OneNote

=Microsoft OneNote= //**The key to OneNote happiness is to think carefully about the organisational structure you want to use. Many teachers create a new notebook for every class they teach, and use different sections to divide up the topics they cover. However you wish to organise yourself, it's really worth taking the time to work out a structure before you begin. That way, you won't be constantly reshuffling and losing things.**//

Creating a New Notebook
To create a new notebook, right click on the grey sidebar on the left. Choose 'New Notebook' from the menu:

You will get the following window: The 'Web' and 'Network' options allow you to share and publish your notebooks as more public documents. If you are new to OneNote, simply choosing 'My Computer' will be enough - this will save your notebook onto your computer's hard drive. Type in a name for your notebook, take note of where your notebook will be stored (you can change this location by hitting 'Browse') and click on 'Create Notebook.

Creating a New Section
Each notebook can be divided into sections - those are the coloured tabs you can see across the top of the notebook. To create a new tab, simply click on the mini tab at the end (with the star on it), name your new section, and you're done.

You can rename sections by right clicking the section tab and choosing 'rename' from the menu. The order of the sections can be reshuffled easily; click and hold on a section tab and drag it to its new place in the order.

You can rename and reshuffle your notebooks in the same way. To delete a section or notebook, right click and choose 'delete'.

Creating New Pages
Within each section, you can create a number of pages. You'll find the pages on the right hand side of the screen. To create a new page, simply click the 'New Page' button.

Your new page will be untitled until you choose to give it a title. This can be done in a few ways. The easiest and most obvious way is to type text into the title box that automatically appears on the page: Note that when you created a page, OneNote records the time and date of its creation. This means that you can easily search for pages in the future.

If you use your stylus pen to write onto your page straight away without giving it a title, you might find that OneNote will pick up on what you've handwritten and use that as the page's title.

Using the Stylus
In OneNote, you can transition between using the keyboard and the stylus pen quickly and easily. You might create a set of typed notes for your class on a page, and during the actual class, annotate them using your pen. The best way to explore these options is by having a play around with a test page so that you get used to using both keyboard and pen at the same time.

Taking Basic Notes
At the most basic level, you can type or write anywhere on the page. Click the white space with your mouse to create an instant text box to type in, or use your pen to take handwritten notes. Once you have created an item on the page, it can then be manipulated and moved in any fashion you like. Font changes and colour changes can be done as per usual, using tools from the 'Home' tab (for typed text) and the 'Draw' tab (for handwritten input).

Inserting Objects into your page
The 'Insert' menu allows you to insert all sorts of things into your notebook page. By having access to links, recordings, videos, images, etc in one document, you won't have to teach whilst flipping between several windows.



Some of the functions covered in the PD:
 * 'Insert space' allows you to leave a gap in your page for future notes; simple click on the 'insert space' option and your cursor will automatically turn into a line where you can measure out how much space you want to leave.


 * 'Insert table' is a function you're familiar with from using MS Word, it operates in exactly the same way. The bonus is that you can both type and write into your table cells.


 * 'Insert Screen Clipping' allows you to capture all or part of a screen and dump it into your page. When the screen clipping gets pasted into your page, it brings with it all the details of when and where you got the clipping:


 * You can also use the 'Record Audio' or 'Record Video' functions to record a discussion or demonstration in class that can be part of your notes and forwarded to students who have missed classes. The clips will appear on your page like this, ready to be clicked on and played:


 * Remember that the 'Attach File' and 'File Printout' functions are slightly different. The 'Attach File' command will create a link to your chosen file or document, where as the 'File Printout' will important the document into your page, where you can annotate it as you please.

Saving
OneNote saves automatically as you go - there is no need to remember specifically save.
 * Ensure that you are saving your notebooks on the H drive so your work is always backed up.**

**Finding your notebooks**
Unless you have specified otherwise, your notebook will automatically be saved under Documents => OneNote Notebooks.