Trying to write everything down while a lecturer speaks splits your attention. You end up with half-finished sentences and a shallow understanding of the material. Recording the lecture lets you listen properly, then build notes afterwards when you can pause and think.
A ten-minute routine
Record from your laptop or phone. Sit close to the front. A recording made from the second row is dramatically clearer than one from the back of a hall.
Drop the recording into Study Slay right after class. The transcript is produced automatically and the notes, flashcards and quiz follow a minute later.
Read the TL;DR first. Ten bullets tell you what the lecture was really about. If something in the TL;DR surprises you, that is the part you did not follow in class.
Skim the full notes with the slides open. The notes mirror the lecture's structure, so you can match each section to the corresponding slide.
Do the quiz the same day. Testing yourself within a few hours of the lecture is one of the most reliable ways to move information into long-term memory.
What to do with the "Exam focus" section
Lecturers signal what matters: they repeat it, slow down, or say "this always comes up". The Exam focus section collects those signals. Turn each line into a question and answer it from memory a week later.
Common mistakes
Recording and never listening back. The recording is raw material, not a study method.
Reading the notes once and feeling fluent. Fluency is not recall. Close the notes and quiz yourself.
Skipping the pitfalls section. The contrasts listed there are where exam marks are usually lost.
