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Evernote is a perfect tool for students who take notes during lectures, collect research for papers, collaborate with others, or study for a test.
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Topic
Evernote for Students.
When to use
Evernote is a perfect tool for students who take notes during lectures, collect research for papers, collaborate with others, or study for a test.
Instructions
Manage information
As a student you’ve got to be prepared to manage massive amounts of information. Evernote is a great central place for all that information, and it’s easy to add information from different sources and in various formats.
You can:
●Copy info to the clipboard and paste it into a Note
●Drag and drop single and multiple documents
●Manually or automatically forward e-mails
●Add links to Google Drive and Dropbox documents
●Use the Web Clipper to clip articles, URLs, or entire web pages directly from your browser
On the go and don’t have access to the Internet? That’s okay. Jot down thoughts or ideas using the Evernote app on your phone. Your info will be synced the moment you’re back online.
Avoid a messy Evernote account by structuring your information.
Create a Notebook and give it the name of your class or paper. If you’ll need more than one Notebook, make sure that you put them into a single Stack. Of course, you can also use tags to be able to run more general or more specific searches.
Manage schedule
A structure that will keep you accountable is crucial for the success of a student.
Developing a weekly task list is the best way to keep things running smoothly. You don’t need one that ties you down to a minute-by-minute schedule. But you do need to have a list of everything that you need to do on a weekly basis, so nothing gets left off, and you have some idea of how much of what needs to be done by when.
Get into the habit of ending (or starting) your week with a weekly review Examine what’s been accomplished during the week, re-assign due dates for assignments that didn’t get completed, and record items that never made it to the list. Look at upcoming exams, evaluate the rest of your workload, and, if necessary, make adjustments.
Manage collaborators
If you have group assignments, share the parts that everyone is responsible for and the due dates to ensure that everyone will be able to get their part done on time.
●Create and share a group assignment Notebook with those who’ll be helping you. On the main task list, assign individual tasks by putting the name of the assignee before the task.
●Create reminders for individual task Notes by clicking the little clock icon in the right upper corner of the note and setting a date.
●Use “Work Chat” feature for discussions (when you are online at the same time).
●Share with them your Evernote incoming email and ask your groups members to use it in addition to the main e-mail when sending emails to you.
Using Evernote to manage your studies will make you feel more focused, effective, and empowered.
- 00:04 Evernote is a perfect tool for students who take notes during lectures,
- 00:09 collect research for papers, collaborate with others, or study for a test.
- 00:14 So if you're a student, this lesson is for you.
- 00:17 We will take a look at how you can manage information,
- 00:21 using Evernote manage your schedule and your collaborators.
- 00:25 So, let's start with managing information.
- 00:28 As a student, you've got to be able to manage mass of amounts of information.
- 00:34 And Evernote can become that one central place where you save all that information.
- 00:40 And that's,
- 00:41 because it's easy to add information into Evernote from different sources.
- 00:46 And easy to add that information in different formats.
- 00:50 If you remember, you can copy information to the clipboard and paste it into a note.
- 00:56 You can drag and drop single or multiple documents.
- 01:00 You can forward emails manually or automatically.
- 01:04 You can add links.
- 01:06 You can use the clipper to clip articles to URLs or
- 01:12 entire web pages directly form your browser.
- 01:16 The only caveat here is you've got to structure your information, so
- 01:20 that you can easily find what you're looking for once you go back.
- 01:27 Now, let's look at managing your schedule.
- 01:31 The structure that will keep you accountable is critical for your success.
- 01:36 So, what remind you is you can create a note with this weekly task list
- 01:41 that's where you list everything that needs to happen on a weekly basis.
- 01:46 Possibly with due dates, so that nothing falls through the cracks.
- 01:52 And lastly, managing all those group assignments.
- 01:56 What you can do is you can create a notebook with the assignment and
- 02:03 share that notebook with with a group of people who you will be working with.
- 02:08 You can create a note and list, and who is responsible for what part.
- 02:14 You can create reminders for individual tasks.
- 02:18 You can use work chat feature for discussions.
- 02:22 You can even ask your collaborators to use your Evernote
- 02:26 incoming email address to send you anything related to this project,
- 02:31 especially if somebody else will be taking part of the research.
- 02:35 So as you can see, using Evernote to manage your studies
- 02:40 will make you more focused, more effective and more empowered.
- 02:45 So, take a look at how Evernote can make your life easier.
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