Comments on: Monday Master Class: How to Take Notes on Power Point Slides

By: QmartRage

QmartRage — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:53:12 +0000

This is what i do at medschool, where EVERYTHING is powerpoint… one thing that you can do to slim down the amount of paper that you use is to use the “layout” feature when ur printing to put multiple notes pages on a single printed page; also, you can remove the slide all together when in the “master notes” mode of powerpoint

By: dave

dave — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:44:56 +0000

Old school technique for anyone who can’t use a laptop: From the syllabus you know what chapters are being covered. Bring the book(s). If the book allows write your notes in the margin or write in a notebook. If writing in a notebook make sure to note the textbook page the lecture is clarifying or adding to. When you get your powerpoint information, add your notes from class then. Remember, your notes should be short hand and need only help to spark your memory for when you fill in the details around the PowerPoint notes. For anyone with bad handwriting – practice and improve.

By: DottyWine

DottyWine — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:35:15 +0000

My classes are basically math classes (i’m too lazy to explain it all again) so I guess I have to study with a laptop and a notebook open.

By: taking case notes with a word processor

taking case notes with a word processor — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:08:12 +0000

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By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:14:40 +0000

The way I’ve dealt with just printing notes from slideshows (using Office 2007) is to go to the orange button in your top left hand side (idk what they call that thing?) and go to Publish>Create Handouts in Microsoft Word>Notes Next to Slide. It will send everything to word. Then I delete the columns containing the slide pictures and slide number and clean up what’s left. It’s a pain… but when it saves you precious printer ink, paper, and time… it’s worth it!

By: Study Hacks

Study Hacks — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:06:52 +0000

@Stefan:

You might try printing the files in advance using the notes page view as described above. Because you haven’t taken notes yet, this should just leave a blank half page under each slide. You can then take notes in this space (and on the back) during the lecture.

Another approach is to use some special notation in your notebook to indicate what slide number in the presentation you are taking notes on. (i.e., “P9″ for slide number 9). I used to do something similar back before the era of laptops dawned upon us.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:57:10 +0000

Hey Cal, bought your book, read parts of it (short on time before semester), and really enjoyed it. Quick question though, I am taking a business course and the prof prints out the powerpoint slides for us, with no room to write notes (except small margins). However, she also does put them online, but I am in no way able to obtain a laptop to take notes during class.
What is my best option?

By: Study Hacks

Study Hacks — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:11:30 +0000

@Vincent

Thanks for the tip on OneNote. For students who have the software, sounds like a good way to deal with power point.

In terms of the foreign accent issue — which I’m lucky to have faced only once, surprisingly enough, taking CS courses at three different universities — I think emphasis needs to be turned to the recitation sections, which become like your main lecture. I’ll think about if I have enough advice here for a full post. Thanks for the idea!

By: Vincent

Vincent — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:42:16 +0000

This comment doesn’t relate to the topic at hand, Cal. But could you write an entry about how you would handle professors with foreign accents? And I mean professors whose accents are about impossible to understand — like you look at your notes and they don’t make sense. And after seeking professors who teach the same class, but who have foreign accents as well, what would you do?

By: Vincent

Vincent — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:32:46 +0000

This is a response to Cal and Megan. I use Microsoft OneNote to take notes (for those who aren’t familiar with this superb note-taking program, check out http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/default.aspx). In any program that allows you to print, like Powerpoint, select the printer name “Send to OneNote 2007.” Your slides will pop up in OneNote and you can send them to anywhere in OneNote. You can conveniently take notes right by the slides and change the slide size so you don’t kill your printer. For example, you can have 5 slides in a column with your notes typed on the side. Use page setup to make sure your content prints within 8.5 by 11 inches.