Note Taking Training DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS AND SUPPORT SERVICES

OFFICE PHONE NUMBER: (805) 437-3331

Note Taking Tips for Taking Effective Class Notes

•Write specific and concrete notes•Write down main ideas and key facts•Highlight important items or draw circles or boxes around critical information•Mark important ideas, terms, concepts with different colors, underlines, or asterisks

•Be an active listener in class, write down anything important said in lecture •Copy all information from the board, screens and overheads•If the professor refers to a textbook, video, or other resource, identify it so the student receiving the notes can refer to that material if necessary

Note Taking Methods to Help You Be A Better Note Taker

Cornell Method

1. Take your notes in the large, open section of the paper

2. When going over your notes, place key questions in the two-inch margin on the left. These questions will help you in your review of these notes at a later time

3. Write brief summaries in the section 2 x 6 inches at the bottom of the page

Note Taking Methods to Help You Be A Better Note Taker

Outlining Method

• Dash or indented outlining is usually best except for some science classes such as physics or math

• The information which is most general begins at the left with each more specific group of facts indented with spaces to the right

• The relationships between the different parts is carried out through indenting

Note Taking Methods to Help You Be A Better Note Taker

Mapping Method

1. Build Relationships 2. Connect Ideas

DASS RequiresBefore submitting notes on your DASS Profile: *Notes must be submitted within 24 hours

•Make sure your notes are dated

•If you have multiple pages of notes, number them in order

•Take clear, complete and legible notes

DASS Will Not Accept •Unorganized notes

•Illegible notes

•PowerPoint Presentations (DASS will only accept power points if additional notes are included).

Submission of notes must be done after each class meeting on DASS Online

• Notes must be uploaded according to the date they were taken• If PowerPoints are being submitted, notes must be attached• Notes must be typed or in legible hand writing • If the class watched a movie, took an exam, or no notes were taken for any other reason, an email

must be sent to notetaking@csuci.edu stating the reason for not submitting notes• If you are unable to attend the class please try and secure notes from another student in the class and

upload them online

Important Note Taking Information

Ways to Upload Your Notes

• There are apps where you can scan notes through your phone, look on google play or the apple store for apps

• You can also use the scanners in our center to scan notes, see following slides for additional information

• If file is greater than 5 MB, please convert the file to PDF or Word Doc, whichever version takes up less memory

** If you still need additional help, please contact our office

How to Upload Your Notes on DASS Online

Step 1: Click on the “Notetaker” tab and click “Upload and View Notes” under tools.

Step 2: Select the correct class that you are uploading notes for.

Step 3: Select the week of the semester that the notes are uploaded for.

Step 4: Select the day in which the notes where taken for your class.

Step 5: Click the “choose file” tab to choose the notes you want to upload.

Step 6: Make sure all information is correct then click the “Upload Notes” tab.

• In order to keep your position as a Note Taker you must be consistent with your note submission and must not miss more than two weeks of notes throughout the semester

• Throughout the semester warning emails will be sent out to inconsistent Note Takers

• If notes have not been uploaded after the warning email, a dismissal email will then be sent out to inconsistent Note Takers

• Disability Accommodations and Support Services will not issue payment to inconsistent Note Takers (as stated in the contract)

Note Taker Dismissal

This form offers you to sign up as a “Hired” Note Taker. Hired Note Takers are able to take notes for classes that they are not enrolled in.If you are interested please contact our office

• $11.00/hour• Notes must be typed• Hired Note Taker must be

enrolled in Direct Deposit

Optional Hired Note Taking

• Note Takers may request a certificate of completion at the end of each semester showing that they have been certified as a Note Taker for the Disabilities Accommodations and Support Services

• If you’re interested in a certificate, you must request it a month before finals week by emailing notetaking@csuci.edu

• Only Note Takers who have been consistent will be eligible for a certificate of completion

• If you have missed more than two weeks of notes, you will not be able to request a certificate

• Certificates will be available for pickup during finals week

Optional “Certificate of Completion

Questions?

Contact Us:Phone Number: 805-437-3331Email: notetaking@csuci.edu