Topic

Topic in SuperMemo is an article, its part, or a sentence that the student wants to learn. Topics can also have a form of a picture, a video, a piece of music, etc. Unlike items, topics do not test knowledge. They are intended for passive reading, watching, listening, etc. Short topics are used to generate cloze deletions. Topics take part in the incremental reading process. Once they are converted to items, they are often dismissed (i.e. ignored in learning) or done (i.e. deleted from the collection altogether). Both Done or Dismiss must be executed by the user (i.e. they are not automatic)

This glossary entry is used to explain SuperMemo, a pioneer of spaced repetition software since 1987