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Notemaking

This guide will help you understand the importance of notemaking, and provide you with purposes and techniques you can apply to your own notemaking.

Storing notes

TOP TIP: Whether you do your notemaking by hand or digitally, decide on a system for storing your notes and stick to it. This will ensure that all of your notes are in the same place. 

View some suggestions for storing handwritten and digital notes below. Choose some that you might follow.

Storing handwritten notes

This image has white text on a green background, detailing tips for storing handwritten notes. Information in this image can be accessed in text version by downloading the Word document on the left of this page.

Storing digital notes

This image has white text on a green background, detailing tips for storing digital notes. Information in this image can be accessed in text version by downloading the Word document on the left of this page.

What's next?

Congratulations! You're reached the end of this guide. View the optional activities on the next page if you'd like to try out some of the notemaking techniques we have considered.

Bookmark this page so that you can easily return when you review your notemaking process. In the meantime, happy notemaking!

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