Digital Note Taking for Engineering Students using Microsoft OneNote [CC]

[@k-a-youtube]

What note taking strategies do you use as an engineering student? What new strategies did you learn from this video that you are going to add to your note taking toolbox?

[@k-a-youtube]

@@nirupamapoojari9163 fantastic! Thanks for sharing! Visual mapping is so satisfying in my opinion.

[@hms3021]

Kelly do you use OneNote for sketching and labelling math graphs.

[@merictemur5803]

@@k-a-youtube Hi, how did you replace page's placement, mines are at right side of the screen but i want like yours, near the notebooks. How can i do it

[@k-a-youtube]

@@merictemur5803 Hi! You can change this setting in ON by going to File > options > display > “Page tabs appear on the left”. Might be slightly different depending on which version you’re using I definitely prefer this too! Not sure why the default is on the right side

[@Volkevism]

@@k-a-youtube hiii, sorry to bother you but I just wanna ask if how I can change the overall color for pagetabs the same as yours? Coz on mine only the section tabs are colored, not the tab section.

[@vitor_tr]

Finally a video that is not about medic schools! Thanks for showing engineering some love!

[@zeath_zolaries3508]

i just got into digital note taking, a computer engineer student!! i'm really excited to try this out..tbh i was kinda sick of watching all those tutorials by medical students!! finally something i can relate to!

[@k-a-youtube]

Thanks for watching! Glad I could provide the engineering perspective!

[@noodle7788]

have you looked into LaTeX?

[@zeath_zolaries3508]

@@noodle7788 yeah i know about LaTex, I used to use it in notion, but it was too time consuming. Should've kept learning it though, i was making my CV and required using it but i have forgotten most of it now.

[@Alex-jo2oi]

The lecture slides to one note are a game changer. No longer having to poke over others heads blocking view of the lecture. It’s so nice to be able to annotate only what’s needed rather than writing everything the prof says.

[@jamessbca]

You are hardcore. I've been a mechanical design engineer for more than 20 years. I just found this video and I'm getting some great tips!!! (I don't have "classes", of course, but I have many customers and many projects. I've used OneNote off and on over the years, and I'm just now really getting back into it. This video is just what I needed to realize the power of this program. Thank you! (It would have been so cool to have had this in school 25-30 years ago!!!)

[@Humphrey181]

Thanks, Kelly, for the deep dive in actually using OneNote. As one who uses this tool extensively every day, I agree with what you are presenting. For those interested in taking this further * I would also investigate the Outlook/To Do integration to let you flag a line item in your OneNote as a task and then track it through to completion. If you have an assignment, then flag it in OneNote when you receive it with reminders to ensure you don't miss a deadline. * Setup your own schema of custom tags to mark like actions in the pages as you take the notes and be able to collate them quickly using the Find Tags, sort by Tag Title process. Make the custom tag from one of the clickable options and you can track what is still outstanding at any time. * For those in industry setup shared notebooks in Teams/SharePoint and use it as a WIKI for your team with all the group procedures / learnings. This then is the single source of truth for new team members instead of bombarding them with a thousand email/word documents as they try to get up to speed and can be used as a reference going forward. They can sync the document to their PCs / mobile devices for reference at any time. I would encourage people to look deeper into OneNote as it WILL make your life better.

[@TheAmazinRaven1]

“Like the engineer I am, I have set out to solve this problem” YES MAAM Lmao

[@bazillusfungus]

This is the motivation i needed to try OneNote again. In my first year i got somehow lost to organize my digital notes and i switched back to pen and paper, actually I like the feeling when I’m writing with pencil on paper tho... Despite that, its all ways a huge stress to sort and prepare for exams in physics and math... and your vid was very motivating to start again with digital notes! Great boost! Thx a lot and best regards from Switzerland!

[@k-a-youtube]

I’m so glad to hear that! Best of luck to you! If you’re using a tablet, maybe there is a “paper-like” screen protector you could get to mimic the feel of writing on paper? I completely agree with you, I absolutely love the feel of pen and paper. Take care!

