Showing posts with label evernote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evernote. Show all posts
Monday, January 9, 2017
Evernote Tips and Tricks Series 12 Notebooks Notes Tags
Im a huge fan and user of Evernote, and lots of people ask me for tips on using it, so Im starting a series of blog posts on Evernote Tips and Tricks to share some great tips and ideas for using Evernote.
Tip #12 - Notebooks, Notes, Tags
Evernotes notes and notebooks are the main part of the app. There are a lot of different ways to format and organize them.
In the last tip, Evernote Tips and Tricks Series - #11 - merge notes, create table of contents, create notebook stacks I talk about using notebook stacks to organize the notebooks more. You can also search through your notes to easily to find things and link notes to each other.
When you search, you can search for a term, in different notebooks or by tags. You can also just click on the tag on the left menu. Tagging is a great way to organize your notes.
There are a lot of ways to organize you notebooks and notes and some tips on formatting them.
- Group related notes into notebooks (like files into folders) - notebooks can be setup based on work, personal, travel etc.
- Notebook stacks (see above) can be used to group notebooks together. For example, you may have a bunch of notebooks for work that you group together.
- Use tags to connect different notes together - great for having notes that are in different notebooks, but have a common theme or topic. For example, I have SBAC (testing) as a tag in notes that could be in my IT/EdTech notebook or my Academic notebook.
- If you have Evernote Premium, setup offline notebooks in Android and iOS.
- Use bold, underline, numbered lists, checklists, tables and bullet points in your notes to better organize your notes for easy reading.
- Use horizontal lines in notebooks to divide sections of content. (Ctrl + Shirt + - will insert a horizontal line)
- Attach files into your notes for viewing and retrieval. PDFs and images are directly viewable in the desktop app. Clicking other files will open them with their associated app. Edit and then click save and the file in Evernote is updated (Desktop).
- Use a table of contents note to organize the notes in a notebook
- Use note links to reference one note in another note.
- Create note templates and forms to save time (great for meeting notes, etc.)
- Put frequently accessed notebooks and notes in the Favorites Bar for quick access.
There are a lot of ways to get organized with Evernote and tons of ways to manage your notes and resources. Hopefully theses tips were helpful.
Related:
Evernote for Education Resources (includes more tips)
Evernote Tips and Tricks Series
Tips on Getting Started with Evernote
Examples of using Evernote as: teacher, student, admin
Great Tips, Resources and Ideas for Going Paperless
Get Organized - tips and resources for students, teachers, admin and more
-Available link for download
Monday, December 26, 2016
Evernote Tips and Tricks Series 13 Clearly clean up what you are viewing
Im a huge fan and user of Evernote, and lots of people ask me for tips on using it, so Im starting a series of blog posts on Evernote Tips and Tricks to share some great tips and ideas for using Evernote.
Tip #13 - Clearly
Evernotes Web Clipper allows you to clip a "simplified article" when clipping from a website. This feature gets rid of the side bars, ads, etc and just copies the article (occasionally it doesnt work depending on how the site was built, but it works most of the time.) Its a great way to just clip the article and not the distractions, making it easier to read, as well as taking less time to clip and using less storage space.
Evernote also has a stand alone browser extension that does basically the same thing, called Clearly.
Evernote Clearly is a browser extension that allows you to read online with less distractions. You simply click the extension and it hides all the distractions from blogs and articles, allowing you to read with less distractions and more easily. It use it a lot, especially on sites that have a ton of ads or side bar items.
This is great for students who have issues with distractions and makes things easier to read.
Simply install the extension and click on it when in an article. From there, you can clip it to Evernote, highlight, annotate or even print.
Related:
Evernote for Education Resources (includes more tips)
Evernote Tips and Tricks Series
Tips on Getting Started with Evernote
Examples of using Evernote as: teacher, student, admin
Great Tips, Resources and Ideas for Going Paperless
Get Organized - tips and resources for students, teachers, admin and more
-Available link for download
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Evernote Tips and Tricks Series 11 merge notes create table of contents create notebook stacks
Im a huge fan and user of Evernote, and lots of people ask me for tips on using it, so Im starting a series of blog posts on Evernote Tips and Tricks to share some great tips and ideas for using Evernote.
Tip #11 - merge notes, create table of contents, notebook stacks
Evernotes layout of notebooks and notes is great for organizing, but there are some more great features too.
1. Merge Notes - Simply select the notes you want to merge together (hold CTRL or SHIFT as you select each one) and then click "Merge". This merges the notes together into one note with the first note you select as the top note. Each note title is shaded providing a sort of page break between each note. This is a great way to consolidate multiple notes into one - very useful when you are adding/creating notes from different sources into Evernote or for cleaning up completed projects.
Please note: If you make a mistake merging notes or would like to retain the original notes, restore each individual note from your trash.
2. Create a Table of Contents - This creates a note with a list of all of the notes you selected (hold CTRL or SHIFT to select notes) with the title of each note being a hyperlink to the actual note. This is great for project management so you have a list of all projects/tasks on one note, as a unit plan with a list to each lesson plan and resource, or for writing with a list of each chapter.
3. Create Notebook Stacks - you can organize a bunch of notebooks into a "stack" where they are all organized. For example, I have a notebook stack for my consulting projects which has different notebooks underneath including clients, project files, resources and more.
In Evernote for Windows and Mac, select the notebooks from the left side menu, drag and drop one notebook into another notebook and it will create a new stack containing both notebooks. You can add more notebooks by simply dragging them into the stack.
Evernote for iOS
1. Navigate to your notebook list view.
2. Tap Edit in the upper right screen.
3. Select the information icon (“i”) next to the notebook you would like to move to your stack.
4. Tap Stack.
Evernote for Android
Adding notebooks to a stack with Android is a one-step process!
1. Press and hold a notebook and select ‘Move to stack’ or ‘Move to new stack’
More great features from Evernote that allow you to be more organized and efficient.
Related:
Evernote for Education Resources (includes more tips)
Great Tips, Resources and Ideas for Going Paperless
Get Organized - tips and resources for students, teachers, admin and more
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