{"id":8109,"date":"2025-12-16T14:10:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/?page_id=8109"},"modified":"2025-12-18T11:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:38:09","slug":"strategies-for-improving-your-notetaking-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/opportunities-at-pmc\/notetaking\/strategies-for-improving-your-notetaking-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Strategies for Improving Your Notetaking Process\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a volunteer notetaker, you are not required to take notes in any specific format. The strategies and tips below are intended to help you get more out of your own notetaking. Remember \u2013 your notes are first and foremost for your learning and understanding of the course material.<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Prepare<\/strong> for your lecture by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utsc.utoronto.ca\/learningstrategies\/preparing-lecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previewing<\/a> the current week\u2019s readings, lecture slides, or other course materials before the lecture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Set up<\/strong> your notebook\/document before the lecture using your preferred format or template.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Using an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodnotes.com\/blog\/note-taking-methods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">active notetaking method<\/a> helps you stay engaged during lectures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Keep<\/strong> your notes organized:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use a new notebook or digital folder for each course.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Label your notes with the lecture number or title, course code, and date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Use abbreviations and shorthand<\/strong> where possible for efficiency:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Creating a legend<\/strong> in your notes before uploading them to Ventus will help students who may be unfamiliar with the abbreviations to understand your notes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Be metacognitive<\/strong> \u2013 think about what you are writing down and why.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Avoid rewriting content from the lecture slides if they are made available on Brightspace.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focus on details that are new to you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ctl.utexas.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/notetaking_metacog_interventions_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Notetaking Guide<\/a> provides prompts to support you in developing your metacognitive skills during lectures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":0,"parent":381,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[56],"class_list":["post-8109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-volunteer-notetaking"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8109"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8115,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8109\/revisions\/8115"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=8109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}