Course Specifications

Course Number:

091174

Course Length:

1 day

Course Description

Overview:

In our fast-paced digital world, the need to capture ideas, meeting notes, and to-do items is ever present. Microsoft's® OneNote® app provides a way for you to efficiently create and collect your notes in an electronic notebook. This course will help you use OneNote notebooks to store a wide variety of content in an organized structure, access the content from anywhere, and also share it with others. Additionally, learning how OneNote and other applications in the Microsoft 365 suite are integrated will increase your productivity.

Course Objectives:

In this course, you will develop note-taking skills by creating, modifying, and managing OneNote notebooks that work with other Microsoft 365 applications. You will:

• Navigate and customize the OneNote environment and create your first notebook.
• Add and format various types of notes and note elements, including text, links, and drawing objects.
• Add images, video, audio, Excel spreadsheets, and other types of files to a notebook.
• Organize, categorize, and search notebook content.
• Finalize notebook content by checking spelling, printing copies, and password-protecting notebooks.
• Manage notebooks by exporting content and working with history and backups.
• Share notebooks using Outlook and collaborate with colleagues using OneDrive.

Target Student:

This course is intended for people in a variety of roles and fields who have a basic understanding of Microsoft 365 and want to incorporate digital note taking and note collaboration by using Microsoft OneNote.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success in this course, you should have Windows end-user skills that include starting and closing applications, navigating basic file structures, and managing files and folders. Previous experience with OneNote is not required; however, having a basic understanding of the Microsoft 365 productivity suite would be beneficial. You can obtain this level of skills and knowledge by taking the Logical Operations course Using Microsoft® Windows® 10 (Second Edition).

Course-specific Technical Requirements

Hardware:

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:

• Sufficient processor speed, RAM, and storage space for good system performance when running Microsoft OneNote.
• Mouse, keyboard, microphone, and monitor.
• High-speed, stable Internet connection.
• For the instructor's computer, a method to project and/or share the screen as needed for local and remote class participants.

Software:

• Microsoft® Windows® 10 Professional or Enterprise
• Microsoft® 365™ license (which provides the Microsoft 365 apps)
  

  NOTE: The Microsoft 365 plan you use depends on the licensing available in your environment. If you wish to use a trial version, Microsoft 365 Business Standard is acceptable. This course was not tested with Microsoft 365 Family or Microsoft 365 Personal; some features might not be available in these editions.

• If necessary, software for viewing the course slides. (Instructor machine only.)

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with OneNote

Topic A: Navigate the OneNote Environment

Topic B: Create Notebook Pages from Page Templates

Topic C: Customize the OneNote User Interface

Lesson 2: Adding and Formatting Notebook Content

Topic A: Format Notebook Content

Topic B: Add Quick Notes and Linked Notes to a Notebook

Topic C: Use Drawing Tools in a Notebook

Topic D: Use Dictation in a Notebook

Lesson 3: Adding Files to Notebooks

Topic A: Insert Images, Video, and Audio into a Notebook

Topic B: Embed Excel Spreadsheets in a Notebook

Topic C: Attach Other File Types to a Notebook

Lesson 4: Organizing Notebook Content

Topic A: Use Tags to Categorize Notes

Topic B: Organize and Search Notebooks

Lesson 5: Finalizing Notebooks

Topic A: Proof and Print a Notebook

Topic B: Configure Password Protection and Notebook Properties

Lesson 6: Managing Notebooks

Topic A: Export Content from a Notebook

Topic B: Manage Notebook History

Lesson 7: Sharing OneNote Content

Topic A: Send Notebook Pages to Others

Topic B: Work with Integrated Outlook Features

Topic C: Collaborate on Notebooks

Appendix A: Microsoft OneNote Common Keyboard Shortcuts