Thanks Yakup Karatas! I've now made a new "students guide" too, so feel free to share this with your classes if you want to go ahead and start using it: ruclips.net/video/4IGQtA-_lds/видео.html
Find many more videos on how to use Office 365 Tools like Teams and OneNote for Remote Learning, made from a real teacher's perspective, in this playlist: ruclips.net/video/K-hMzCMIreE/видео.html Timestamps for mobile users: 00:00 - Intro 02:26 - 1. Open on any Device 03:01 - 1. Open on any Device - using the notebook link address 03:43 - 1. Open on any Device - viaTeams 05:37 - 2. Using the Content library - copying/pasting pages to their own area 06:39 - 2. Using the Content Library - Immersive Reader 07:18 - 3. Distributing pages 09:19 - 3.Distributing pages - individual distribution 09:36 - 3.Distributing pages - group distribution 10:07 - 3.Distributing pages - cross notebook distribution 10:31 - 3.Distributing pages - Deleting pages 11:24 - 3.Distributing pages - distribute section 12:58 - 3.Distributing pages - via Teams 13:39 - 4.Providing Feedback - Review Students Work tool 18:06 - 4.Providing Feedback - Reviewing an individual student's work 19:20 - 4.Providing Feedback - Using digital Ink (stylus or graphics tablet) 20:26 - 4.Providing Feedback - Using text comment blocks 20:54 - 4.Providing Feedback - Using tags to identify teacher feedback 21:36 - 4.Providing Feedback - using the search tool to find tags 22:09 - 4.Providing Feedback - Stickers 22:20 - 4.Providing Feedback - Locking Pages 22:45 - 4.Providing Feedback - via Teams 23:36 - Outro
Glad it was helpful Emma! Yes - I was pleased with how the card sort turned out. I like doing these sorts of activities in my class so thought it might be fun to try in OneNote!
Thanks for your videos! I've watched many and continue to learn. This was a bit fast for me today so I appreciate being able to rewind and watch repeatedly!
Hey Maureen - I also noticed it being a bit fast, especially towards the end. But there was so much to try and fit in! I found it difficult to sequence parts of this video too. I've added timestamps to the description, so if it did go a bit fast and you need to watch some parts again you can jump straight to right place.
This was so useful- thank you so much! I've always been interested in trying OneNote class notebooks but it seems so intimidating at first- this has really simplified the process for me. Thank you!
I'm so glad! There's definitely a bit of a hump to get over to get OneNote up and running. But once you are, I guarantee it will save you lots of tine and effort. Hang in there!
Thank you very much for this and other videos you have done utilizing Teams. The OneNote Class Notebook is the way I am going. Your videos have been very helpful and informative since I am brand new to Teams this school year 2020-21. We are currently distance learning again, but not like we did this last spring. I am learning and teaching students at the same time on how to use Teams. I told them we are in this together with an end result that will surpass anything we have ever done. When students were in the classroom, we set up Interactive Notebooks. I am very excited to see how I can adapt OneNote Class Notebook as an interactive Notebook. I teach 8th grade math in Northern Minnesota, USA.
Hey Chris - I really love the positivity expressed in this comment! It's been one crazy year, but there are always silver linings, and I'm so glad you are still looking for them. I love OneNote and really glad I've trained up my students with it. We have mostly returned to face-to-face teaching, and similarly also catering for students who are self-isolating. My school has introduced new rules that staff should not routinely mark students work, and any assessment work they do hand in needs to be quarantined for 72 hours before I can look at it, and then 72 hours again before i can give it back. Our OneNote Class Notebook cuts right through that, and I can see the work of a child at the back of the class, or even from their own home, without leaving my little box at the front of the class!
Very well explained. Awesome tutorials. In your previous video, you went quickly through the features to create lessons using OneNote. I would really appreciate a more detailed video explaining the different options more in deep about how to create lessons and materials for students. Also, how to include PowerPoints and interactive activities. Do you know if it works with Google Slides? Thank you very much for your videos and clarity.
Glad it was helpful, Aday! I am planning to make some shorter, more focused videos on particular topics subscribers are asking for. I already made some "Teams in 2 minutes" videos, and I'd like to start making some similar content on OneNote. Thanks for the suggestions!
Glad it was helpful! I've also made a video aimed at students using OneNote for the first time. Consider sharing that with them if you are going down this route =)
I thought you could distribute whole sections in the past, is that not a thing anymore? I did something similar in 2022 and can't figure out how to do it again.
Your videos have prompted me to use OneNote class notebooks with my students during virtual learning this year. This semester, I have one student for whom I can see all of her work except in one section of her notebook. Any idea why this is happening or how I can fix it?
Hmm...could she have password protected it? Does it throw up a particular error message when you try and access it or does it just appear empty? Could have just glitched somehow. If you cant figure it out, maybe get her to create a new section, move her files to that one and delete the old one.
Thanks for the video!! I have students from different schools. Can I add students from private schools? I have added a stduent from a private student. But the student cannot open the classbook from the link. Any ideas?? Thanks!!
If you are working as an individual tutor, then you can create a onenote notebook and share this with other individual students. However, class notebooks are a specific EDU customisation, and so you will struggle to emulate their features with a group of students drawn from different schools. I'm also interested how tutors might use this more effectively with their students, so if I find out anything useful, I'll be sure to make a video on it!
Glad it was helpful, Gary! Let me know if you have more questions - I'm starting a series of shorter videos addressing particular issues teachers are having and I'm always looking for more ideas!
Thanks for all your helpful videos. I have made a page in student class notebook which has some gaps the students need to fill in. Can they insert text boxes and type onto the page or will they have to use the digital ink function? They dont have touch screen devices. Thanks for your help. Also - is it better to insert a pdf file word or powerpoint?
Hey Anne - if you insert a pdf or use the “print to OneNote” feature, it will actually insert an image into the page. If you do this and want to write on top of this with text, them before you distribute the page it’s better to right-click on the image and set it as background. This way it can’t be moved around the page accidentally and it’s much easier to create the text boxes on top of it for the students to type in their answers. If you are importing from word, you could do it the same way, or you could open the document, copy the text and paste the text directly into the page. Students could then add their answers in between, similar to editing a word page. I normally ask them to choose a different font colour if I’m doing it this way. Both strategies have their advantages and I do it both ways depending on the task!
