These slides were originally designed to accompany Julie & Michelle’s CLC PDC Workshop session titled “Taking Notes on Your Tablet”, September 2012

1. Taking Notes with Your Tablet
Apps & techniques for today’s brave new world
With Michelle Carter & Julie Ryan

3. We’re predominantly Apple users and know more about
apps for our own devices than for Android, Kindle, etc.

4. TAKING NOTES ON YOUR TABLET
Our experience

5. If at first you don’t succeed…

6. Determine what you really need by
taking a look at the way you currently
take notes

7. Look for an App that suits your style
(** read reviews before you buy)
• Do you work with a lot of PDF or Word files in meetings?
• Do you need to draw or doodle?
• Do you need to share your notes?
• Do you need to secure your data?

8. A few words of caution…

9. (but you can buy a keyboard)
Typing Long Documents is Hard

10. Data Loss is a Possibility
(always backup your notes)

11. Screen glare can be annoying
(you can buy anti-glare film)

12. POPULAR NOTE APPS
Taking notes on your device

13. Apps We’ll Cover
Daily Notes & Tasks
Evernote
Noteshelf
GoodNotes
Upad

14. Daily Notes & Tasks
Take and share notes
Device: PC, MAC, Tablets, Smartphones
Cost: $4.99

17. Dailynotes Features
• Take notes and manage tasks with tabs
• Search & filter notes by tags, tabs, or days
• Sketch/handwriting
• Export to Dropbox and PDF
• Camera integration
• Set password

18. Evernote by Evernote Corp.
Take and share notes
Device: PC, MAC, Tablets, Smartphones
Cost: FREE

20. Your notes are automatically synced

21. Text & digital ink notes on tablets

22. Evernote Features
• Create and edit text notes
• Record audio notes
• Photo notes
• Search for text inside images
• Sync your notes across all of your devices
• Share notes via Facebook & Twitter

23. Noteshelf
Take and share notes
Device: iPad
Cost: $5.99

26. Video

27. • Keep notes in notebooks
• Digital ink pens, highlighter pens, or type on the keyboard
• Embed photos
• Share through email, Twitter, Facebook
• Export to Evernote & Dropbox
Noteshelf Features

28. Goodnotes
Take and share notes, annotate PDF
Device: iPad
Cost: FREE, $3.99 for full version

30. Easily import files

31. Highlight and Annotate PDFs

32. • Pen, highlighter, keyboard
• Store and organize notes into notebooks
• Import and annotate PDFs, photos, Dropbox files
• Export to Dropbox & Evernote
• Share notes & notebooks with other GoodNotes users
• Auto-saves every 15 seconds
GoodNote Features

33. Upad
Note taking, PDF annotating, Photo decorating
Device: iPad
Cost: FREE, $4.99 for full version

35. Export to PDF & email for sharing

36. • Pen, highlighter, keyboard
• Annotate PDF files and books from iTunes (no Dropbox
sync)
• Draw on pictures
• Bookmark favorite notes and files
• Export to email, PDF & PNG images for sharing
• Palm rest feature prevents interference while writing
• Last update deleted user data – company working on a fix
(don’t forget to backup your info if the app allows it!)
Upad Features

37. OTHER APPS OF NOTE
Other apps you may find useful

38. Idea Sketch by NoSleep Software
Create Mind Maps
Cost: FREE

39. Voice Thread by VoiceThread.com
Annotate images and documents with voice & text
Cost: FREE

40. Dragon Dictation by Nuance Communications
Speech to text
Cost: free

41. ACCESSORIES
Optional accessories for a better experiance

42. • TouchTec® II 9mm Capacitive iPad Stylus and Ball Point, $20
• BoxWave Capacitive Stylus for All Touchscreens, $8
• Arcadia 2PCS Micro-Knit Retractable Stylus , $10 for 2
Stylus

43. • With or without a case
• Be sure to make note of your specific tablet model before buying
particularly with iPads (version 2 and up need a hole for rear camera)
Keyboard

44. • Can hold your tablet in the perfect position for you
• Different angles help reduce screen glare in office setting
• Julie recommends the Belkin FlipBlade Adjustable Stand for iPads
Stand

45. • For transferring data between your tablet and computer & charging
• Longer cables are available for purchase (and worth the money)
• Some computers can’t charge your device
Docking Cable & Travel Charger

47. 1. Press & hold the sleep/wake button
2. Immediately after, press the home button
Your screen capture is saved in PHOTOS
How To: Screen Captures
Sleep/wake
button
Home
button

48. 1. For alternate characters, press and hold down
on a key until a second menu appears
2. slide your finger to the correct character
How To: Alternate Characters
Alternate
character
s

49. 1. Press and hold the “.com” key
2. Slide your finger to select .edu, .net, and .org
instead of typing them in.
How To: Quick Web Addresses
Press and hold
the .com key

50. 1. Tap and hold the number selection
2. Slide your finger to correct number
You will not lose the letter keyboard
How To: Quick access number keys
Tap and hold a number
key

51. At the end of a line of text, tap the spacebar twice.
iPad will automatically insert a period and capitalize
the next letter for you.
How To: Type Faster
Double-tap the spacebar

52. List of Apps
1. Daily Notes
2. Evernote
3. Noteshelf
4. Good Notes
5. Upad
1. Idea Sketch
2. VoiceThread
3. Dragon Dictation
Popular Note Taking Apps Other Apps of
Note

53. Credits & Notes
Michelle Carter | x2891 | mcarter@clcillinois.edu and
Julie Ryan | x2734 | julieryan@clcillinois.edu
Content Creators and Presenters
Slide Design
Julie Ryan
iPad pictures, screenshots & application icons
Are included for illustration purposes only and belong to Apple and/or their respective
software developers
Fonts
Forte, BrushScript, Adobe Fan Heiti, Calibri
Charlie Chaplin picture
Modern Times, 1936
These slides were originally designed to accompany Julie & Michelle’s CLC PDC Workshop
session titled “Taking Notes on Your Tablet”, September 2012
iPad glare picture (slide 5)
By Yutaka Tsutano, downloaded from Flicker here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivyfield/4667604054/sizes/l/in/photostream/