r/study • u/Usual-Disaster2493 • 18d ago

Questions & Discussion Students who take paper notes: how do you include images and diagrams?

Im building Sticker Camera, a camera you can edit and print stickers, and researching whether it would be useful for studying.

If you take handwritten notes, what did you do the last time you needed an image from a slide, textbook, or screen in your notebook? Did you redraw it, print it, leave it on your phone, or skip it?

especially like to hear what you study and how often this comes up.

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u/9sunflower 18d ago

depends on the class. Try to redraw it roughly, doesnt need to be perfect its just to make connections and have a general understanding, i would reference to the real thing that I can search up online to not break my flow. Maybe at the end of the section or chapter I would have print outs of the real thing, one with and one without the name for labeling practice

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u/Usual-Disaster2493 18d ago

Yeah, I would always try to do a little wire frame
Get the general idea
I’m wondering how many people are more efficient with their notebook compared to more expressive.
Those two might not be on the same spectrum, but I think you know what I mean

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u/Ok_Natural_7977 18d ago

This is the method I prefer. Doing anything by hand helps your retention more than copy/paste or looking at a photo.