similar to the new word list page. There are three options for each word:
The studying word list page is for adjusting an individual word's status. It's not a daily action in vocabulary building.
It is the most characteristic feature of DIYVS. In vocabulary building, students spend more than 80% of the time on scheduled reviewing. So, this page is a daily action.
The Today Review page is very similar to the studying words page; both pages show studying words. The differences are:
This page is much smaller than the studying words page because it just lists the words that are scheduled on the current day or previous days to review. In other words, it only contains words you need to review right now.
How to review studying word
Besides, the Today Review page automatically adds ONE point to every word's mark, so the words' statuses are updated accordingly. If you submit the page, all marks will be plus one.
The Quick Test is a handy tool to evaluate and control the progress of vocabulary building.
The test sheet is designed to check if you know or learn tested words with multiple definition options. One test sheet may have 10 to 50 quizzes; you can adjust the test size by Preference. Each quiz is to choose the correct definition for a word. DIYVS produces the test sheet dynamically.
To make a test sheet, you need to specify a list: new words, studying words, or locked words. You can also define the word range among a list. By default, the range is A to Z; it means all words in the current word list, but you can shrink the range for each testing. (How to do it)
If the specified list and range have enough words to make a test sheet, you will see a new test sheet on the page, and the timer is turned on for the new test. You should answer the quizzes immediately.
On the test sheet, you can see two buttons:
Besides, if you checked Auto Report in the Preference, the result will be sent to the Report Email accordingly.
The test reports are used to manage vocabulary building. After finishing a test, the student can click the Save Result button to save the test result to the cloud. Notice that the test result won't be stored automatically unless the tester pushes the Save Result button.
The Current Report shows the latest test report. You can retrieve other reports through All Reports.
When viewing a report, you can see a Send It button, which sends the report to the Report Email.
How to view and send report
The version has 30 30-day trial. Then you need a VIP account to continue. (VIP's details are in Help.)
Students can load one word list from the website. Your course will be set up automatically. Notice that DIYVS only runs and maintains one word list. If you load a new one, it will overwrite the previous words and their studying data.
By design, the AI scheduler of lak12.com will drive students' studying and reviewing, and push them to achieve their goals efficiently.
DIYVS has an auto-reminder feature. If you don't study, review, or test over seven days, it will send a reminder email to encourage you to get back on track. If you dislike the reminder, you can cancel it from the email's bottom link.
To help you start DIYVS quickly, we will show you some basic features briefly.
(More questions and answers are Here.)
1 Account and Sign-On
DIYVS is a cloud-based app. It saves all data at lak12.com. You need to sign on before loading a word list.
2 Create My Vocabulary Course
The introduction page shows all available word lists that can be loaded to the app. Just one click to create your vocabulary course automatically.
If this is your first course under DIYVS, the Preference will be set as default values. They are:
- Student Name: an identifier for you, like abc001.
- Report Email: your test result will be sent to it.
- Auto Report: If checked, every test result will be sent automatically.
- Test Size: question numbers in each test sheet.
- Words in New Page: Word number in the new words page.
- Words in Studying Page: Word number in the studying words page.
- Words in Locked page: Word number in locked words page.
- Words in Review: Word number in review page;
You will be assigned a Class No, which is for back-end data management.
The fields in Preference can be updated at any time after creation. How to do it
3 Load/Change My Vocabulary
In DIYVS, you can only study and maintain one vocabulary at the same time. But you can reset or change to another word list. Reset means to load the current vocabulary again and reset its studying data. Besides, you can change to a new vocabulary quickly, just one click on the Introduction page. After you either reset the current course or load a new word list, the existing studying data will be discarded.
4 Course's Summary
By Settings->Summary, you can view your course information; there are three sections.
Words and Marks
shows the current progress of vocabulary building.
- New word: the number of words you loaded but never touch.
- In studying: the number of words you learned, and you will review by schedule.
Here, Mark stands for the count of your review. 1 means to schedule for first-time review, 2 means to schedule for second-time review, etc. When Mark is 9, it doesn't increase anymore.
Review Estimate
It shows the number of words scheduled for the next ten days to review. It's for you to estimate the workload. (How to get it)
Loaded Lists
It shows the logs of Load Words. You can view what and when you loaded, and an abstract of each load. (How to get it)
5 Working Word Lists
In DIYVS, there are three working lists for
- New words: you loaded but did not learned or touch them yet.
