1. Organized Note Taking with
A presentation by Jennifer Collins

2. Happiness is living in a neat mess, right?
Not always. Get organized with Evernote!

3. What is Evernote?
• Evernote is a web service and software application that can
be used to take class notes and keep them organized in one
convenient place.
• Evernote is free.
• Notes created using an Evernote account can be accessed
from a wide array of platforms.
•The company motto is “remember everything” and
Evernote helps to do just that.

4. What Can You Do With Evernote?
•Take and access notes from almost any device with a wireless or mobile
network connection.
•Keep organized with customized notebooks and searchable tags.
•Scan and add documents or upload pictures to notes easily.
•Capture screen shots from websites and send them to your notebook.
•Clip articles, discussions, and images from the web.
•Make Audio Notes using your device’s microphone.
•Share notebooks to work on group research projects.
•Send notes to an email address, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other
participating websites.

5. Using Evernote
•To create an account go to www.evernote.com You
will then have the option to install it for Windows or
Linux computers or to download it from the App
store for Mac OSX devices.
•Once you have an account you can download the
Evernote app on your smart phone or tablet devices.
•Sign in and you are ready to use the program!

6. Evernote Layout

7. Taking Notes
•The font bar appears at the top of all Notes and helps to format and
organize your text
•Selected Format options are highlighted in blue.

8. Notebooks
•To create a new Notebook go to “File” and Select New Notebook
•All Notebooks are displayed on the left
side of the screen. New notes will become
part of the selected notebook.

9. Tagging
Numbers next to the tag name
indicate the number of notes
marked with specific tags.
•Add new tags manually by clicking in the space below the title of the note
and typing them in, or go to “File” and select “New Tag”.

10. Audio Notes
To create an Audio Note as part of an existing Note click
the audio icon in the font bar.
•Click “record” to start an Audio Note.
•When you have finished recording hit “save”.
•The Audio Note will now appear in the body of your selected Note. To
rename it simply right click and select “rename”.

11. Clipping Items from the Web
•Find an article you would like to save to Evernote and then click on the
Evernote Elephant tab on your browser.
•Evernote will highlight the entire article by default with yellow bars on each
side. Bars can be adjusted if students only want a portion of the article. You
can also manually highlight items with your mouse and then clip them.

12. Clipping Items from the Web
•When you have clicked on
the Elephant Clipper Icon the
following window will appear.
Decide which Notebook you
want the article to be clipped
to and add relevant tags. There
is also a space to add an
annotation. Click “save article”.

13. Clipping Items from the Web
• The next time you Sync Evernote from the web, your phone, computer, or tablet
the article will appear in the selected Notebook.
•You can then add your own notes to the bottom of the article
or copy and paste relevant portions of the article into other
notes.
•Images from clipped notes can be copied and pasted into other notes.
•Clipped notes can also be shared as part of group projects and emails.

14. Tips for Searching in Evernote
•Intitle:”KEYWORD”
•Notebook:”NOTEBOOKTITLE KEYWORD”
•Any:”MULTIPLE, KEYWORDS”
• -tag:”KEYWORD”
•Resource:”KEYWORD
•Resource:image/*
•Resource:image/JPG.
Try the following advanced search tips to find notes quickly and efficiently:

15. Saving Search Preferences
There is a simple way to save your favorite search settings in Evernote.
In the search bar type the query that
you want saved in your settings.
Then, click “edit” to to “find” and click “save search”.
Give the search a descriptive but easy to remember name, and click “ok”. The
search is now saved and will pop up as an option next time you click the search
bar.

16. Exporting Notes
Evernote makes
exporting you notes
for backup, or transfer
easy.
Embedded images,
audio notes and PDFs
will be preserved in
exported notes.

17. Conclusion
• Evernote helps you to stay organized by keeping all of
your class notes in one convenient location.
• Notes are Synced to the Cloud which means your notes
are protected in case a computer is broken, malfunctions,
or is stolen.
•You can access your notes from almost any device with an
internet or mobile connection.
• This has only been a brief survey of what Evernote can do.
The more you use it the better it gets. Get an account and
try it out for yourself.