{"id":8200,"date":"2026-01-13T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/?p=8200"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:16:10","slug":"optimizing-your-supplemental-lecture-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/2026\/optimizing-your-supplemental-lecture-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimize Your Supplemental Lecture Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Optimize Your Supplemental Lecture Notes\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have been approved to receive supplemental lecture notes through the Volunteer Notetaking Service, please consider the following recommendations to maximize the benefits of this support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"notetaker-availability\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notetaker Availability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Notetaking team works hard to secure volunteer notetakers for as many of the classes where volunteer notes are requested as possible, however <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">success cannot be guaranteed.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may wish to contact your professors or classmates for assistance in finding a notetaker if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"regular-attendance\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regular Attendance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You should <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">attend all of your scheduled classes<\/strong>, except in cases of illness. The <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">volunteer notetaking service is intended to supplement<\/strong>, not replace, your attendance participation in classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"download-your-notes\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Download Your Notes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Regularly check Ventus for notes posted by volunteer notetakers and download them promptly.<\/strong> Avoid waiting until the end of the term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"get-in-touch-with-feedback-or-issues\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get in Touch with Feedback or Issues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Notify the Notetaking Team<\/strong> promptly if notes are missing or if you encounter any issues with the notes provided. Please provide specific details to facilitate assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"confidentiality-and-usage\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Confidentiality and Usage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">The notes are for your personal use only<\/strong>. Volunteer notes cannot be shared, sold, or distributed online. Doing so may result in a review of your eligibility for the Volunteer Notetaking Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been approved to receive supplemental lecture notes through the Volunteer Notetaking Service, please consider the following recommendations to maximize the benefits of this support. Notetaker Availability Our Notetaking team works hard to secure volunteer notetakers for as many of the classes where volunteer notes are requested as possible, however success cannot be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,32],"tags":[58,75,85,105],"class_list":["post-8200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-feed","category-newsletter","tag-learning-supports","tag-resources","tag-tips","tag-volunteer-notetaking"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8202,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200\/revisions\/8202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}