How To Take Visual Notes

Visual note taking isn t all shapes and sketches.

How to take visual notes. If you count yourself among the visual learners try letting your ideas flow on a blank piece of paper. Now that you re ready to take notes let s talk about some popular note taking techniques. Most people attending a conference presentation. Like regular old longhand visual note taking revolves around words.

How to create awesome visual notes planning. Use the cues section to review your notes. Research has shown that taking notes by hand on paper aids memory with your brain given the space to think and summarize far better than if you re tapping information straight onto a computer. A 2 5 margin to the left a 2 summary section on the bottom and a main 6 in class note section.

Notepads allow you to make eye contact with colleagues and teachers and don t erect barriers in the same way that laptops do. Don t be afraid to experiment with different techniques to find one that s right for you. Make the most of pauses and breaks. Another essential component of visual note.

So don t waste time scrambling to try and get every word down. Use as many symbols as you can and avoid relying on large chunks of text. For the most part i don t really do any preparation before starting a sketchnote. After class write down things you ll need to remember and a prompt for each.

Let s take a look at the most basic concepts that each visual note taker uses in common. The 6 best note taking systems. The paper is divided into 3 sections. Remember sketchnotes are different from graphic recording in the aspect that the notes you take are what is deemed important to you.

I had a professor that gave his lecture notes in this fashion and it was always really confusing while we were taking notes but when i went back to read them they were always pretty easy to understand. Here are a few tips for capturing key points from the talk. The basics of visual note taking. Everyone has a slightly different way that they learn and certain subjects lend themselves to different style.