Hi, thank you so much for all of your detailed videos; while there are quite a few videos out there for setting up a Class Notebook, there aren’t many that go over everything that happens after setting it up! Question: do you have any experience with Canvas? We use Canvas but also Microsoft 365 apps and Teams for video conferencing. Canvas has the OneNote Class Notebook integration, but the notebooks are set up through Canvas. I’m wondering if the notebook created through Canvas will be available through Teams or if it would be a completely different notebook? I don’t know if you know anything about Canvas LMS, but I hope that you do! Thanks again for the great videos! P.S. I loved the subtle humor of the “Wild West, free for all” Collaboration space analogy! I clicked subscribe immediately as I’m always in need of great tutorials, especially if they make me giggle 😅
Hey Laura - so glad you enjoyed these videos. I've not had any experience of using Canvas so not sure I can help you too much with that. I had a quick look online and found this video on how to create a OneNote notebook via Canvass (ruclips.net/video/xFL-DB_6izk/видео.html) and this is clearly using the old class notebook creation tool, and not the newer tool in Teams. If that is the case, then it wont have integration with teams. However, if the school is creating your groups for you in Teams, then there is no reason why you couldnt go ahead and make the notebooks in Teams too.
Thanks or the channel... very helpful. How do I actually get students to create a page where they can write and edit... or how do I get them to create sections where they can write their own notes or assignments that I as teacher can view? Many thanks.
Hey Michael H - these sections are automatically created when the class notebook is made. Each student gets their own section that they can write to and you (the teacher) can see. I find it most useful to create a page for students in my own area (the content library) and use the "distribute page" function to copy this page into each of the students sections, even if that just happens to be a blank page! The reason for this is that I can then give that page a name, which will be the same for all the students, and thus making it easier for me to view using the "Review Students Work" tool.
@@MrTompkins Thanks Mr T. Just to clarify. If I create a section called Reflections ( and I copy one of my pages into that section.. .the students can edit / fill in the boxes there etc? (I really appreciate your channel and I'd be willing to pay you a few quid for advice or a little bit or assistance). I'm teaching in second level in Ireland am just getting used to One Note / Teams etc.
Advice is always freely given. But I do offer channel membership for those who would like to donate something - and I answer members questions first and fully. Just tap the "Join" button if you're interested in supporting the channel that way! If you create your Reflections section in the content library and then create a page within that section, then the students will be able to see it but not edit it. They could "copy" it and then "paste" it in their own folder and write on it there. Or you can "distribute page", which will make multiple copies of it and put one in each of the students folders.
Another great video. I have learnt so much watching all your videos. For a new academic year, do you delete previous students in teams and add the new ones or is there a way to copy your content library to a new notebook. Thanks
Did you set your groups up manually, or was it via SDS? If it was manually, you can "archive" them - this means they will still be "there" if you or your students want to refer to them, but they become read only. If your groups were done centrally via school data sync then the technicians can just archive all the old groups before they generate the new ones. When you go to your new group and set up your new class notebook for the first time, you can choose to make a fresh blank one, or use an existing one as a template and bring over any sections you want to keep.
I am finding your videos very helpful. We will also be using iPads with our students this year with Office 365/Teams/Class Notebook. We have many students who either do not have Internet or have poor/limited internet service at their home. Do you have any suggestions for using these tools in an offline scenario.
Have you considered buying a few iPads with LTE? They are not much more than the base model and you can purchase data-only SIMs to pop into these for a reasonable price - this one on Amazon is £44 for 24 GB/24 months: amzn.to/2US0DPq . I think this extra cost is more than justified in the current climate.
Dongles also work! (with laptops). OneNote would work reasonably well in Offline mode in a BYOD type setup, where students were coming to school each day. OneNote would sync up while they were at school, and the student could continue to work offline at home. But for extended home schooling, this is just not going to fly. I think a dongle or SIM card is a much better option. If you're worried about the kids chugging all the data at once, those SIMs I linked to also come in 1 GB /30 day or 3 GB / 90 day versions. So you could buy a bunch of low denomination SIM cards and issue periodically.
Thanks very much for your response. Unfortunately cell service is also limited in much of our county. I will experiment with the OneNote option. I tried a little of that with OneNote inside of Teams, but teams was very unhappy when I was not connected to the network. Maybe using the OneNote app outside of Teams is the answer.
Thank you so much, I learned all about Teams and One Note from your Videos. But I have a question. How do you prevent students from deleting items on their personal class notebook? Is there a way to lock a image or video, so it doesn't get accidentally deleted while students are working on a assignment?
Hey Alexis - thanks for the postive feedback! To answer your question, yes! Well, kind of! For images, I normally select them, right click on them and "set picture as background". This is also super-handy if you have a grid or template already in word or PowerPoint, as you can print to OneNote, and set to background, and the students then find it much easier to ink on it, or type words on top of it. Videos not so much, i'm afraid, but I always keep a "good copy" in my content library and my students know how to copy over another clean copy if they mess theirs up. You also have a page-lock feature, so you can lock the entire page for an assessed piece of work so kids cant "accidentally" delete your comments ;-)
Thanks Debi! I've been meaning to make this one for a while, so happy I finally got it done. I'm thinking of making some shorter 2 minute "how to" type videos for Teams/OneNote etc next. Any requests?
@@MrTompkins a troubleshooting one - I have found that it does not sync very quickly and when I get the student to look at the page through a browser, this sometimes helps - it's weird - I will copy a page into the student sections, but not all students will get the page the other one would be 'how to' get your college to spend a ton of money on essential equipment - but you will need to change your name to Ethan Hunt!
As LeProf says below - a guide on how to recycle your Notebooks? That would be a good one to use - seeing as we are going to be blended teaching for the foreseeable future!
