How to Use OneNote for School: 5 tips and tricks
Microsoft OneNote For School
Microsoft OneNote can transform the classroom. Find out why the note-taking app is designed for both students and teachers.
Microsoft OneNote weighs just a few megabytes. Lugging around a satchel full of books pales a bit in comparison, doesn't it? So, as you head back to school, let's learn a bit more about how to use OneNote for school.
1. Learn Math With OneNote
The Ink Math Assistant is one of OneNote's best features. It's a digital tutor that takes a handwritten math equation and solves it step by step. Use it to learn or teach everything from basic math to advanced Calculus.
The Math Assistant can even draw interactive graphs of your equations, thus helping you understand difficult math concepts. For instance, you can go to the interactive graph and change a few variables to see how they affect the final solution.
You can save a screenshot of the graph to your notebook and revise it later. This Microsoft Support article is a complete OneNote tutorial through this fantastic feature.
2. Embed Your Files As Cloud Attachments
OneNote for Windows 10 also has a flexible way to handle your attachments. They can be located on your desktop or on OneDrive.
Cloud attachments is a valuable addition for portability and teamwork as your file always stays updated. The embedded document will show up in your notebook as a live preview.
You can open and edit the files. Changes will show up in real time. and it will automatically update via OneDrive. Any changes you make will be saved to the original file and you don't have to save and re-attach the files again.
It's a pretty neat feature for students when they do group assignments and even teachers for collaborative learning.
3. Draw On Your Notes With Ink
Teachers can create richer instructions with the inking features on OneNote for Windows 10. Microsoft calls it "Think with Ink". As the video above demonstrates, you can handwrite notes and draw or sketch things in your notebook.
Of course, it works best on a touch-enabled device like Microsoft Surface or an iPad, but the mouse too can handle some impromptu annotations.
4. Personalize Your Pages
OneNote pages can be scrolled horizontally and vertically. There are no limits. And there's a way to make them at least appear like real paper.
Personalize your OneNote pages with different colors, rule lines, and grids for the type of content in them.
- Go to View > Page Color.
- Go to View > Rule Lines.
You can also give each Notebook and Section its own color to separate the type of notes more visually. Just right-click a Page or a Section name in your OneNote notebook, and then select a color.
5. Use Linked Audio Recordings As Notes
Typing speed cannot keep up with a teacher's lecture. A better way is to just jot down the key point while you record the entire lecture.
The Audio feature in OneNote for Windows 10 lets you type the lecture notes while you record. The recording is linked to what you were typing when you started to record. This ensures you don't miss out on any important information.
To begin an audio recording in your notes, do the following:
- Click a location on the current page where you want to start the audio recording.
- On the Insert tab, click <strong">Audio.
- OneNote begins recording immediately.
- To end an audio recording, do the following:
- On the Recording tab, click Stop. OneNote ends the recording. If you want to continue recording later, click Record again.
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