Note-Taking Apps
Adapt Note-Taking To Fit Your Learning Style
Linked below are a collection of resources designed to help students' better customize and organize their notes. In a digital world, organizing thoughts and ideas moving from class to class can prove to be a complex challenge which the resources below are designed to simplify. In addition to the applications below, if you are interested in connecting with Sara Bea staff to discuss disability specific accommodations please reference our auxilary aids and services webpage.
Auxilary Aids and Services Accommodations Page
Evernote
Evernote is a helpful resource for managing your tasks, practicing time management, and meeting your goals as you compile the information you learn in class every day. Evernote offers both free and paid options for students.
Joplin
Joplin is an open source note-taking app that allows students to capture notes and securely access them from any device. Joplin provides the capability to take multimedia notes as well as create math expression and diagrams directly in the app. The free app is available in the android and apple app stores.
Microsoft OneNote
Often rated as the best free note-taking app, OneNote is freeform and allows it to adapt to whatever your specific needs are. Each Notebook is modeled off a ringbinder, so it's divided into sections with subsections called pages. Each page serves as a blank canvas for all of your note-taking needs.
Notability
Provides students with a platform capable of taking notes, making study guides, and storyboards. Notability offers both free and paid options for students, and is available on the app store.
Obsidian
Offers students a new way of approaching note-taking that allows you to create an interlinked digital database that is vastly customizable. Obsidian allows students to sort notes into folders and subfolders using the sidebar that can also link between them using internal hyperlinks. Obsidian offers both free and paid options.
