mod/studynotes/view

The Mediabird Study Notes activity allows students

• to take notes on the content of a course,
• to share and discuss their notes and
• to prepare exams and presentations on the base of their notes

Step-by-Step Tutorial: Mediabird is a digital, collaborative notepad.

Basic Steps

   * collect and insert notes
   * highlight parts of the text, that are important or about which you have questions
   * find your friends in the Community and share your content with them
   * get answers to your questions and save time while preparing exams and presentations
   * arrange and tage your note sheets using the note folder view to keep an overview

Import existing content

   * from wikipedia
   * from external applications such as Microsoft Word
   * from note sheets of your friends that you can find using the search
   * or type in your notes straight away.

Tagging notes

Using the hightlighter you can highlight and tag text. Tags may be annotations and questions.

Linking questions to the text enables you to

   * get help from the community
   * memorize the note folder using the the card box

Join groups of your friends

Use the community area to

   * find your friends to discuss questions and study together.
   * create your own groups
   * see questions of others and help solving them

As member of a group you are able to

   * access all the content that is shared with the group
   * share note folders with the group

Keeping track of your content

Organize note sheets that are related to each other and it will be easier to follow the thread.

   * drag down note sheets containing examples or pictures
   * and drag up those containing advanced info
   * switch between the levels using the tab on the left of the notepad
   * keep track of your content more easily and decide what you want to study

The module is currently only available from our site.

There is also a tutorial on Mediabird.