My workflow throughout 2nd year changed to having powerpoint on one side and the lecture recording on the other side (whether it was split screen or using the ipad as a dual display). There are a number of my classmates using tablets though so the style is going to vary. I'm merely saying think about how you really want to study and how you're going to be most efficient. I'm a big fan of apple so I'm not just bashing it. I usually made the background of the text boxes a color so that it was easy to read the text. I decreased the size of the slide so that the ppt slide wasn't filling the entire screen, and then I added text boxes all along the left and right edges of each slide for any notes that I wanted to take. I became much more efficient when I just had powerpoints open and used hotkeys to place a text box and start typing. I tried notability and OneNote on the iPad and it all synced with the computer fine. You can make an intense diagram, then erase your labels, then fill it out again.Ĭlick to expand.Yeah. No pencil marks, no having to re-make the table. I would go through and fill out the answers, then erase. Also, you can make tables that you fill out by hand in Notability and then you can just erase your answers! So for anatomy, I would have a big muscle chart with origins, insertions, innervations, etc. You can copy/paste your own handwritten notes which is really useful for making diagrams. I never lost a single note, and always had everything exactly where I needed it. Notability is fantastic, and I loved using my iPad. I've researched and found that the main benefits are for essential anatomy which is not available on android, the duet app which helps to create a mobile dual screen setup, and on the wards for ms3.Īnyone have any tips for productivity that I'm missing out on? It's hard to get things down verbally instead of drawing directly on the slide. I like being able to doodle arrows and things on my powerpoint, and I think it makes a big difference when it comes to things like physiology, where there are complicated diagrams to annotate and equations to write. How much of a benefit is the iPad over just typing on the notes section of PowerPoint slides? When I streamed lecture from home, I would play it on my laptop (or Chromecast it to my TV) and make notes on my iPad using Notability. I used it to directly write on practice question PDFs, would make study resources like flow charts and diagrams, and annotate slides and handouts during lecture. The iPad then basically functioned like scrap paper without all the waste. I used Notability and would start a new "note" that I could draw on.
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How exactly do you use the iPad to take notes? Which apps do you use? One note or notability? Do you have the MacBook streaming lecture while you write with the digitizer on the iPad? I just got both and I'm wondering how to best set up the productivity/logistics of it.