Keep a Study or Learning List
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You start something new — a language, an instrument, a qualification, a coding course. You collect twenty resources, feel productive for a week, and then never return to any of them.
The problem is almost never finding material. It is that the material has no order and no owner, so there is nothing to come back to. A learning Glubler fixes that by giving everything a place and a level.
Create Your Learning Glubler
2Name it after the subject and level — Spanish - A2 is far more useful than Languages
3Save it, then add your first Subglubler
Organising by Subject
If you are learning more than one thing, one Glubler per subject keeps them from turning into one unusable pile.
| Level | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Start here | The one course or book that explains the basics properly |
| Grammar / theory | Reference you dip into rather than read through |
| Vocabulary | Word lists, phrase collections, flashcards |
| Practice | Exercises, past papers, interactive quizzes |
| Real material | Podcasts, articles, videos in the language or subject |
On a Pro plan, nested like this:
• glued: podcast.com, bbc.co.uk/spanish
• "Start here" a Subglubler
• glued: Basicspanish.com
• "Grammar" a Subglubler
• glued: spanishdict.com
• "Real material" a Subglubler
• glued: newsinlevels.com
To add a Subglubler, open the Glubler, click Create, choose Subglubler, and name it. It attaches to whichever level you are viewing, so open Grammar first and it lands there.
No Pro plan?
Use separate Glublers: Spanish - Grammar, Spanish - Practice. Free, unlimited, and each opens straight from your profile. You lose only the nesting, not the organisation.
Collecting as You Go
Keep it to one habit: whenever you find something useful, glue it straight away rather than telling yourself you will remember it.
- Copy the address
- Paste it into the Glubler search bar
- Click GLUE and choose the right Subglubler
On a computer, the browser extension does it in a single click without leaving the page — worth installing before you start, because during research this is the whole workflow.
If you already have bookmarks to bring across, Settings → Data → Import takes a CSV of them in one go rather than one at a time.
Keeping Pace
A learning list that only grows becomes a guilt list. Two habits fix that:
- Have a "Start here" Subglubler with a short list. When you sit down, the next step should be obvious without a decision.
- Delete what you have finished. Not moving to an "archive" — just removing it, because the point was to use it and you did.
Prune deliberately, roughly once a month. A learning list of fifteen things you are actually working through is worth more than ninety you feel guilty about.
Share With a Study Partner
Studying alone is the main reason lists stall. A shared collection makes it mutual.
- Open your learning Glubler
- Click Share
- Send the link — anyone can open it without an account
Variations worth using:
- Click TRACK so your partner can follow the collection and see anything either of you adds later, without resending the link
- Share one subject rather than everything, so the link stays useful
- Have each of you add to the same list, so it becomes a record of what you have both covered
If you also want to find more material, Follow people and tune your feed is usually more productive than searching for a new site — their finds are already filtered by taste you trust.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many levels do I need?
Up to seven in total, counting the subject Glubler as the first. For most subjects, two is enough: the subject, and the sub-lists inside it.
Can I keep several subjects?
Yes. Top-level Glublers are unlimited and free, so a separate Glubler per subject or qualification is both possible and the recommended pattern.
Why can't the same course appear in two subjects?
A site is saved once across your account, and Glubler tells you rather than adding a duplicate. If it genuinely belongs in two places, put it in the one where you would look for it first.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. The mobile app runs Glubler itself, so pasting an address and tapping Glue works the same way. The browser extension is desktop-only.
Can I save a specific page rather than a whole site?
No. Glubler saves whole websites, not individual web pages. Paste the site's main address and glue the site once — you can then find the lesson or article you were after from there.
What should I do before I delete a big list?
Export from Settings → Data → Export first. The CSV is the only backup Glubler offers, so it is worth having before you clear anything out.