@@DebiMWood that's a great call - thanks for the idea! I wish I could also wave a magic wand for your ICT budget... we'll just have to stick with trying to get the best out of what we've got for now!
Can OneNotebook be effectively used without Teams? We are a Google district and they don't want us to use Teams but I am still determined to make OneNotebook work for me and my classes. We are only allowed to use OneNotebook because a highschool cohort needed access to Interactive notebooks.
Yes! I was happily using OneNote with my class for years before I started using Teams! It's not necessary to use Teams at all - you still have the older stand-alone class notebook creation tool to set them up (www.onenote.com/edu/classnotebook). The class notebook ribbon includes all the tools you need to distribute pages and review students work. So the Teams integration is nice but not essential!
Thanks for the encouragement! I am forging ahead. Now trying to figure out how to remove the password protection mode from the curriculum assessments. My curriculum, Illustrative Math, uses OpenUp Resources and I have a notebook fully loaded with the content I need. I am just trying to familiarize myself with the structure and procedures.
Thank you so much for providing a detailed description on how to use Class Notebook. I found it extremely helpful. I am concerned using TEAMS since I teach reading/writing. I am trying to figure out how to make it more user friendly for reading assignments and writing assignments. Do you have any recommendations on setting up reading assignments/lessons or know of other youtube channels that shows more reading comprehension activities/assignments/lessons?
Hey Brittany - I’m a maths teacher so a little bit outside my field of expertise! Immersive reader is built into both Teams and OneNote, which is very helpful. Depending on he devices you’re using, you can use a stylus to practice letter formation or writing words etc. iPads with Apple Pencil is really good for this. Or there is the dictate feature which will capture spoken word to text. You could also use audio to get students reading aloud, which they can embed in the page for you to assess. Lots of possibilities!!
@@MrTompkins Thank you so much for replying so quickly! I really appreciate it! Do you have a video showing how students can use the dictate feature and the audio feature where they can embed it in the page?
Not yet! But I have been looking for some ideas for a series of shorter videos on more specific things, and this would fit in nicely. I'll add it to the "to do" list!
Mr Tompkins uses digital technology to year 4 primary school. I am in a secondary school where teachers are always making excuses that the kids of year 7 to 10 are too young to use teams or One Note.
Hey Michael - it will simply distribute the page you currently have selected. You can do this one page at a time, or you can use the CTRL key to select multiple pages and distribute them all at once.
My understanding is that it is just the onenote for windows 10 version that is scheduled for end of support in 2025. The desktop and web versions will carry on. Hopefully they will bring over some of its features to desktop before it dies...
Thanks for this video - and for the others! Could I ask whether staff will find reviewing work easier via notebook or through the assignments tab in teams? Trying to decide which way to go. (we are a Primary school with 1:1 devices in some year groups - also looking to use this in the event of a local lock down.) Thank you
Hey Rachel - good question! I think it depends on i) how you are feeding back to students and ii) whether you are just sticking with just OneNote assignments or mixing it up a bit and iii) whether you are using the parental reporting tool in teams or the parent link for OneNote. If you are setting a range of assignments, some in OneNote and some elsewhere, then it might be better to use Teams as you can do it all in one place. Teams has a grade screen where a student can see feedback for each task set. If you have turned parent email digest feature on, then parents will get a weekly update on work set and feedback given. On the other hand, if you are doing everything via OneNote, then it might just as easily be done in OneNote. This means teachers can use a range of feedback strategies using ink, or stickers or text which might be nicer for primary. You can share a parent onenote link , so they can see the whole book and not just the assessed pieces.
@@MrTompkins Thank you for your response. Much to ponder I feel! Is it quicker for staff to review work in Teams rather than in OneNote? Trying to ensure that I'm not increasing workload if we stick with OneNote.
@@rachelwhite1627 I think sticking with OneNote for now might work best for your setup. It will reduce complexity and give staff more freedom on the types of feedback they want to give. Teams is just text and grade, which works well for secondary schools when you are looking for a consistant approach across the school.
Hi. I’m a grandmother who wants to help third grader become confident with Class Notebook. I have a iPad. Is there a way I could set up a faux “ Class Notebook” for my granddaughter to play around to try draw, etc./ learn to use tools? She’s worried she’ll mess up the actual class notebook and is extremely hesitant. Thank you! Please help.
You can make a notebook which they can use for personal use - you will get one set up for you anyway as soon as you open it and sign in for the first time. This can be used to practice or to make your own notes with. It's not a class notebook, as these have a particular folder structure and sharing rules. But it will help her get used to using OneNote!
Mr Tompkins EdTech Thank you so much. I opened a notebook. I will use this to practice the basic use of online tools with her. I appreciate your help and quick response so much! I still wish I could see what her actual online Class Notebook, Content Library and assignments, lessons looked like, but she’s afraid my IPad would affect her and teacher’s screens and mess it up. She thinks only her computer laptop with her Microsoft login is allowed in or teacher/school won’t like it. Is that true? Well, you’re very busy so I will go back and watch more of your videos. Last question when u have time - is their a technical way in this advanced age that I’m not thinking of to watch her and hear the interaction with screen/ teacher from another room? This way when she calls me in for help, I have some idea of what has been said? I try not to hover and just keeping passing through room, but I don’t want to be on camera or distract her. She’s says Hi Grandma whenever I pass by to observe and hears me outside the door. She calls me in excitedly to show me freckles and what she read, but I’d like to follow along when teacher explains math bc things have changed since I learned math. I can barely hear the teacher. Ok.Thanks again and take care!!💕
@@here2luv363 it doesnt matter which client you use to open the notebook. I have my notebooks open on my school laptop, my home laptop and on my iPad all at the same time, and I can jump between them no problem. The content all syncs so if I type something on the computer, and then pick up my iPad, i'll see it right there. I often work with 2 devices as the camera on the iPad is great for taking photos of textbooks or pages I want to share with students. Also, teachers can give parents/carers their own link to the class notebook so they can view what's in their child's notebook themselves. Regarding watching the maths lessons, teachers are often recording these sessions as they happen and these videos are made available to the student to view after the lesson is over. I dont know if your granddaughter's teacher is doing this but if it is, maybe you can watch them afterwards?
