Extensions

In this video, you will add a row to your table for an essential question related to the topic of your notes.

When you learn about a new topic, you or your teacher often have a goal in mind.

You can put this goal in the form of an essential question, or objective, to help guide your learning.

An essential question helps you look for deeper meaning and promotes further questioning.

For example, if you are studying music, an essential question might be: “How can music communicate a cause to an audience?” An objective states what you should be able to accomplish after you have completed a lesson.

For example, “I can explain how the way a musical work is created affects its meaning.” To begin, open your notes template.

Then, add a row below the information row.

Add a label in the new row for your essential question or objective.

You can use another term as well as long as it helps you stay focused on one major focus for your learning.

Next, open the document with the notes you took.

Repeat the steps to add a new row for your essential question.

Then, reread your notes and summary.

Think about an essential question or objective that your notes are centered around.

Then, add your question or objective.

You may have multiple chapters or lessons that all contribute to the answer to one essential question.

Including the essential question with your notes can help you put your different chapters or lessons in context, so you can better understand how everything fits together.

If your template becomes too long for one page, it is OK.

If you want to make it fit on one page, adjust the the size of the text or the border.

Now, it’s your turn: Add a new row to the table in your template, Add a new row to your notes document, And add an essential question or objective to your notes.

In this video, you will share your notes template and collaborate with someone to take notes on a topic.

There are often several sources available to you when you are learning about a topic.

You might find books, online videos, and more that contain information to take notes on.

If you are able to work with a partner, you can each use different sources to gather information about the same topic.

You can then collaborate using your notes template to make your note-taking process quicker and more efficient.

To begin, open the document with your completed notes.

Share your notes with your partner, so they can add their own notes.

You and your partner will both be able to comment on each other’s notes as well.

You can check each other’s work for accuracy and to make sure you have covered everything you need to.

Have the person you are sharing with use Suggesting mode.

Your partner can suggest changes and additions that you can decide to accept or not.

Then, begin to collaborate with your notes document.

While you can collaborate at the same time, you can also add notes and comments separately, whenever it is convenient for either you or your partner.

You or your partner can adjust the size of the text to make more room to collaborate.

If you have already taken notes, your partner can add their own.

You can accept suggestions as they are made or wait until you have both completed all sections.

You or your partner might decide to add to the summary or cue section.

For example, you could think of a new question to practice with while you study.

You can both add comments and suggestions to support or question the information in your notes.

You can use comments to clarify anything that might be unclear.

Then, either partner can resolve the comment once it has been addressed.

You can also comment about the next steps, such as scheduling a time to discuss or study your collaborative notes.

Now, it’s your turn: Share your notes with a partner, Add notes with your partner, And comment in your notes with your partner.

In this video, you will adjust the table properties of your notes template to format your notes.

When you take notes for a test or other activity, you want the format of your notes to be organized and clear.

Everyone studies in their own way, so adjusting the properties of the table you created for your notes will help you personalize your template.

You can then take notes in an effective and efficient way.

To begin, open the document with your completed notes.

Then, open your table properties dialog box.

This box allows you to make many different changes to your table.

You do not adjust every property.

Make changes only to the ones that will help you take notes and study.

You can adjust your table border to make it thicker if you want your sections to be more well-defined.

You made your table the size of a page, but if you want, you can make the columns or rows larger or smaller.

This might affect your notes in the rows and columns.

Changing the cell padding adjusts the space between the border of a cell and its contents.

You can skip this if your notes are not impacted by the borders.

If your table is not aligned properly, you can adjust it.

You can do the same with the text in your table.

You can change the background color of your table, if you prefer a certain color while you study.

Or you can change certain cells to provide a contrast between the sections.

Now, it’s your turn: Adjust your table borders, Check your table and text alignment, And change the background color of your cells.