Note taking involves several specific skills and strategies that require teaching and practice. If you're struggling to keep up in lectures or efficiently review for exams, you might be missing out on essential study techniques.
When assessing your note taking skills, ask yourself these quick questions:
- Do you know which key techniques you can use to prepare for a lecture?
- Can you easily recognise which parts of the lecture you need to pay attention to?
- Can you name 3 different note taking formats?
- Do you know how to use your notes to help with assignments and projects?
If the answer to any of these questions is ‘no’, you might be missing out on some key note taking skills. Luckily, you’re in the right place! Introducing The Confident Note Taker’s Masterclass, our brand new course that will teach you efficient note taking strategies and equip you with essential study skills.
The course is full of exciting interactive multimedia content and useful feedback, plus badges and certificates to really celebrate your progress.
In just an hour, you’ll be able to answer the questions above and more! You’ll learn about effective lecture preparation, recognising lecture cues, different note taking formats and their purpose, how to spot gaps in your own knowledge and how to use your notes effectively in assignments and projects.
So far, 84% of students who have tested the course have experienced increased note taking confidence, and a huge 94% have learned something new!
3 ways our masterclass boosts your study skills
1. Reduce study stress and anxiety
Did you know that as many as 75% of students have moderate to severe psychological stress linked to their studies?
- Minimise stress: With our note-taking course, you can get on top of your notes with confidence before, during, and after class to increase your grades and minimize your stress.
- Boost confidence: Learn to trust your notes, knowing they contain the core information you need for successful studying.
2. Tackling common learning challenges
Learners often teach themselves how to take notes through a process of trial and error. In our own research, we have found that it can be difficult for learners to identify key information in a lecture.
- Eliminate gaps: This means that if you’re only practicing note-taking in class, you may be missing out on important information and creating gaps in your knowledge!
- Gain clarity: Instead, try out our purpose-built, engaging, and effective note-taking course to give you confidence in the notes you're taking and help you spot key information quickly.
3. Keep learning engaging and practical
Even though note-taking and the theory of learning is something we personally find fascinating, we know that they can both be a bit of a dry topic...
- Interactive content: To fix this, we’ve packed interactive elements into this course and its tasks.
- Put theory into practice: You won’t have to read paragraph upon paragraph of information to get to the key points. Instead, you’ll be putting theories into practice with plenty of practical content designed to teach you efficient note-taking strategies.
Get started: How to access your note-taking course now!
Ready to master essential note-taking and study skills to save time and reduce stress? Access The Confident Note Taker’s Masterclass in minutes!
- Head to the Genio Notes app.
- Go to the help menu and click ‘Note Taking Course’.
- You will be automatically signed in using your Genio Notes account.
- Complete the course! You’ll earn badges as you progress, and have the opportunity for self reflection so you can see the difference in your note taking ability.
- Collect your personalized certificate at the end!