Well I'd love it if you were grandma to one of my kids! It's so great you take such an active interest in your granddaughter's education. She may not always appreiciate it now, but she'll reap the rewards!
Hey Tammy - this is an after-effect I can apply in the video-editing software I'm using. If you wanted to add this sort of affect generally in windows, you would need to install an app like cursorfx or similar.
thanks for this useful tutorial, however I couldn't add new students to the notebook, when I followed the steps ( I couldn't see the notebook that I have created in the options) any idea how to fix this ?? ( other students are able to use/collaborate the notebook but newly ones cant be added )
Hi Hadeel. If you made your notebook via teams, then you will need to add your new students to the team first. Once that's done, open the onenote, go to the "class notebook" ribbon (it only updates when you do!) and try resyncing your notebook.
I should do one! It's been a popular request! I just took a card sort which was a pdf and used the snipping tool to cut it into seperate images and pasted them into onenote. Didnt take too long - much quicker than running to the photocopier to make 30 copies for the kids!
Hi, I have some issues with OneNote. There are two same names and same sections. Like this --> Teira Nair then Teira Nair (teira.nair). Do you know what is the issue with these? Thanks for your help.
Are you creating your Notebooks in Teams? How are your teams made? Normally when you add a member to your team, it will automatically create them a section in the Notebook. Check there are not two similarly named accounts added to the team?
My gripe with OneNote is you can't open the files in Word. For example, I want to correct student work via the Track Changes facility, but the best I can do is copy the OneNote text to Word, turn on Track Changes, then paste the edited text back to OneNote. Comments do come over (to some extent) but any text deleted doesn't.
Hmm - you might be better off using a Teams assignment to deliver a word document for your students to work on. That way you can pass the word doc back and forth between you, making use of comments. Once the assignment is complete, you or the student can use "print to OneNote" to embed the final copy if you wanted to keep everything in OneNote. Alternatively you could try attaching a word document to a onenote page, distribute that page, so each student gets their own copy. It should be able to be opened and will re-save back into the page when it's closed again, but you'll need a bit of experimenting to be sure this will work!
@@MrTompkins not an option I'm afraid, set this particular class up (inadvertently!) as a teachers' group, and MS in their wisdom don't allow you to change the team type!...they should just integrate Word with OneNote.
I should do one! It's been a popular request! I just took a card sort which was a pdf and used the snipping tool to cut it into seperate images and pasted them into onenote. Didnt take too long - much quicker than running to the photocopier to make 30 copies for the kids!
How do you make student sections? How do you make sure that others cannot enter into that section? I want to make sections for each student to do their own work but I don't want the other students to be able to access their classmates sections. Also, how do you set up a class list?
Hey Heidi - a OneNote class notebook is set up that way by default - each student can read/write to their own section, and to the collaboration space, and also see (but not edit) your content library. They cannot see each other’s sections, but you as the teacher can see all the students sections. I recommend setting up your class list by creating a group in Teams first and then use the class notebook creation tool in Teams to set up your book. Check out the first 2 videos in this playlist for guidance on how to do this: ruclips.net/p/PLxp90x5c0ttbAc0xIXV4K_rQkqUmURVyc
That's a great idea - but no, not currently. You can upvote this feature request on the OneNote User Voice site here: onenote.uservoice.com/forums/362784-education/suggestions/32585281-analytics
Hey @@cimccain1 - assuming you used the older OneNote class notebook creation tool here: www.onenote.com/edu/classnotebook ? Did you find the notebook link and share this with your students already?
Excellent tutorial, unfortunately distributing notebook pages to students for them to work on is not obvious or user friendly. It's not until a student goes to actually write on a One Note page that the problems start. I wish Microsoft would make this a hundred times more user friendly. Why can't a student request distribute access to a page from the teacher?
Yes, it requires a bit of thought and training for both teacher and student. If it helps, check out this guide to students I made: ruclips.net/video/4IGQtA-_lds/видео.html
Fantastic. This is packed with useful ways of using OneNote with students. Worth watching again.
Great to hear, Piixsword! Watch as many times as you like!
This was the most useful OneNote Class Notebook video I've ever seen! Thanks a lot!
Thanks Yakup Karatas! I've now made a new "students guide" too, so feel free to share this with your classes if you want to go ahead and start using it: ruclips.net/video/4IGQtA-_lds/видео.html
Find many more videos on how to use Office 365 Tools like Teams and OneNote for Remote Learning, made from a real teacher's perspective, in this playlist: ruclips.net/video/K-hMzCMIreE/видео.html
Timestamps for mobile users:
00:00 - Intro
02:26 - 1. Open on any Device
03:01 - 1. Open on any Device - using the notebook link address
03:43 - 1. Open on any Device - viaTeams
05:37 - 2. Using the Content library - copying/pasting pages to their own area
06:39 - 2. Using the Content Library - Immersive Reader
07:18 - 3. Distributing pages
09:19 - 3.Distributing pages - individual distribution
09:36 - 3.Distributing pages - group distribution
10:07 - 3.Distributing pages - cross notebook distribution
10:31 - 3.Distributing pages - Deleting pages
11:24 - 3.Distributing pages - distribute section
12:58 - 3.Distributing pages - via Teams
13:39 - 4.Providing Feedback - Review Students Work tool
18:06 - 4.Providing Feedback - Reviewing an individual student's work
19:20 - 4.Providing Feedback - Using digital Ink (stylus or graphics tablet)
20:26 - 4.Providing Feedback - Using text comment blocks
20:54 - 4.Providing Feedback - Using tags to identify teacher feedback
21:36 - 4.Providing Feedback - using the search tool to find tags
22:09 - 4.Providing Feedback - Stickers
22:20 - 4.Providing Feedback - Locking Pages
22:45 - 4.Providing Feedback - via Teams
23:36 - Outro
Thank you so much for this! I love the card sort activity. As I teach maths too, your videos are especially helpful. :)
Glad it was helpful Emma! Yes - I was pleased with how the card sort turned out. I like doing these sorts of activities in my class so thought it might be fun to try in OneNote!