- Studying words: you learned and will review in the future.
- Locked words: excluded from New or the Studying words, you don't want to learn or review anymore.
6 New Word
After you load a word to DIYVS, it's called a new word, no matter if you know it or if you plan to learn it.
The new word list is the starting point of a course. After loading a word list, you can open the New Words page to start.
This page is designed to learn new words; each time it displays six words by default. You may change the word number by Preference, but too many words don't help to learn new words efficiently.
There are four options for each new word:
- Keep it as new: leave it in the new word list, and learn it in the future.
- Change into studying: move it to the studying word list; it will be reviewed under the AI scheduler.
- Change into locked: move it to the locked word list, don't learn or review again, but you can get it back to the new or studying lists.
- Delete it: remove this word from the current course, never revisit it in the future.
In general, you should lock or delete known words from the new word list and move learned words to the studying word list for future review.
Learning new words from the New Word List page is a daily action. At the beginning, we recommend:
- Learn new words by alphabet order.
- Each time (each page) focus on 6-10 new words;
7 Locked Word
A locked word can be a known or unknown word that you exclude from learning or reviewing, but you don't want to delete it. It means you can change its status to new or studying later.
The locked word list page is similar to the new word list page. There are four options for each word:
- Change into new: move it to the New word list, and the word will be ready to learn.
- Change into studying: move it to the studying word list, and the word will be reviewed under the AI scheduler.
- Keep it locked: leave it in the locked word list, don't learn or review, but you can get it back in the future.
- Delete it: remove this word from the course, never revisit it.
The locked word list page is only for adjusting an individual word's status. It's not a daily action in vocabulary building.
8 Studying Word
A word in the studying list is a known word but needs to be reviewed. It has a Mark, from 1 to 9, which indicates the number of reviews and decides the next scheduled date.
The studying word list page is similar to the new word list page. There are three options for each word:
- Change into new: move it to the New word list, and the word will be ready to learn.
- Keep it as studying: leave it in the studying word list with or without changing Mark;
- Change into locked: move it into the locked word list, don't learn or review, but you may get the word back later.
The studying word list page is for adjusting an individual word's status. It's not a daily action in vocabulary building.
9 Today Review
It is the most characteristic feature of DIYVS. In vocabulary building, students spend more than 80% of the time on scheduled reviewing. So, this page is a daily action.
The Today Review page is very similar to the studying words page; both pages show studying words. The differences are:
This page is much smaller than the studying words page because it just lists the words that are scheduled on the current day or previous days to review. In other words, it only contains words you need to review right now.
How to review studying word
Besides, the Today Review page automatically adds ONE point to every word's mark, so the words' statuses are updated accordingly. If you submit the page, all marks will be plus one.
10 Quick Test
The Quick Test is a handy tool to evaluate and control the progress of vocabulary building.
The test sheet is designed to check if you know or learn tested words with multiple definition options. One test sheet may have 10 to 50 quizzes; you can adjust the test size by Preference. Each quiz is to choose the correct definition for a word. DIYVS produces the test sheet dynamically.
To make a test sheet, you need to specify a list: new words, studying words, or locked words. You can also define the word range among a list. By default, the range is A to Z; it means all words in the current word list, but you can shrink the range for each testing. (How to do it)
If the specified list and range have enough words to make a test sheet, you will see a new test sheet on the page, and the timer is turned on for the new test. You should answer the quizzes immediately.
On the test sheet, you can see two buttons:
- Check Answer: Check test result, show wrong answers in red. If your current score is less than 40%, DIYVS will refuse the request. (How to do it)
- Save Result: Save test result to the cloud for future viewing and sending. If you don't save, the test result will disappear after you leave this page. (How to do it)
Besides, if you checked Auto Report in the Preference, the result will be sent to the Report Email accordingly.
11 Test Report
The test reports are used to manage vocabulary building. After finishing a test, the student can click the Save Result button to save the test result to the cloud. Notice that the test result won't be stored automatically unless the tester pushes the Save Result button.
The Current Report shows the latest test report. You can retrieve other reports through All Reports.
When viewing a report, you can see a Send It button, which sends the report to the Report Email.
How to view and send report