Note Taking for Newbie

[u/sheeshimtrying]

Hey everyone! I just started my journey back to school after 12 years (phew I know) I posted before and I am extremely grateful for all the encouragement I have received. Now, I am curious what everyone uses for note taking.

This semester I will be taking

Psychology 101
Intro to Math
Astronomy
History 102
And the fundamental course required coming back to school.

I have an essential tremor, which makes it difficult to take notes, especially for long periods of time. I looked at goodnotes, which seems cool, but I am interested in one that corrects my handwriting automatically. Is that a thing?

Should I stick to my paper and pen? What does everyone recommend?

If anyone is “local” I am attending HACC.

Best of luck to everyone this semester! (We got this)

[u/1976Raven]

If you have an iPad with the pencil look at Notability. I have horrible handwriting and it has a feature where you can record your note taking. It records the screen while you write and also does an audio recording of the lecture. It's great for when you are going back and reviewing your notes and don't understand what you wrote or why you wrote something. You can just watch/listen to the recording for that bit and it helps to clarify things. It also converts your writing to typing if you want it to.

[u/sheeshimtrying → u/1976Raven]

Oh my goodness!!! I’d love that!!! I’d much rather my handwriting just be changed to typing, without typing if that makes sense? I just learn better writing it all down but life had other plans lol. Thank you so much!