I will be watching the premiere too, so if you are too and have any questions, feel free to pop them into the chat box to the right of the video!
Great overview! Very helpful, appreciate the examples with actual student work. 👍🏼
Glad it was helpful Skyhawk!
Thanks for your videos! I've watched many and continue to learn. This was a bit fast for me today so I appreciate being able to rewind and watch repeatedly!
Hey Maureen - I also noticed it being a bit fast, especially towards the end. But there was so much to try and fit in! I found it difficult to sequence parts of this video too. I've added timestamps to the description, so if it did go a bit fast and you need to watch some parts again you can jump straight to right place.
This was so useful- thank you so much! I've always been interested in trying OneNote class notebooks but it seems so intimidating at first- this has really simplified the process for me. Thank you!
I'm so glad! There's definitely a bit of a hump to get over to get OneNote up and running. But once you are, I guarantee it will save you lots of tine and effort. Hang in there!
Awesome video for beginners learning how to manage onenote class notebooks. Keep up the good work.
Glad you found these! I'm going to make some shorter videos on onenote soon - so stay tuned!
Wow lots of great and practical tips, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it Krishna!
Excellent, excellent, excellent 👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you very much for this and other videos you have done utilizing Teams. The OneNote Class Notebook is the way I am going. Your videos have been very helpful and informative since I am brand new to Teams this school year 2020-21. We are currently distance learning again, but not like we did this last spring. I am learning and teaching students at the same time on how to use Teams. I told them we are in this together with an end result that will surpass anything we have ever done. When students were in the classroom, we set up Interactive Notebooks. I am very excited to see how I can adapt OneNote Class Notebook as an interactive Notebook. I teach 8th grade math in Northern Minnesota, USA.
Hey Chris - I really love the positivity expressed in this comment! It's been one crazy year, but there are always silver linings, and I'm so glad you are still looking for them. I love OneNote and really glad I've trained up my students with it. We have mostly returned to face-to-face teaching, and similarly also catering for students who are self-isolating. My school has introduced new rules that staff should not routinely mark students work, and any assessment work they do hand in needs to be quarantined for 72 hours before I can look at it, and then 72 hours again before i can give it back. Our OneNote Class Notebook cuts right through that, and I can see the work of a child at the back of the class, or even from their own home, without leaving my little box at the front of the class!
Very well explained. Awesome tutorials. In your previous video, you went quickly through the features to create lessons using OneNote. I would really appreciate a more detailed video explaining the different options more in deep about how to create lessons and materials for students. Also, how to include PowerPoints and interactive activities. Do you know if it works with Google Slides? Thank you very much for your videos and clarity.
Glad it was helpful, Aday! I am planning to make some shorter, more focused videos on particular topics subscribers are asking for. I already made some "Teams in 2 minutes" videos, and I'd like to start making some similar content on OneNote. Thanks for the suggestions!
This is fantastic, thank you Mr Tomkins.
Aw thanks Michelle! Really glad you found it useful
Thanks, such a helpful video!
You’re welcome! Have fun with it!
Thank you so much! This was incredibly helpful.
Glad it was helpful! I've also made a video aimed at students using OneNote for the first time. Consider sharing that with them if you are going down this route =)
I thought you could distribute whole sections in the past, is that not a thing anymore? I did something similar in 2022 and can't figure out how to do it again.
Your videos have prompted me to use OneNote class notebooks with my students during virtual learning this year. This semester, I have one student for whom I can see all of her work except in one section of her notebook. Any idea why this is happening or how I can fix it?
Hmm...could she have password protected it? Does it throw up a particular error message when you try and access it or does it just appear empty? Could have just glitched somehow. If you cant figure it out, maybe get her to create a new section, move her files to that one and delete the old one.
The image tiles activity looks really good - do you have a video that shows how to do this? Awesome tutorial as ever :-)
Not yet! I've been looking for some ideas to make a series of shorter 2 minute tutorials - I've added this to the list!
@@MrTompkins I'll look forward to it :-)
Thanks for the video!! I have students from different schools. Can I add students from private schools? I have added a stduent from a private student. But the student cannot open the classbook from the link. Any ideas?? Thanks!!
If you are working as an individual tutor, then you can create a onenote notebook and share this with other individual students. However, class notebooks are a specific EDU customisation, and so you will struggle to emulate their features with a group of students drawn from different schools. I'm also interested how tutors might use this more effectively with their students, so if I find out anything useful, I'll be sure to make a video on it!
Thank you! So helpful. I've learnt loads
Glad it was helpful, Gary! Let me know if you have more questions - I'm starting a series of shorter videos addressing particular issues teachers are having and I'm always looking for more ideas!
Thanks for all your helpful videos. I have made a page in student class notebook which has some gaps the students need to fill in. Can they insert text boxes and type onto the page or will they have to use the digital ink function? They dont have touch screen devices. Thanks for your help.
Also - is it better to insert a pdf file word or powerpoint?
Hey Anne - if you insert a pdf or use the “print to OneNote” feature, it will actually insert an image into the page. If you do this and want to write on top of this with text, them before you distribute the page it’s better to right-click on the image and set it as background. This way it can’t be moved around the page accidentally and it’s much easier to create the text boxes on top of it for the students to type in their answers. If you are importing from word, you could do it the same way, or you could open the document, copy the text and paste the text directly into the page. Students could then add their answers in between, similar to editing a word page. I normally ask them to choose a different font colour if I’m doing it this way. Both strategies have their advantages and I do it both ways depending on the task!
Hi, thank you so much for all of your detailed videos; while there are quite a few videos out there for setting up a Class Notebook, there aren’t many that go over everything that happens after setting it up! Question: do you have any experience with Canvas? We use Canvas but also Microsoft 365 apps and Teams for video conferencing. Canvas has the OneNote Class Notebook integration, but the notebooks are set up through Canvas. I’m wondering if the notebook created through Canvas will be available through Teams or if it would be a completely different notebook? I don’t know if you know anything about Canvas LMS, but I hope that you do! Thanks again for the great videos!
