Turn every lecture into notes you can actually study from

Most slide decks are written to support a talk, not to replace it: short bullet points, diagrams without explanation, and key reasoning that only happened out loud. Studying from slides alone means studying from the parts of the lecture that were easiest to write down.

Combine sources where you can. Upload the slides, the assigned reading and your own rough notes for the same lecture — notes built from all three fill in what each one leaves out.

The goal is to process each lecture once, properly, while it's fresh:

Instructors signal what matters: points they repeat, examples they work through step by step, things they write out in full, and phrases like “this is important” or “people often get this wrong”. Note these when you hear them.

TurboStudy's notes include a section on what the material itself emphasizes — repeated ideas, worked examples and highlighted definitions — as a starting point for deciding what to prioritize.

Processing one lecture at a time keeps the workload small and turns your notes into a running review. Once a week, take a mixed quiz across everything so far. Earlier lectures keep coming back at spaced intervals, so the final exam isn't the first time you've seen week three's material since week three.