Information for Volunteer Note Takers
By taking and sharing quality notes you will be assisting a student with a disability and assisting the Office of Disability Services (ODS) in creating a more accessible learning community. In addition, by the end of the semester, you will have bolstered your resume with volunteer experience and earned a 20% off coupon for your next text book purchase at the JMU Bookstore. Thank You!
Blackboard Notes Exchange
- Attend class regularly and record legible, quality notes. (Loose leaf paper and pen works best when scanning.)
- Scan your notes at one of the libraries on campus (free of charge) or at a scanner of your choice.
- Save the file to the computer desktop.
- Upload your notes from each class to Blackboard by 5:00 p.m. the next day by doing the following:
- Login to Blackboard using the User Name and Password assigned to you by the ODS.
- Select "ODS Notes Exchange org" (under "My Organizations").
- Select "Notes Exchange".
- Select the class for which you are taking notes.
- Select "File Exchange".
- Select "Add File".
- Select "Browse" to locate your saved notes.
- Double click on your file once located.
- Name your file using the Class Abbreviation and Number as well as the date the notes were taken. (ex. PSYCH 100 6-27-11)
- Select "Submit".
- Do not share the notes with others in the class unless instructed by the ODS and your instructor and never share your User Name or Password.
- Notify the ODS (in advance when possible) of any absences.
- Both you and the recipient will remain anonymous in this notes exchange process.
Carbonless Notebook Exchange
- Stop by the Office of Disability Services (ODS) at your earliest convenience to pick-up a notebook.
- Attend class regularly and record legible, quality notes in the carbonless notebook.
- While instructions for the Cornell Note Taking System are outlined within the notebook, it is not required that you use this note taking method.
- Complete the tracking information requested at the top of every notebook page.
- Share the yellow pages of notes from each class with the ODS by 5:00 p.m. the following business day.
- The ODS is open Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. - noon and 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Staple or paper clip the pages together.
- Put the notes in the "Notes Drop-Off" box outside the ODS door after hours.
- Do not share the notes with others in the class unless instructed by the ODS and your instructor.
- Notify the ODS (in advance when possible) of any absences.
- Both you and the recipient will remain anonymous in this notes exchange process.
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