P.S. I loved the subtle humor of the “Wild West, free for all” Collaboration space analogy! I clicked subscribe immediately as I’m always in need of great tutorials, especially if they make me giggle 😅
Of course my post script refers to a different video, but I couldn’t resist adding that part to my comment.
Hey Laura - so glad you enjoyed these videos. I've not had any experience of using Canvas so not sure I can help you too much with that. I had a quick look online and found this video on how to create a OneNote notebook via Canvass (ruclips.net/video/xFL-DB_6izk/видео.html) and this is clearly using the old class notebook creation tool, and not the newer tool in Teams. If that is the case, then it wont have integration with teams. However, if the school is creating your groups for you in Teams, then there is no reason why you couldnt go ahead and make the notebooks in Teams too.
Thanks or the channel... very helpful. How do I actually get students to create a page where they can write and edit... or how do I get them to create sections where they can write their own notes or assignments that I as teacher can view? Many thanks.
Hey Michael H - these sections are automatically created when the class notebook is made. Each student gets their own section that they can write to and you (the teacher) can see. I find it most useful to create a page for students in my own area (the content library) and use the "distribute page" function to copy this page into each of the students sections, even if that just happens to be a blank page! The reason for this is that I can then give that page a name, which will be the same for all the students, and thus making it easier for me to view using the "Review Students Work" tool.
@@MrTompkins Thanks Mr T. Just to clarify. If I create a section called Reflections ( and I copy one of my pages into that section.. .the students can edit / fill in the boxes there etc? (I really appreciate your channel and I'd be willing to pay you a few quid for advice or a little bit or assistance). I'm teaching in second level in Ireland am just getting used to One Note / Teams etc.
Advice is always freely given. But I do offer channel membership for those who would like to donate something - and I answer members questions first and fully. Just tap the "Join" button if you're interested in supporting the channel that way! If you create your Reflections section in the content library and then create a page within that section, then the students will be able to see it but not edit it. They could "copy" it and then "paste" it in their own folder and write on it there. Or you can "distribute page", which will make multiple copies of it and put one in each of the students folders.
@@MrTompkins I will do that after school. Thanks a lot. M
Another great video. I have learnt so much watching all your videos. For a new academic year, do you delete previous students in teams and add the new ones or is there a way to copy your content library to a new notebook. Thanks
Did you set your groups up manually, or was it via SDS? If it was manually, you can "archive" them - this means they will still be "there" if you or your students want to refer to them, but they become read only. If your groups were done centrally via school data sync then the technicians can just archive all the old groups before they generate the new ones. When you go to your new group and set up your new class notebook for the first time, you can choose to make a fresh blank one, or use an existing one as a template and bring over any sections you want to keep.
I am finding your videos very helpful. We will also be using iPads with our students this year with Office 365/Teams/Class Notebook. We have many students who either do not have Internet or have poor/limited internet service at their home. Do you have any suggestions for using these tools in an offline scenario.
Have you considered buying a few iPads with LTE? They are not much more than the base model and you can purchase data-only SIMs to pop into these for a reasonable price - this one on Amazon is £44 for 24 GB/24 months: amzn.to/2US0DPq . I think this extra cost is more than justified in the current climate.
@@MrTompkins we've coughed up for a few of these - dongles though
Dongles also work! (with laptops). OneNote would work reasonably well in Offline mode in a BYOD type setup, where students were coming to school each day. OneNote would sync up while they were at school, and the student could continue to work offline at home. But for extended home schooling, this is just not going to fly. I think a dongle or SIM card is a much better option. If you're worried about the kids chugging all the data at once, those SIMs I linked to also come in 1 GB /30 day or 3 GB / 90 day versions. So you could buy a bunch of low denomination SIM cards and issue periodically.
Thanks very much for your response. Unfortunately cell service is also limited in much of our county. I will experiment with the OneNote option. I tried a little of that with OneNote inside of Teams, but teams was very unhappy when I was not connected to the network. Maybe using the OneNote app outside of Teams is the answer.
Thank you so much, I learned all about Teams and One Note from your Videos. But I have a question. How do you prevent students from deleting items on their personal class notebook? Is there a way to lock a image or video, so it doesn't get accidentally deleted while students are working on a assignment?
Hey Alexis - thanks for the postive feedback! To answer your question, yes! Well, kind of! For images, I normally select them, right click on them and "set picture as background". This is also super-handy if you have a grid or template already in word or PowerPoint, as you can print to OneNote, and set to background, and the students then find it much easier to ink on it, or type words on top of it. Videos not so much, i'm afraid, but I always keep a "good copy" in my content library and my students know how to copy over another clean copy if they mess theirs up. You also have a page-lock feature, so you can lock the entire page for an assessed piece of work so kids cant "accidentally" delete your comments ;-)
@@MrTompkins you da man
Awesomeness as always!! Keep pushing this to my colleagues.
Thanks Debi! I've been meaning to make this one for a while, so happy I finally got it done. I'm thinking of making some shorter 2 minute "how to" type videos for Teams/OneNote etc next. Any requests?
@@MrTompkins a troubleshooting one - I have found that it does not sync very quickly and when I get the student to look at the page through a browser, this sometimes helps - it's weird - I will copy a page into the student sections, but not all students will get the page
the other one would be 'how to' get your college to spend a ton of money on essential equipment - but you will need to change your name to Ethan Hunt!
As LeProf says below - a guide on how to recycle your Notebooks? That would be a good one to use - seeing as we are going to be blended teaching for the foreseeable future!
@@DebiMWood that's a great call - thanks for the idea! I wish I could also wave a magic wand for your ICT budget... we'll just have to stick with trying to get the best out of what we've got for now!
Can OneNotebook be effectively used without Teams? We are a Google district and they don't want us to use Teams but I am still determined to make OneNotebook work for me and my classes. We are only allowed to use OneNotebook because a highschool cohort needed access to Interactive notebooks.