[@oscarbear7498]

was very excited when the first window surface came out to do the digital note taking, I didnt have time to lean as school started and i was forced back to my old habits. 7 years later after university and now employed i am trying once again to get into digital note taking at work lmaooo. wish i had learned this when i was in school, would have been so helpful

[@farookalafandi2683]

I just enrolled as an renewable energy engineer and i bought the s7+ with all its accessories to transfer everything into digital , this video is really helpfull

[@ntukwasi]

One of the best OneNote videos I've come across! Extremely informative!

[@AlucardFeeds]

This is your only video on your channel and THE most influential! Thank you for sharing your organization tips as it has proved most useful and I have received many compliments. I have used these tips for two semesters and it has Greatly effected my efficiency.

[@k-a-youtube]

I’m happy to hear that! Thanks for sharing! :)

[@rtk114]

Great video. There are a lot of OneNote videos that don’t really show how it’s useful but this does. It’s also great for organizing lots of information from different sources and once a project is done you can save it as one file instead of having a bunch of stuff scattered everywhere. If you work a lot of projects as an engineer it comes in handy especially when you have to hand it off to someone.

[@clarepeterson2324]

This looks really good Kelly! I like how you've organized your pages to be more visually appealing AND easier to find. I wasn't aware that you could indent pages like that in OneNote.

[@k-a-youtube]

Thanks, Clare!

[@paulramasco6769]

This is amazing. I wish I found out how useful Onenote was before i graduated last year but I've been using it at work to keep everything in one place Thank you for this awesome video.

[@k-a-youtube]

Hi Paul, I’m so glad you found this video to be helpful! Thanks for sharing! Cheers!

[@arunaideepan293]

Great video I'm a first-year electronics engineering student. This is what I needed.

[@k-a-youtube]

I’m glad to hear that! Best of luck to you!

[@Fernando-me2ie]

As a fellow senior EE student I really found a deep appreciation in your video! Woohoo! Thanks again

[@sheriffandytaylor-m9u]

This video came into my autoplay while I was looking for a good notes demo in OneNote for engineering majors! Thank you so much for taking the time to walk through this, I am copying your template to use through the rest of my studies! Buying a surface for digital notes was the best decision I've made yet.

[@conceptsofphysics9610]

this is the best video on youtube for onenote in the math side of things

[@lostintomusic]

I am going to use every strategy from this video, a real helpful video, just made me realize the power of digital notetaking.

[@k-a-youtube]

Glad it was helpful!

[@fgaurano]

I'm relatively new to digital note taking and you've been a really big help to my messy OneNote structure

[@silent.maniac]

I kinda gave up on onenote atually but this video gave me the motivation to give it one more try. thanks for that! :) much love from Germany!

[@pyrofalcon146]

Nice. Will reference this again periodically.

[@kn478]

Thank you so much! Finally a video that is actually useful and not trying to sell me something! Really appreciated it this really helped a lot

[@kn478]

How ironic how things are these days .. a REAL and genuine video like this, from someone that took their free time out of their own volition, to make a video sharing insights that could be helpful -- can hardly could be found nowadays

[@k-a-youtube]

Aw thanks! I am passionate about good note taking! I know iPads, laptops, etc are not cheap....but I wanted to share what works for me in case someone else finds it helpful too

[@rudironsonijr]

This is by far the best setup for OneNote that I've ever seen. (Personally speaking). BTW, I'm a Computer Engineering student.

[@k-a-youtube]

Thanks!

[@dualokfonseca18]

WoW I study eléctric engineering and this is so satisfying to watch o.o simply amazing :0

[@stutesnstuff3337]

Great job Kelly and love your approach.

[@sullya2669]

Very very helpful and concise, Liking and Subbing Thank you

[@dnslifeadventures9984]

Wow !!! Thank you so much for this video ! I am soo glad I found you !!!

[@Larak003]

Very informative and concise! Great job with organizing your classes 👏🏻 . As a first year engineering student, i’m definitely going to implement this system in OneNote. Thank you lots and take care ♥️

[@k-a-youtube]

I'm so glad you were able to take something away from this video! Best of luck with your note taking!

