You have volunteered to be a notetaker for a fellow student. Your role is an important part of the student's ability to process in-class information. The following list of suggestions will not only help you to be a notetaker for someone else but, if followed, may increase the effectiveness of your own notetaking strategy.

Be on time for class in order to get all information into the notes.

The student or the instructor will supply you with carbonless (NCR) paper and show you how it works. You should be able to continue to use your own notebook, placing the NCR paper under the page on which you are writing. This should save you both time, trouble, and expense.

You may be requested to make xerox copies if the student has a severe visual impairment. NCR copies may not provide good legibility for this student. You should contact the Office of Disability Services (581-6583) for copy assistance in this case.

Please date the notes and number the pages to help the student keep notes in the proper sequence.

Write as legibly as possible.

As new terminology is presented, please write these terms in their entirety at first. Later you may wish to abbreviate.

Highlight schedule changes, all assignments, exam dates, book titles, or other very important information.

If you are going to be absent or drop the course, please so inform the student or the instructor so that other arrangements can be made.

Your notes may be evaluated by the student and/or the instructor to make sure they are adequate for the student's and your own needs.

If the student is absent without notification or if you are not supplied with NCR paper adequate to write the notes, you are under no obligation to do an extra set of notes for the dates on which these events occur.