SLS Study Skills: Reading & Note Taking

FREE online book, Learning to Learn Online, Module: Strategic Reading. Click on the table of contents (left-hand side of the page) and scroll down to Module VII, Strategic Reading. Click on the plus sign to expand the topics in reading.

Five reading strategies plus eleven tips for online reading success.

Explore the differences between print & online reading and responses to some common questions.

Eyestrain while working extensively with computers is real! This webpage shares 10 steps for computer eye strain relief.

Guidance for taking notes from lecture recordings and other online content.

Detailed description, access to an interactive online tutorial, and explanation of how to use Cornell Notes in your study.

Strategies to use before, during, and after lectures by UBC student, Shawn Chang.

Note taking methods used for in-person study can also be used in taking online classes. Five different note-taking methods to take notes for readings, lectures and creating study materials.

Microsoft OneNote is a popular program for taking notes on a computer. OneNote allows you to create folders, say for a course. Within notebooks you can create pages where you can enter your notes and make a record of other resources. *Search for the "USask Microsoft Advantage" webpage for instructions on downloading OneNote onto your computer.

Watch this brief introduction of how to use OneNote created by the Learning Centres, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (CA).

'hypothesis.is' is a free extension provided for the Chrome web browser that allows you to tag, annotate, highlight, and make summary notes within webpages. In addition, 'hypothes.is' allows you to share and annotate webpages as a group.

Read&Write is a program that supports learning in many amazing ways. Read&Write is able to read text out loud, turn text from webpages and documents into MP3 sound files (which you can listen to while doing other tasks), check grammar when writing, and has a dictionary with both text terms and pictures.