[@tccoder3547]

Kelly thanks for this video. I'm using some of your tips for my software development studies.

[@kelvianmularso2587]

What a wonderful video that 'we' all need! Thank you

[@jimfitch]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you! I’m a longtime OneNote user & last had formal education 44 yes ago, but learned ideas/techniques that will be useful.

[@zjp735]

I try one note today and its amazing i will try to use the highlight color guide you use kelly, thanks for the video

[@felixbrandau4751]

Yeah so right engineering stundend are underrepresented in these videos

[@VMTDesign]

This is so helpful! Thanks for doing this

[@Abdulwadud-I]

Oh my, amazing work.

[@k-a-youtube]

Thanks! I’m glad I could share it! Thank you for watching and commenting! Take care.

[@rathydalion]

I am aware that Ipads, PCtablets have there pros and cons to each of there own, but im curious on which device you guys are using for one note? Or are you using both?

[@k-a-youtube]

Hi! I use an iPad! I have friends who use touch screen laptops, etc as well. Also, a less expensive option is a touch pad type option such as the Wacom tablets that you can put into your computer!

[@rathydalion]

Yes I agree, price is a major factor for me and many of us. After much research The Wacom seems to what I’m going for. Now I can just focus on using OneNote. Thanks for the reply :)

[@amirzaki9768]

I wish I knew this earlier, i won’t loss some of my notes and now I am final year student of EEE

[@abhinandangupta2483]

Thanks for this video. Please bring more of these videos. More tips and tricks. ❣️❣️❣️

[@Frazertag]

Thank you so much for this, I'll be using your methods as inspiration!

[@Asyss_Complex]

Hi, you made really good points and gave me good ideas about how to organize my notes. One thing that caught my attention was the fact that you use an ipad to take notes and your laptop to organize them. By a laptop you mean a Windows-based laptop or a Mac? I'm guessing it's the former. Does that mean you only use your iPad in class, and later you study your notes using both your ipad/laptop? And yes I agree, the 2016 OneNote app has more functionalities than the more 'modern' app (which is really a stripped down version). Not sure why there is two apps. Also I'm surprised you didn't mentioned the math tools options. Especially the one that allows to convert your handwritten equations into a text format. I personally like to enable the dark mode feature. My eyes tend to get less tired, but it's not always possible when inserting documents with white background. Anyway, thank you for sharing your experience! - Cristian

[@chetanbu7922]

Do you use a wiring tablet for writing out those equations

[@conceptsofphysics9610]

hey kelly if you can make more of this on colorful notetaking and math equation writing tips please do it.

[@dysonmastek]

13:44 any digital pen tablet used here ?

[@k-a-youtube]

An Apple Pencil!

[@cathy4659]

Hi Kelly, recently I start to work out notes on one note as ChemE student. Here is a question that I wish to ask you. Can I know whether you face problem when exporting notes into PDF? As it may cut some of the words between 2 pages, is there anywhere I can do to avoid that?It is annoying when I need to export my assignment or homework for submission

[@k-a-youtube]

Hi Catherine, great question! I have found that when you "print to pdf" or "save as pdf" in OneNote, if your ON page is longer than one PDF page, it will split the text/handwriting between two pages, but it will duplicate the last part of the first page onto the first part of the second page. That way, if the first cut it does on the first page ruins a diagram etc, by cutting and duplicating in a different spot on the next page, it usually is pretty good about including the full diagram. I hope that makes sense! Try saving it as a PDF and check out the file!

[@FWDSlip]

Hi Kelly, Great work on the video and organizing classes (congratulation if you have already graduated). You mentioned that you are using the iPad pro, do you still recommend that for this purpose? Thanks

[@k-a-youtube]

Hey thanks! The iPad pro works well for me! I haven't had experience with other tablets, though. Since this video, I have also found that Wacom tablets are good for quick handwriting input, but haven't used it for long handwritten notes such as for a lecture. No sponsorships or anything, and I know iPads are not cheap...just trying to share what has worked for me! :)

[@FWDSlip]

@@k-a-youtube Thank you, I ended up buying the iPad pro :)

[@billygarvey633]

How do you go about turning your class notebooks into one semester notebook? Do you have to manually copy paste each section?

