Volunteer Notetaker’s Checklist

During the Lecture

• Attend your scheduled lecture
• Take notes in your preferred format

After the Lecture

• Review your notes for completeness and clarity within 24 hours of the lecture.
  • Why? Capturing every important detail during a live lecture is not always realistic. Reviewing your notes within 24 hours of the lecture allows you to more effectively fill in gaps, clarify incomplete sentences or ideas, and finalize your notes prior to uploading.
• Correct obvious spelling and formatting issues.
  • Your notes don’t need to be perfect, but they should be legible and understandable to other students.
• Remove identifying information from your notes.
  • Help us maintain the anonymity of the Volunteer Notetaking program by removing your name, student number, and/or other identifying factors from your notes prior to uploading
• Upload your notes to the Ventus portal within 72 hours of your lecture.
• Stay connected with the Volunteer Notetaking team!
  • Are you missing class today? Were notes not required for a certain lecture? Letting us know helps us to maintain an accurate system, while reducing the number of unnecessary ‘reminder to upload’ emails.