Yes! I was happily using OneNote with my class for years before I started using Teams! It's not necessary to use Teams at all - you still have the older stand-alone class notebook creation tool to set them up (www.onenote.com/edu/classnotebook). The class notebook ribbon includes all the tools you need to distribute pages and review students work. So the Teams integration is nice but not essential!
PS I like your rebellious streak!
Thanks for the encouragement! I am forging ahead. Now trying to figure out how to remove the password protection mode from the curriculum assessments. My curriculum, Illustrative Math, uses OpenUp Resources and I have a notebook fully loaded with the content I need. I am just trying to familiarize myself with the structure and procedures.
Hi Mr. Thompson’s, do you have a video explaining how you created the card sort activity?
Not yet! But I will make one soon. Stay tuned!
Thank you so much for providing a detailed description on how to use Class Notebook. I found it extremely helpful. I am concerned using TEAMS since I teach reading/writing. I am trying to figure out how to make it more user friendly for reading assignments and writing assignments. Do you have any recommendations on setting up reading assignments/lessons or know of other youtube channels that shows more reading comprehension activities/assignments/lessons?
Hey Brittany - I’m a maths teacher so a little bit outside my field of expertise! Immersive reader is built into both Teams and OneNote, which is very helpful. Depending on he devices you’re using, you can use a stylus to practice letter formation or writing words etc. iPads with Apple Pencil is really good for this. Or there is the dictate feature which will capture spoken word to text. You could also use audio to get students reading aloud, which they can embed in the page for you to assess. Lots of possibilities!!
@@MrTompkins Thank you so much for replying so quickly! I really appreciate it! Do you have a video showing how students can use the dictate feature and the audio feature where they can embed it in the page?
Not yet! But I have been looking for some ideas for a series of shorter videos on more specific things, and this would fit in nicely. I'll add it to the "to do" list!
@@MrTompkins Awesome! Thank you so much! I look forward to watching.
Mr Tompkins uses digital technology to year 4 primary school. I am in a secondary school where teachers are always making excuses that the kids of year 7 to 10 are too young to use teams or One Note.
I love using one note/teams with my classes as it makes my life as a teacher so much easier- sounds like your teachers are missing a trick!
When you're distributing pages, how do you select which page(s) you want to distribute?
Hey Michael - it will simply distribute the page you currently have selected. You can do this one page at a time, or you can use the CTRL key to select multiple pages and distribute them all at once.
@@MrTompkins Thank you very much for your help Mr T. Have a pint on me 🍺, from Murdock.
Cheers!
Now that microsoft is going to stop supporting ONe note ... what is there to use in the same way besides google classroom
My understanding is that it is just the onenote for windows 10 version that is scheduled for end of support in 2025. The desktop and web versions will carry on. Hopefully they will bring over some of its features to desktop before it dies...
Thanks for this video - and for the others! Could I ask whether staff will find reviewing work easier via notebook or through the assignments tab in teams? Trying to decide which way to go. (we are a Primary school with 1:1 devices in some year groups - also looking to use this in the event of a local lock down.) Thank you
Hey Rachel - good question! I think it depends on i) how you are feeding back to students and ii) whether you are just sticking with just OneNote assignments or mixing it up a bit and iii) whether you are using the parental reporting tool in teams or the parent link for OneNote. If you are setting a range of assignments, some in OneNote and some elsewhere, then it might be better to use Teams as you can do it all in one place. Teams has a grade screen where a student can see feedback for each task set. If you have turned parent email digest feature on, then parents will get a weekly update on work set and feedback given. On the other hand, if you are doing everything via OneNote, then it might just as easily be done in OneNote. This means teachers can use a range of feedback strategies using ink, or stickers or text which might be nicer for primary. You can share a parent onenote link , so they can see the whole book and not just the assessed pieces.
@@MrTompkins Thank you for your response. Much to ponder I feel! Is it quicker for staff to review work in Teams rather than in OneNote? Trying to ensure that I'm not increasing workload if we stick with OneNote.
@@rachelwhite1627 I think sticking with OneNote for now might work best for your setup. It will reduce complexity and give staff more freedom on the types of feedback they want to give. Teams is just text and grade, which works well for secondary schools when you are looking for a consistant approach across the school.
@@MrTompkins Thank you, that's really helpful.
Hi. I’m a grandmother who wants to help third grader become confident with Class Notebook. I have a iPad. Is there a way I could set up a faux “ Class Notebook” for my granddaughter to play around to try draw, etc./ learn to use tools? She’s worried she’ll mess up the actual class notebook and is extremely hesitant. Thank you! Please help.
You can make a notebook which they can use for personal use - you will get one set up for you anyway as soon as you open it and sign in for the first time. This can be used to practice or to make your own notes with. It's not a class notebook, as these have a particular folder structure and sharing rules. But it will help her get used to using OneNote!
Mr Tompkins EdTech Thank you so much. I opened a notebook. I will use this to practice the basic use of online tools with her. I appreciate your help and quick response so much! I still wish I could see what her actual online Class Notebook, Content Library and assignments, lessons looked like, but she’s afraid my IPad would affect her and teacher’s screens and mess it up. She thinks only her computer laptop with her Microsoft login is allowed in or teacher/school won’t like it. Is that true? Well, you’re very busy so I will go back and watch more of your videos. Last question when u have time - is their a technical way in this advanced age that I’m not thinking of to watch her and hear the interaction with screen/ teacher from another room? This way when she calls me in for help, I have some idea of what has been said? I try not to hover and just keeping passing through room, but I don’t want to be on camera or distract her. She’s says Hi Grandma whenever I pass by to observe and hears me outside the door. She calls me in excitedly to show me freckles and what she read, but I’d like to follow along when teacher explains math bc things have changed since I learned math. I can barely hear the teacher. Ok.Thanks again and take care!!💕
@@here2luv363 it doesnt matter which client you use to open the notebook. I have my notebooks open on my school laptop, my home laptop and on my iPad all at the same time, and I can jump between them no problem. The content all syncs so if I type something on the computer, and then pick up my iPad, i'll see it right there. I often work with 2 devices as the camera on the iPad is great for taking photos of textbooks or pages I want to share with students. Also, teachers can give parents/carers their own link to the class notebook so they can view what's in their child's notebook themselves. Regarding watching the maths lessons, teachers are often recording these sessions as they happen and these videos are made available to the student to view after the lesson is over. I dont know if your granddaughter's teacher is doing this but if it is, maybe you can watch them afterwards?
