TAKING ELECTRONIC MATH NOTESAnd Other Self-Paced Course Notetaking Tools
A collaborative ‘Best Practices’ for taking notes for any of the self-paced courses that CNM is
transitioning more and more towards. As a team I want us all to formulate best practices for this, based upon the issues and breakthroughs that some of us
had this last term.
MATH TYPING TOOL
Go To http://www.themathist.com/app
The Mathist App
Online – No Downloads
MATH TOOLBAR ADD-ON
FOR WORD
Download The Mathematics Toolbar Add-in For Microsoft
WordIt Lets you create equations, make graphs easily and access math symbols quickly with button style interface like ALECS• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36777
Select Download To Download The Add-in To Your Computer
Additional Install
InstructionsIf You Are Having Trouble
After Downloading,
Select The Application
To Open And Run
Check That The Add-in Is
Activated
How Will This New Add-in Look And Be Used In Microsoft
Word?
The New Additions To The Word Tool Bar Include…
But Wait, There’s More!
The Design Tab
The Mathematics Tab
All you do is select a given equation or symbols used and enter in the numbers for it as you are typing up your math notes in a Word document
Under The Mathematics Tab You Find An Equations Tab, You Can Select An Equation Or Can Insert A New Equation If The One You Are Looking For Is Not There
Common Math Equations Compute Equations Feature Graphing Features Real And Complex Numbers Decimal Places Radians, Degrees, And Gradians
THE MATHEMATICS TAB INCLUDES
THE DESIGN TAB HAS MANY MATH FEATURES THAT ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE
Easy Input Equations As
You Type! Select And
Input Numbers
A Few More Examples Of The Design Features…
Digital Math for Blind Students
Disability Etiquette TipsThe most important piece is an increased awareness of how blindness or low vision impacts a student’s ability to access course materials (handouts, syllabus, tests, videos, etc.). Imagine taking your class without the ability to see anything and then try to figure out what changes you need to make. The DRC is also here to assist you in that.
Greet the blind or low vision student by identifying yourself by name at least until you are confident the student recognizes your voice.
Work closely with the student to identify areas or materials in the course they might have trouble accessing, and try to assist them in accessing their coursework. If you or the student are confused, include the DRC Achievement Coach in this process.
When you read from lectures or PowerPoints, be sure to read everything that is displayed visually. Be aware that while a blind student can hear videos, if any information is displayed visually that needs interpretation, the blind student will need guidance.
Don’t expect the student to carry all materials or books with them all the time. Brailed material is lengthy and heavy.
When you use directional language (right, left, arrow, equal, green, blue), have an awareness that the blind student may not understand what you’re pointing at or referring to. Check for understanding. When pointing to an object of discussion, use the name of the object instead of “this” or “that.”
The blind or low vision student may bring their own device to class to record notes.
If you are reading from a textbook in class, remember the page numbers in your copy may not correspond to the Braille or electronic version. In addition to giving the page number, also provide description information (4th paragraph, Chapter 6).
Graphing is a very complicated process to describe to a blind or low vision student. Be patient and be creative. Close your eyes and imagine being blind. Think of how you could describe the material using the sense of touch as a visual descriptor.
Digital Math for Blind Students
TACTILE GRAPHING
TOOLS
Graph Board for Blind Students
TAKING NOTES FROM PROVIDED MATERIALS
Even with provided notes…
We Provide A Great Service To Our Students.
Provided Presentation Makes Our Job Easier
PROVIDED MATERIALS ARE YOUR FRIEND!
Tips and tricks Power Point Presentations Use of Outlines Teacher Notes in Power Point
TIPS AND TRICKS
How to have two windows side by side Using notes outline Using provided Power Points Adding images to your notes
How To Have Two Windows Side By Side On The Same Screen
1. Open the two documents or programs that you want side by side
2. Click on one of the “windows”3. Hold down your window button4. Press one of your side arrow keys (what ever side
you want that document on)5. Repeat this for the other document
Two Windows Side by SideStep 1: Open two documents you want opened at the same time
Two Windows Side by SideStep 2: Click one of the windows and hold down the “Windows” button
Two Windows Side by SideStep 3: Hold down the Windows button and press one of your side arrow key to which ever side your want the selected document on
Two Windows Side by SideStep 4: Your selected window will fill the first half of the page. Do the same with the other window.
Two Windows Side by SideStep 5: Both halves of the screen will have both documents/programs in place to use.
POWER POINT OUTLINES• Download the Power Point. • Go to the View tab and select Outline View
• Copy and paste as the professor is speaking only about the parts they talk about
• Tip: If the instructor is moving quickly through the material, using little reminders to go back to are very helpful, such as using quick symbols like ** or !! to put next to important content
USING A PROVIDED POWER POINT
This is a little more complex than the other methods
Like before, you will want to download the Power Point from the classes CNM Learn page
Copy and paste the information needed from the slides
Reminder: Don’t forget to look for the teacher notes!
USING A PROVIDED POWER POINTIn order to look for the teacher notes inside a power point.
1. Click on View2. Under the show group
3. Click on notes
The notes will show up under the slide at which you are looking as “Teachers Notes”.
ADDING IMAGES TO YOUR NOTES
Some of our students are very visual learnersSome of our professors love images in their presentationsBoth of these are good reasons to put images into your
notes!
ADDING IMAGES TO YOUR NOTES
There are two ways to add images to your notesTake the images directly out of the Power Point
presentation by Copying and Pasting the imageFind an image that is like what is on the screen
from an internet search
TAKING AN IMAGE DIRECTLY OUT OF A POWER POINT
Option 1: using your mouseClick on the image in the presentation.Right click the mouse and select Copy to copy the image. Place where you would like the image goRight click the mouse again, select Paste and that will
paste the image to the location you would like
TAKING AN IMAGE
DIRECTLY OUT OF A POWER
POINTOption 2:
Keyboard shortcuts
Select the imagePress control and holdPress CClick into your documentPress and hold Control againPress V to paste the image All done!
ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION