Organize Notebooks

This is an important step to take while using OneNote. By syncing your notebooks, you can make full use of OneDrive, the cloud service that stores your notebooks so you can access them from anywhere at any time. Shown below is a quick tutorial for syncing your notebooks.

Organizing Notebooks

Through the use of organizational features on OneNote, keeping track of your course content has never been easier. OneNote’s hierarchical structure is as follows:

  • Notebooks: these are workspaces where you can organize everything you have to write down or keep track of. Think of this to be the equivalent of a physical notebook. One possible option is to create a notebook for each of your courses to help you stay organized.

Notebook pagge with a red box emphasizing on the title of the notebook "AER405 - Aerodynamics" & another red box emphasizing on the list of notebooks available.

  • Section Groups: these can be seen as dividers in your notebook. Use them to sort sections in your notebook, which will be described later on. An example of organization can be naming your section groups by the type of work you are doing (e.g. lecture notes, labs, tutorials). Section Groups are created by clicking the right mouse button along the bar with the list of sections, as seen below.

Notebook page with a red box emphasizing on the add section button, "New Section" & "New Section Group".

  • Sections: this is the most frequently used feature in OneNote. Sections are where you do your writing, and are colour-coded to make it easier to distinguish between each one. An example of using sections can be creating one per lecture or week to organize your notes for that class or week of classes.

Notebook page with a red box emphasizing on the section tabs and the add button.

  • Pages: These are the lowest in the organizational structure, but are very useful in staying organized. Multiple pages can be created within one section. An example of how pages can be used is to organize separate concepts or ideas during a lecture, lab, or tutorial. This makes it easier for students to revisit their work and pick up where they left off. Pages can be created by clicking the Add Page button on the right side of the app.

Notebook page with a red box emphasizing on the "Add page" button.