Mr Tompkins EdTech Thank you very much. You’ve been so helpful, Mr. Tompkins! Your kids and parents must love you! Stay safe! 👍🏼👏🏻✂️🖍🖊✏️📚
Well I'd love it if you were grandma to one of my kids! It's so great you take such an active interest in your granddaughter's education. She may not always appreiciate it now, but she'll reap the rewards!
Thank you so much Sir for sharing this.
My pleasure, Josephine.
How did you make your mouse pointer have a bright purple circle? It is easier for students to follow! Can you share the steps pretty please!
Hey Tammy - this is an after-effect I can apply in the video-editing software I'm using. If you wanted to add this sort of affect generally in windows, you would need to install an app like cursorfx or similar.
thanks for this useful tutorial, however I couldn't add new students to the notebook, when I followed the steps ( I couldn't see the notebook that I have created in the options) any idea how to fix this ?? ( other students are able to use/collaborate the notebook but newly ones cant be added )
Hi Hadeel. If you made your notebook via teams, then you will need to add your new students to the team first. Once that's done, open the onenote, go to the "class notebook" ribbon (it only updates when you do!) and try resyncing your notebook.
Do you have a video about how you made the card sort?
I should do one! It's been a popular request! I just took a card sort which was a pdf and used the snipping tool to cut it into seperate images and pasted them into onenote. Didnt take too long - much quicker than running to the photocopier to make 30 copies for the kids!
Hi, I have some issues with OneNote. There are two same names and same sections. Like this --> Teira Nair then Teira Nair (teira.nair). Do you know what is the issue with these? Thanks for your help.
Are you creating your Notebooks in Teams? How are your teams made? Normally when you add a member to your team, it will automatically create them a section in the Notebook. Check there are not two similarly named accounts added to the team?
@@MrTompkins Hi, yes, the notebook was created on teams. We check the members and there is only one name.
@@rayalav very odd! Well, I'd check first with the student which one she can access, then simply delete the other one!
My gripe with OneNote is you can't open the files in Word. For example, I want to correct student work via the Track Changes facility, but the best I can do is copy the OneNote text to Word, turn on Track Changes, then paste the edited text back to OneNote. Comments do come over (to some extent) but any text deleted doesn't.
Hmm - you might be better off using a Teams assignment to deliver a word document for your students to work on. That way you can pass the word doc back and forth between you, making use of comments. Once the assignment is complete, you or the student can use "print to OneNote" to embed the final copy if you wanted to keep everything in OneNote. Alternatively you could try attaching a word document to a onenote page, distribute that page, so each student gets their own copy. It should be able to be opened and will re-save back into the page when it's closed again, but you'll need a bit of experimenting to be sure this will work!
@@MrTompkins not an option I'm afraid, set this particular class up (inadvertently!) as a teachers' group, and MS in their wisdom don't allow you to change the team type!...they should just integrate Word with OneNote.
In fairness to MS, Teams was not designed for the education market, so they are desperately trying to fit the square peg into a round hole.
HOw did you make that Card sort in Onenote? Do you have a video of that?
I should do one! It's been a popular request! I just took a card sort which was a pdf and used the snipping tool to cut it into seperate images and pasted them into onenote. Didnt take too long - much quicker than running to the photocopier to make 30 copies for the kids!
How do you make student sections? How do you make sure that others cannot enter into that section? I want to make sections for each student to do their own work but I don't want the other students to be able to access their classmates sections. Also, how do you set up a class list?
Hey Heidi - a OneNote class notebook is set up that way by default - each student can read/write to their own section, and to the collaboration space, and also see (but not edit) your content library. They cannot see each other’s sections, but you as the teacher can see all the students sections. I recommend setting up your class list by creating a group in Teams first and then use the class notebook creation tool in Teams to set up your book. Check out the first 2 videos in this playlist for guidance on how to do this: ruclips.net/p/PLxp90x5c0ttbAc0xIXV4K_rQkqUmURVyc
Is there a way to see which students are regularly accessing the notebook?
That's a great idea - but no, not currently. You can upvote this feature request on the OneNote User Voice site here: onenote.uservoice.com/forums/362784-education/suggestions/32585281-analytics
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Hello, how do you explain the meaning of the word-- OneNote?
OneNote to Rule them All!
I wish my kids are your students.
Thanks SP! I'm not all sure my students would agree with you!
how will I know if my teacher post in OneNote classroom notebook
There are notifications you can turn on, but I dont know how often you get these.
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I hope someone can help me.
When i try to distribute a page to the students section it does not work?
Any tips please
Hey Nabeel - how did you set up your notebook? Was it via teams?
Mr Tompkins EdTech I am having this same issue. I set up my notebook but my students cannot see anything. I didn’t do it via Teams.
Hey @@cimccain1 - assuming you used the older OneNote class notebook creation tool here: www.onenote.com/edu/classnotebook ? Did you find the notebook link and share this with your students already?
@Mr. Tompkins I did. I guess I’ll start over and create it through Teams. Thank you for your help .
Thanks
And thank you for watching!
How to recover a section in one note?
Hey Enki - go to the View ribbon and check in "deleted notes". Hopefully you find them there!
Excellent tutorial, unfortunately distributing notebook pages to students for them to work on is not obvious or user friendly. It's not until a student goes to actually write on a One Note page that the problems start. I wish Microsoft would make this a hundred times more user friendly. Why can't a student request distribute access to a page from the teacher?
Yes, it requires a bit of thought and training for both teacher and student. If it helps, check out this guide to students I made: ruclips.net/video/4IGQtA-_lds/видео.html
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i give a first dislike in this video
Thank you for your contribution - every interaction helps! What didnt you like about it?