A Review session is a short, prompt-driven study run. Paper generates 8–15 questions from your page's note content, you think through your answer, reveal the model answer, and grade yourself. This is active recall: harder than re-reading or watching a summary, and much more effective for retention.
Start a Review session
- Open a page.
- In the AI features panel, click Review (graduation-cap icon).
- Click Start Review Session. Paper reads the page's note blocks and generates a fresh set of prompts.
Review sessions pull from the note (the block editor on the page), not directly from your source PDFs or videos. Take some notes - even rough ones - and Paper will turn them into questions.
During the session
- Each prompt is tagged by type: Fill in the blank, Define, Connect, or Apply.
- A short source hint tells you which part of your note the question came from.
- Click Reveal answer (or press Space / Enter) to see the model answer.
- Self-grade with Got it or Missed (keyboard: 1 / 2).
- Track progress via the counter and the bottom score bar.
Click the maximise icon to take the session fullscreen.
A typical session takes 10–20 minutes for 10–15 questions.
What questions look like
Prompts are open-ended, drawn directly from your own phrasing:
- "Explain why the court found the defendant negligent."
- "What's the difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration, and when does each happen?"
- "Fill in the blank: The three phases of the project lifecycle are ___, ___, and ___."
They're harder than flashcard prompts and closer to exam questions.
After the session
You get a summary card with:
- How many you got and how many you missed
- Overall accuracy percentage
If you missed any, click Save N missed as flashcards to drop them into the page's deck for spaced repetition.
Tips
- Take notes first. The generator needs at least a few paragraphs of your own writing on the page to produce useful prompts.
- Run a session a day or two after first reading the source - long enough that you have to actually recall, short enough that you have something to recall.
- Pair with flashcards for long-term retention and quizzes for exam-style practice.