1. A quick guide to using OneNote for LFCDS Lower School teachers

2. 1. Arranging Notebooks 2. Parts of a Notebook 3. Features in OneNote 4. Syncing the Notebook 5. Habit Forming Tips

3.  On the left-hand side of OneNote, you will see a sidebar with a list of currently open notebooks:  The list might be expanded or collapsed (see examples)  To move a notebook up or down in the list, left+click and hold on the notebook and drag it up or down to the order of your choice Expanded Collapsed

4.  Think of your OneNote Notebook as a physical notebook.  When viewing a notebook in OneNote, you will see the following items:  Sections  Section Groups  Pages

5.  A Section is a collection of pages.  Imagine you have a divider in a physical notebook. A Section is the space between two dividers, which contains many pages  Sections are displayed along the top of the notebook as Tabs. This is like the tabs that you label on a divider in a physical notebook Notebook NameSections

6.  Think of Section Groups as folders.  Many sections can be placed within a Section Group for organization purposes.  Section Groups appear at the top next to other sections.  Click on the Section Group to view the sections it contains. SectionsSection Groups

7.  Use the Green Arrow to navigate back to the parent section group

8.  Pages are where you enter data of various types  Pages are displayed on the right-hand side of the section you are viewing

9.  Menus &Toolbars  Typing  Pen Input  Graphics  Recording Sound & Video

10.  Along the top you will see the standard Menus.  Below them are configurable Toolbars  Right+Click on an empty space to add or remove toolbars  Drag toolbars into desired positions

11.  Just click anywhere in a page to start typing.  Drag text boxes around for organization.  Warning: OneNote is not necessarily made for beautiful printed document creation. It is for organizing your thoughts and gathering information.

12.  Use your tablet stylus to begin writing in the notebook.  Enable the My Pens toolbar to easily change between common pen sizes and colors

13.  Copy and paste pictures from your web browser right into the notebook  Drag a picture from your web browser into the notebook page  OneNote will automatically put a link to the page you grabbed the picture from  Use the Snipping Tool to capture screen elements into the notebook  Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Snipping Tool

14.  Head to the Insert menu, and select Audio Recording or Video recording to add audio or video clips to the page.

15.  OneNote automates synchronizing the notebook!  As long as you open OneNote while on campus, everyone’s recent changes will sync to the network, and sync out to everyone’s computer.  You can work on the notebook away from campus, then just open OneNote once you return to campus to sync your updates to everyone else

16.  The left-hand sidebar will show you the sync status of a notebook  The notebook is up to date, indicated by the large green checkmark:  The notebook is synchronizing changes when the green circle is rotating:  The notebook cannot synchronize indicated by the red circle-slash

17.  Pin OneNote to the taskbar!  While it is open, right+click and select “Pin this program to the taskbar.”  Open OneNote every day, and leave it open until you shut down to leave!  Treat it as being just as important as Outlook.  Keeping it open ensures you have the latest information available when you leave campus.  Use the notebook as much as you can.  Create new notebooks for other purposes!  Have fun with it!