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iFlipTips Version 3.0 – Independent Review by Hannah B – iPhone/iPad App

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iFlipTips is a study and training app from TECHtionary. It’s a note-taking app that I’ve enjoyed using for my studies, and in my professional life. With the recent addition of two new features, the app has become even more useful for organizing notes and appointments. Thanks to the way the app is structured, I’ve been able to access notes for study and work quickly and easily. iFlipTips has help me develop my memory skills, increase my information retention rates, and create my own customized personal organizer. It’s so useful to have all the information I need right in the palm of my hand.

The app is divided into three sections: iFlipCards, iFlipSlides and iTipsIdeas. With the latest version of the app, you can also access a calendar, which enables you to create appointments.

In each of the three sections, you can create different ‘digital flashcards’. These can contain text, and image, an audio clip and video, which is really helpful for studying as it provides me with different ways of learning: I can memorize facts from text, and I can create a diagram, audio clip or image to help me remember the information. What I love about this app is that it’s also suitable for creating and giving presentations. I’ll explain each of the different sections you can use to do this below:

iFlipCards

iFlipCards are question and answer cards, where you can write or record the question or prompt on one side of the card, then record the answer on the other side. The iFlipCards section is the perfect tool for studying, as it’s allowed me to test my knowledge and see how thoroughly I know what I’m supposed to be learning. In a professional environment, it’s also helpful for practicing for interviews, and preparing tricky questions for a Q&A session. Since it’s so easy to find the cards, you can retrieve answers quickly, and use your prepared answers for support.

iFlipSlides

iFlipSlides is a relatively new addition to the iFlipTips app that enables you to create professional-looking slide shows containing images, text, video and audio. Simply create each slide separately and then put them all together. Once you’ve finished making individual slides, you can also reorganize the order and edit them as many times as you need. iFlipSlides is the perfect tool for creating useful and informative slide shows while away from a computer. As well as helping me create interactive study notes, it’s also saved me a lot of time as I can prepare important presentations while out and about.

iTipsIdeas Cards

iTipsIdeas cards are information flashcards. These are helpful for creating a record system, digital catalogue or study notes from class. I’ve used iTipsIdeas cards to create a reading record, make an inventory of things I own, and produce end-of-module notes for my studies.

One feature of iFlipTips that allows me to use the app with such flexibility is the folders system. You can create different folders and sub-folders to store notes, which mean you can create notes for different subjects, and areas of life, from study notes to shopping lists.

The calendar is one of the most recent additional features, and expands what you can do with this app. As well as keeping all my notes for college and work in one place now, I also use the app as a personal organizer. Using the calendar feature, I can add events, notes, and choose an icon to go with event so I can tell what kind of appointment it is at a glance. What’s even more useful is that the app sends push notifications when an appointment is coming up, so it keeps track of my diary for me. (image 1 and 2)

Wherever you’re working or whatever you’re doing, iFlipTips is a valuable app that will help you improve your organization all round. The app is well worth the price for the amount of time it saves, and has been helpful for both my studies and my career.

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Physical Therapy Study Using iFlipTips

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Physical Therapy is a competitive field, and you have to prove yourself to win a place on a course, let alone succeed in a career in this field. When the stakes are high, you need to find a way to raise your game and ensure you are learning as efficiently and thoroughly as you can. iFlipTips is a new note-taking app that helps you break large topics down into convenient bite-sized pieces, making them easy to remember and, more importantly, fun to study.

iFlipTips uses a combination of text notes, audio recordings, video and images to help you achieve faster recall and increased retention, while cutting down the amount of time you have to spend studying. The app is divided into two sections, which aid your learning in different ways.