[@k-a-youtube]

Hi! Great question, I could’ve clarified that a bit better. My school runs classes by semester (two semesters each school year), so it was a natural organization strategy for me. I would guess yours is by quarter? In that case, you could do notebooks for each quarter, or yes, like you said, copy and paste sections over. The key is to use what ever strategy works best for you!

[@webertcapucci6145]

Ótimas dicas! Obrigado.

[@Impoweredbyfire]

Could u make one for Goodnotes?

[@betterbutter5935]

i curious if the microsoft have limit to books or page or storage.i afraid if i keep the note in the microsoft onenote.can u answer it

[@k-a-youtube]

I have never run into a page or notebook limit, and I currently have four years worth of notes! The only limit would be if you run out of storage in your Microsoft OneDrive.

[@brin6527]

how did you condense your different subject notebooks into one for the semester?

[@ricardoplata7149]

Can you show how to print the PowerPoint slides to one note? Or add a link on someone explaining it.

[@Volkevism]

Yo, I just wanna ask on how I can change the overall color for pagetabs the same as yours? Coz on mine only the section tabs are colored, not tab section.

[@springequinox4051]

Thank you , I really appreciate it.

[@anonymousperson4363]

The clicking needs to be slowed down, but a good informative video.

[@pieter-6385]

Hello, may I ask what monitor setup you are using? thank you! :)

[@k-a-youtube]

Hi, I use my laptop screen and one external monitor. It’s an older one I had laying around

[@stranger1111]

can u share your customization settings please

[@Anon-hb9cq]

Great video thanks!

[@christohargreaves5234]

Legend for this one

[@buzzz241]

Is it possible to download other people’s notes? 😊 May I download your notes? 😊

[@gilmarcosvazquezdiaz802]

What version of OneNote is this ?? Were the section group is on the top

[@k-a-youtube]

Hi! The version with the tabs on the top is Microsoft OneNote, it was previously “OneNote 2016”. This version comes with a Microsoft Office install, eg if you buy Office, or if you’re a student and your school offers it. Note that this is different than “OneNote for Windows 10” that comes free with a windows device (Ie laptop, surface). This version is very similar to the phone/tablet version and has the tabs and pages nested on the left side of the screen. :)

[@isaacogunmuko3947]

To get perfect pictures on onenote you could use Microsoft lens.

[@sudarson4]

This video was exactly what I needed. Thank you! I'm starting my master's program soon and considering switching to digital note taking. Your video helped me make up my mind. The one big question I have is whether it feels unnatural writing on a glass screen? Is it any slower than writing with a pen on paper?

[@k-a-youtube]

Hello Sudarson! I'm so glad you liked the video! To answer your question, I just write on the glass screen. It definitely took some time for me to get used to, but now it doesn't bother me! You can also check out "paperlike iPad screen protectors" and see if you like that better! I have tried iPads with this on and it really does make a difference!

[@morganwatts8816]

Hey amazing video, just what i needed to learn as I just got an ipad and want to learn how to use it for study more! I was just wondering how you synced using one note with one note for windows 10. I didn't think that was possible!

[@k-a-youtube]

Yep it worths across the two!

[@리카벨샤이라]

was wondering, if you print to onenote say for example a PowerPoint. If i loose the original file would i still be able to see the presentation on my onenote notebook?

[@k-a-youtube]

Yes! When you print a PowerPoint to onenote, it inserts it as a ‘Printout’, basically just a bunch of images of the slides. So the slides will stay in the notebook even if you loose the original file or move the notebook to a different device that doesn’t have that file on it!

[@betterbutter5935]

is it okay if your side of your palm touch your ipad when you are writing?

