WAB Learns: Microsoft Teams: OneNote Class Notebook

Index

Assessments in Class Notebook

Interactive lessons with OneNote

Using OneNote in the classroom

Included in this video are ideas for:

Breakout rooms
Student Portfolios
Assistive technology

Open-up Resource Notebooks

Open-up curriculum OneNote
The Open-up Maths (G6-8) and ELA Primary (EAL) resources are available in Class Notebook form and they are AWESOME

OneNote and Self Assessment

Report OneNote Issues

Normally, the syncing feature should be working on both OneNote app and OneNote online. However there are currently some “page distribution” issues for OneNote online, and the Microsoft product team has been working on it.

We recommend you therefore use the OneNote APP (make sure you have the latest version 16.37 - May20) and you encourage students using OneNote in Teams to "open in APP".

If you have an error message on OneNote online please take down the time and take a screen shot of the session ID. Send this to IT support to contact Microsoft product team to check from the backend.

Benefits of using OneNote Class Notebook

Cult of Pedagogy Article on OneNote
OneNote is like a digital binder, an online notebook where you can take notes on individual pages, then organize the pages within subject tabs. Because the binder is digital, you can also hyperlink text, embed video and audio, add drawings, insert images, and so much more.

Insert a Form into One Note

Insert a form or quiz into OneNote
Only works for OneNote ONLINE;
1. Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your school credentials.
2. Open the OneNote Class or Staff notebook in which you want to insert a form or quiz.
3. On the Insert tab, select Forms.

Trouble Shooting

Despite our best intentions there are times when OneNote does not perform as desired. Below you will find a couple of the most common issues teachers/students may encounter and proposed solutions or ways to prevent them.

1. OneNote will not open in the browser

Check that either Chrome or Edge are set as default - OneNote will not open in Safari
Open in the app instead

2. I do not see the same documents as my teacher / colleague / fellow student

Make sure that any open OneNote notebooks are SYNC'd and CLOSED - until this has happened the latest changes will not be visible in TEAMS or the BROWSER. This is particularly important when
- More than one teacher is working on a Notebook in the app
- Students are working on assignments in the Notebook app

3. My notebooks are very slow

Remember to sync all open notebooks regularly, and to also close them at least once a day - if there too many changes that haven't been sync'd it takes a long time for the sync and upload to occur and you may lose data
Make sure you don't put too many images or videos on a page - the rule of thumb is "less is more" bloated pages take long to load and often crash
Make sure you have the latest / current version of the App and it's updated regularly

4. I get a page "conflict" error

These occur when two people are working on the same page and have not sync'd the page. In meetings or planning sessions agree who will be taking notes, and make sure to sync and save regularly.
Delete the page with the duplicate or conflicting information that is incorrect.

OneNote Logistics

OneNote Logistics
This article explains new features of OneNote but more importantly explains how to do several logistical things around the creation and rolling over of notebooks and integrating them into teams.

OneNote set up
How to make a OneNote Notebook, share it and add content to a ClassNotebook in ClassTeams

Activate your notebook

How to add a co-teacher to a class notebook

1. Go to OneNote on O365

2. Select "Add or Remove Teachers"

3. Add teacher(s) by name or email address. Remove teacher(s) by selecting their name.

4. Confirm the list of teachers with access to your class notebook.

5. Select Update.

The teacher(s) you added will receive an email with a link to their notebook.

Link to Microsoft instructions

Best Practice for Syncing Notebooks

Best practices for syncing notes in OneNote
No matter what version of OneNote you use, your notebooks are designed to be saved and synced automatically by the OneNote apps themselves, which means you should never need to manually move files like you might be used to with traditional files in a Finder window on a Mac.

However, even when OneNote handles all of the syncing of notes between your computer and your devices, there are a few best practices you can keep in mind to make sure you have the best experience.

Webinar - OneNote during online learning

Microsoft OneNote and its role in supporting remote teaching and learning
You will need to sign-up/sign-in to see this webinar

See the section of Esam Baboukhan (starts at 18min 21 sec). He divides his lessons for online learning into:

Starter
Lesson Plan
Lesson Checklist (tickbox and comments)
Lesson Review (incl. braindump)
Self & Peer assessment before assignments are submitted

Microsoft Teams: OneNote Class Notebook