 

iTips-Ideas cards help you build your knowledge and understanding of a subject. Once you’re ready to test what you know, you can create a set of iFlipCards, which contain a ‘question’ side, and an ‘answer’ side. This can help you identify gaps in your knowledge before you hand in an assignment or take an exam, and is a valuable tool in a competitive environment. The combination of iTips-Ideas cards and iFlipCards can help you prepare for important events like the National Physical Therapy Examination. (

 

 

Both iTips-Ideas cards and iFlipCards allow you to make notes using text, images, audio and video. Not only does this give you faster recall of information, but it means the app also caters for different learning styles. Whether you find it easiest to learn by reading, watching, doing or hearing, the iFlipTips app gives you the opportunity to explore which learning style suits you best, and each different medium can be used for different purposes.

The integrated camera function can be helpful for taking pictures of anatomy diagrams, or nutrition charts. You can use the audio recorder to record lectures, ensuring you don’t miss out on any valuable information. When you start doing clinical internships, the video function could be useful to help you see how you interact with patients, although you will need to check the clinic’s confidentiality policy before recording your sessions.

Physical Therapy is a dense, complex subject, and you can use the folder system to organize your notes into different categories. You might want to create folders based on major areas of Physical Therapy, such as anatomy, pharmacology, and nutrition. You can also create separate folders for continuing professional development notes, making a new folder for each CPD course you take.

Even when you graduate, iFlipTips can still help you in your developing your career. Creating a separate folder for each patient, you can create a new ‘flashcard’ per visit, documenting symptoms and treatment using any of the four mediums that are appropriate. Filing patient notes in this manner means you can access them easily at a later date, and keep a simple yet effective record of the patient’s ailments and treatment.

Music Study Using iFlipTips

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Music isn’t a textbook subject – most of the learning comes from playing, listening and analyzing, rather than reading. That’s why iFlipTips, a new study app, is perfect for studying subjects like music that don’t necessarily fit the same learning patterns as other subjects, like math or geography. iFlipTips uses a combination of text, images, video and audio recordings to help you study for a test. Modeled on a 3×5 flashcard system, the app helps you break information down into bite-sized pieces, making it easy to remember and reducing the amount of time you have to spend studying.

The app has two sections: iTipsIdeas-Cards and iFlipCards. iTipsIdeas are helpful for the learning process, while iFlipCards help you test your knowledge so far. You can use text, image, video and audio in each section, meaning the app is even perfect for testing yourself on your knowledge of a subject like music, something that can otherwise be very challenging. The use of different mediums also leads to increased retention, so you can recall the relevant information in a shorter amount of time.

Whether you’re studying music performance, or your learning involves some theory too, you can use the app’s audio recorder to help you learn. When learning a new performance piece, recording and listening to an existing performance will help you learn quicker. Equally, if you’re learning music theory or practicing for a viva exam, you can use the audio recorder to create a learning library of different intervals, chord types, and chord progressions. The more you can practice listening for musical features, the better you will be at identifying them in exams, and iFlipTips helps you develop a faster recall of the information you’re learning.

The camera function can also help with learning theory, especially written music theory and composition. You can use the integrated camera to take pictures of chords, test yourself on intervals, and improve your knowledge of musical features like cadences. The text box is useful for adding additional written notes to aid your understanding of the subject.

The audio function integrated with the iFlipCards flashcards can also help you prepare for exams. Using the iFlipCard, you can create a mock aural test, quizzing yourself on chord progressions, scales, instrumentation and musical features. You can include all the answers to your mock exam on the ‘answer’ side of the card, in written, audio, or video format.

Performers can use the video function to prepare themselves for concerts and competitions. Recording practice performances before you do the real thing can help develop confidence. Knowing that the app is recording and ‘watching’ you simulates the effect of having an audience, and can help you feel more at ease with the idea of having a real audience during the actual performance. Once you’ve performed your mock concert, you can also use the recording to critique your playing and performance style – videoing your performance gives you an opportunity to improve on aspects of your playing that you might not be aware of otherwise.

When you start creating cards, you need somewhere to store them, and iFlipTips’ folders system provides you with the perfect way to create your own information library. You can organize the folders in a way that suits you, for example by stylistic period, by each individual module, or by composer.