Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft OneNote is a note-taking program for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration. It gathers users’ notes, drawings, screen clippings, and audio commentaries. Notes can be shared with other OneNote users, including through Canvas.
- Sort content across notebooks, sections, and pages.
- Highlight can’t-miss notes with Important and To-Do tags.
- Record audio notes, insert online videos, and add files.
- Easily share private notebooks between each instructor and their individual students.
- Store handouts in the content library.
- Use the collaboration space for content delivery and creative activities.
Getting Started
Instructor Resources
Using Microsoft OneNote with Canvas
Use these Microsoft resources for step-by-step instructions to:
- Create a new notebook
- Find my Class Notebooks
- Distribute pages and sections
- Distribute Content Library
- Delete pages from student notebooks
- Review student work
- Provide written, audio, or video feedback
- Create student groups
- Lock pages in student notebooks
- Use page templates to create lessons and assignments (OneNote 2016)
- See if students have edited a page (OneNote 2016)
- Deleting and restoring a OneNote Class Notebook page that’s linked to a Microsoft Teams assignment
Additional resources include:
- Introduction to OneNote, including:
- Recommended OneNote course in the Microsoft Educator Center
- YouTube OneNote playlist
- Interactive click-through guides
- OneNote Class Notebook educator guide
- OneNote blog
- Getting Started for Instructors
Syllabus Statement
Add the statement below to the required technologies section of your syllabus.
This course will use Microsoft OneNote for collaboration on specific projects and assignments. Visit the Microsoft OneNote learning tool guide to view the terms of service, privacy policy, accessibility statement, and steps for getting started with OneNote in Canvas.
Student Resources
Using Microsoft OneNote
Use these Microsoft resources for step-by-step instructions to:
Licensing
All students, faculty, and staff members with an Iowa State Net-ID have access at no charge.
