Basic Course Technologies-OneNote

Course Information

200 points
 

Assignment Overview

This assignment depicts how to use OneNote (cloud or desktop app) to create a new notebook to save and organize digital artifacts.  This is an important skill that you will need in this course and throughout your career.

If you do not understand how to use an item, use an AI, perform a Google Search, refer to the WSU Technology Services Knowledge Base,  ask a teaching assistant, or ask the instructor.

Assignment Requirements

  1. Microsoft Windows 11 or Mac OSx (need Print to PDF and other features-if not you must figure out work arounds)
  2. Microsoft OneNote-use Office365 OneNote version (especially for Macs)

Learning Objectives

This assignment introduces fundamentally important concepts needed for this course.
You will begin to develop a digital technology toolkit that will serve you well in your career.

After completing this assignment you will be able to:

  1. Open OneNote in Office365
  2. Open and use OneNote if available as a desktop application
  3. Create a new OneNote Notebook
  4. Create a new OneNote Section
  5. Create new OneNote Pages
  6. Create digital artifacts to document your work
Exercise 1-OneNote-Office365

You must make sure that you can access your WSU account and Office365 applications. If you cannot, you must contact WSU Tech Support and have them help you.

Open a browser and navigate to OneNote in Office365
OneNote will look like the image below, but with your materials:

At the top click on 'Create new ... Blank notebook'

one drive for business-Windows
OneNote in Office365

one drive for business-mac New OneNote notebook

Click the 'Create' button and your new notebook will soon appear.
one drive for business-mac New OneNote notebook

Click 'Add section' to add a new section for this, and any future assignment. In this case name it Assignments.
Click 'Add page' to add a new page in this and any future assignment. In this case name in OneNote. Do the same
one drive for business-mac New OneNote notebook with section(s) and page(s)

Use the Snipping Tool (or Cmd + Shift + F3 on a Mac) to make a screenshot of your new OneNote notebook, Assignments section and OneNote page.
Paste this screenshot into your OneNote page.
In your own words write a description just below this screenshot.
In your own words write a few sentences reflection on what you have just learned. Remember this will be a key skill used in this course.
Your OneNote notebook should look something like this:
one drive for business-mac OneNote notebook with sample reflection

Choose File>Print>Print Page and choose 'Save as PDF' in a location of your choosing.
The File name will probably be the name of your OneNote notebook. That is okay.

Upload a copy of this .pdf file to the D2L 'OneNote' Assignment folder.

MIS202_Summer26.pdf