Lectures and studying
Following a lecture and writing it down at the same time means doing both at half strength. These guides start from the opposite premise: the audio keeps the content, you keep your attention, and the study notes get built afterwards. They cover the lecture hall, the class you missed, oral exams and heavy revision loads.
9 guides
- Taking notes in class with dyslexia or ADHD Note-taking wrecks you when you are dyslexic or ADHD? Here is how to let the audio do the writing and keep your attention for what actually matters.
- Digitize handwritten lecture notes without retyping them Your lectures live in notebooks and your revision happens on your phone. Here is how to bridge the two by photographing your pages, without losing an evening to retyping.
- Preparing an oral exam or thesis defense from your own notes You have an oral in ten days and you feel you're going in circles? Here's how to train for real, from your own material, without burning your evenings.
- Studying medicine: turn every lecture into study notes you can actually revise Buried under lectures? Here's how to keep every class as text and build study notes that hold up all the way to exam day.
- How to catch up on a missed class from an audio recording Missed a lecture? Here's how to actually catch up from a recording, without spending three hours re-listening to it.
- Take notes in professional training Attending a training session and want to keep a usable record? Here's how to capture the content without spending all your time writing.
- How to take notes in class without zoning out Spending more time writing than listening? Here's how to follow a lecture without ending up with incomprehensible notes.
- Transcribe a YouTube video for studying How to turn a 2-hour educational video into usable notes for your revision.
- Study with AI: ask questions about your notes How to use AI to query your course notes and prepare for exams more effectively.