Note-Taking 2.0.: The Future of  Learning In the Digital Age

Students are required to craft a bulk of educational notes during their educational journey. In the past days, students used to write their notes using pen and paper.

During this manual writing, they mostly had to encounter some difficulties like;

• Managing large assets of physical form notes.
• Lost of hard form notes due to some calamity like burning.
• Put extra effort into finding notes about particular subjects or topics.

And so on…

As a student, you may also have to cope with these situations. Let’s get rid of these hassles with the help of advanced tech. Nowadays, innovation in technology has introduced an ocean of online tools that make you write notes in digital form. These notes are easier to compile, store, access as well and share.

After thorough research, we have picked four online note-taking tools to make you write notes like a pro.

Best 4 Online Note-Taking Tools that Can Make You Write Like A Pro

1. Online Notepad.io

Online Notepad is a free tool that can be used by students to craft digital notes of every type and share them with teachers or friends. Moreover, students can make its use in the following ways;

• Create Timetables for their learning activities.
• Make daily to-do lists.
• Craft digital notes of every type.
• Categorise their notes according to their subjects and topics.

Additionally, at note pad students are not required to put in extra or hard effort for compiling their study/learning materials. Here’s the demo of its practical use;

In the above, image we created an essay using the notepad. You can see how the pad, allows us to write in an engaging and attention-grabbing form.

Cutting-Edge Features:

The following are the features of online notepad that make it a versatile option for students;

• Adding headings as well as sub-headings.
• Adding pictures to the notes.
• Options to make bullet points and number listings in the content.
• Multiple upload options.
• Multiple Options for downloading digital notes i.e. PDF, Word, and Text files.
• Store notes according to their subjects.

Pros:

• Free to use.
• Comes with Dark Mode.
• Editing options for old notes.
• Provides action buttons like Upload, Share, Download, and Clone.

Cons:

• Require a dependable internet connection.
• Can’t insert tables.

2. Editpad

Editpad is an online text editor tool built to write as well as edit digital notes. To use you only need to press the button i.e. “Create New Text Note” on the homepage. After that, an Editpad Wordpad will appear, where you can start writing your assignments, notes or anything else.

Let’s have a practical view of Editpad by taking a note;

Main Features:

The tool is equipped with a number of useful features for students. Among these are the following ones:

• It shows the number of words typed or pasted on it.
• Tells characters counts of your notes.
• Converts rich texts into a plain format.
• Utilising Editpad’s password-protected feature, you can encrypt your notes.
• Integration with multiple other study-related tools i.e. Plagiarism checker, Grammar Checker, Summarizer, etc.

Pros:

• Free to use.
• Multiple options to download notes.
• Easy and fast interference.
• Android app/
• No registration is necessary.

Cons:

• No option to add images, headings or bullet points.
• No format options.

3. Evernote

Evernote is another online digital note-taking tool. The tool provides different ready-made templates for students to write/craft;

• Reading lists.
• To-do lists.
• Lecture notes.
• Weekly study plan.

And many others…

This dynamic tool is available in both free as well as premium versions. Moreover, its free version is limited to some of its features. Let’s discuss it practically;

For this, we crafted an essay on the tool using its essay template. The tool gave us all the necessary things to write and edit our essays.

You can see our creation in the following image;

Useful Features:

The tool acquires different features that make it worth mentioning in the third place. Let’s discuss them;

• Option to bold letters or words.
• Provide different font colours.
• Have multiple font sizes.
• Add headings of all the types.
• Ready-made templates for Reading lists, To-do lists, Daily reflections of students, etc.

Pros:

• Easier to use.
• Manage different notes.
• A free version is available.
• Full screen option.

Cons:

• No option to add images.
• Allows seven days to use the free version.
• Requires sign-up to use.

4. Amaniote

Amaniote is one of the popular online note-taking tools among the students. This tool is specially built for students to write assignments or create notes. It doesn’t come in the free version but only paid.

Following is the functional demo of the Amaniote.

Main Features:

Below are the most prominent features of Amaniote;

• Inserting image option.
• Feature to add tables.
• Write Headings and subheadings.
• Can Colour or Bold any word.
• Option for Link insertion.
• You can change the font size.

Pons:

• Have a Dark theme.
• Can take notes in multiple languages.
• Categorize different notes according to their subjects.

Cons:

• Sign-up required.
• There is just the premium edition available.

Conclusion

Gone are the days when students had to write their notes or assignments with the use of pen and paper. That method required a lot of endeavours/effort. With the dawn of the digital Sun, everything has stepped into a race of innovation. Now, online notepad tools have been introduced and students can utilize them to make or craft their digital notes (having no errors). In the above post, we mentioned the four best among them. These tools are winners in their fields. Moreover, we delved into the details of their features, pros, cons as well as practical use.