[@k-a-youtube]

Hi Rachel, with the Apple Pencil, yes! With a simple stylus, it might pick up your palm touches, but there are some special gloves you can get online to help with this.

[@stallonesequeira6585]

Free mind is also one of the Better tools for mind mapping

[@robinwebb36]

Great subject for note-taking. Problem: The background music is so distracting and affects hearing some words spoken

[@AbdulRahman-jz3px]

which digital pen type do you use?

[@k-a-youtube]

An Apple Pencil!

[@vtreanor]

why is there a blacksmith in the background?

[@angelosarrocchi]

how do you add more pens?

[@k-a-youtube]

In the mobile app, there should be an option to add more pens in the Draw section!

[@namecannotbeblank8920]

I would love an app that would make my lines straight and circles circular. I saw a girl in my class that used something like that, but she used an ipad and I use a windows tablet. Anyone know something like that?

[@windyrainStorm]

Can you easily control F the words you have hand written?

[@k-a-youtube]

Yes!

[@harsimratdhaliwal2806]

good shit kelly

[@xo4171]

Wow! That’s an impressive organization of notes. Do you only use OneNote for digital notes, or you use other apps?

[@k-a-youtube]

Hi Khalid, thanks! I’ve used a few apps in the past, namely UPad (I’m not even sure it exists anymore) and Notability. Notability is a pretty popular one right now. OneNote is my favorite though!

[@ambersanchez1717]

How do you get the 2016 version?

[@k-a-youtube]

I believe you need to have an office subscription (ie a personal or school account). They just recently updated the free version of OneNote that comes with all windows laptops so now it has a lot of the features I discuss in this video. Hope this helps!

[@irvankurniaardi4277]

Is this using 2in1 laptop, or using ipad? Can u show what device that u use?

[@k-a-youtube]

I use an iPad and a laptop. Touch screen laptops (ie 2 in 1) work well too! Additionally, you could check out these things called Wacom Boards that let you plug into your computer and use a stylus and pad for handwriting.

[@mariam-eq7bt]

Hey I got a quick question if you don't mind. Since we, students have access to microsoft 360 for free I decided to download the onenote app but i can't seem to be able to create any files, it tells me that i don't have a valid one drive because i'm using my student mail and i was wondering if you encountered the same problem and if you did how did you manage to create one.

[@k-a-youtube]

Hi! I haven’t had this issue before, but I recommend first checking if you are signed into your school account for all your Microsoft apps. I am signed in to both my school and personal accounts, which can get confusing at times, so maybe your computer just got mixed up as to which account you’re using! Other than that, try a Google search with the exact text from the error code, or, if possible, calling/emailing your school’s IT department. Cheers!

[@mariam-eq7bt]

@@k-a-youtube Will do! Thank you :)

[@shipuku0305]

The problem with the powerpoints given to me is that its information that only makes sense when you use it with the lecture videos provided. I'm gonna try following this video, i've got 2 years of notes i need to do lol

[@cinarreis8489]

hey, I'm an electrical engineering student too, if it's possible can you share the notes with me? (Btw I'm 3rd year)

[@cinarreis8489]

Your notes look good.

[@k-a-youtube]

Hi Cinar, Unfortunately I can’t share my notes, since they contain content/presentations made by my professors. But I wish you the best of luck in your studies!

[@peaceofmind6141]

This make me miss college lol

[@Ryldux]

nice video sadly i dont have an ipad "sad smiley"

[@k-a-youtube]

Hi there! There are some other options, if you’re interested! This isn’t sponsored, and I haven’t used one myself, but I’ve done some research and the Wacom tablet seems like a great alternative so that you can still get the handwritten notes feel! It is a Bluetooth or wired pad and stylus that allows you to control your computer with it. Here’s a quick link I found, but I recommend you dig a little more if you’re interested! Wacom CTL4100 Intuos Graphics Drawing Tablet with Software, 7.9" X 6.3", Black, Small www.amazon.com/dp/B079HL9YSF/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_XHZG3B4TWQ3NRTH21H9H