Annotation Guide August 5 th, 2015. Preview What You Need: A Mac computer Advantages: You don’t need to download anything. It comes standard on Macs.

Annotation GuideAugust 5th, 2015

Preview

What You Need:A Mac computer

Advantages:You don’t need to download anything. It comes standard on Macs.

Interface pretty intuitive.

Highlighting, typing, arrows, underlining all neatly on your lecture slides.

Disadvantages:You cannot write on it with a stylus.

Hard to look at lecture slides and PDF simultaneously if you have a smaller computer

Natalie Smith,Class of 2017,[email protected]

Adobe Reader

What You Need:PC or mac

Advantages:Standard on PCs

Easy to understand

You can add sticky notes or boxes

Disadvantages:No stylus

Chelsea Earley,Class of 2018,[email protected]

What You Need:An iPad or iPhone

Advantages:You can download directly from Moodle

You can draw directly on slides, highlight, type

You can organize by class

Works with PDFs, word documents, powerpoints

Can sync to dropbox

Disadvantages:$15.00 at the app store

Accessories:Keyboard and stylus if wanted

Kristen Harris, Class of 2018,[email protected]

What you need:Computer, tablet, or phone

AdvantagesFree! On tablet or iPhone

Easy to switch from stylus to text

Can insert screen shots

“Autotunes” terrible handwriting

DisadvantagesHard to read powerpoints on smaller devices

No scrolling option Samantha Pettigrew, Class of [email protected]

What You Need:iPad, iPhone, or laptop

Advantages:Customizable. You can choose your own pen and highlighter colors

Converts automatically to PDF

You can have multiple lectures open at once

Can link to Google Drive and Dropbox

Can sync between devices

Digital textbooks

Has a keyboard that comes up

Disadvantages:Not as fluid when switching between tools as Samsung Galaxy Note

$9.99

Accessories:Good stylus a plus

Krina Vyas,Class of 2017,[email protected]

What you need:Access to anki website

Advantages:Re-tests you on facts you got wrong

Free for Droid or on computer

You can use it off-line

Disadvantages:Not free on iPhone

Krina Vyas,Class of 2017,[email protected]

What you need:Laptop or phone

Advantages:“Cram mode”

Asteroid game for flashcards keep you from being bored

Davis Verde, Class of 2018,[email protected]

Pen and Paper

What You Need:A pen

Paper

Advantages:Interface pretty intuitive.

Disadvantages:Writer’s cramp

Limited fontsOmar Mohamed,Class of [email protected]

What You Need:You can use it on your laptop, tablet, or smartphone

Advantages:Free!

You can write and draw on your notes

Notes taken on your laptop can be found on other devices and vice versa

OCR – can recognize what you have hand-written

Good for collecting and organizing

Disadvantages:Only for Mac

Harder to switch between tools than with Preview

Accessories:A stylus, if you like handwriting notes

PapyrusWhat You Need:

Tablets with active digitizers (Recommended: Samsung Galaxy Note)

Pen has a magnet inside it. Detects pen tip while pen hovers. One side is an eraser. Pressure sensitive (harder pressure = bolding). Finger highlights.

Advantages:Recognizes handwriting pretty well

Infinite

Find function!

Learning curve not steep

Disadvantages:Stylus that came with it was a little small for his hand

$5.00 for converting to PDF capability

What You Need:iPad or iPhone

Advantages:Automatically converts other files into PDFs

Can organize files by class

Great for if you are in lecture or like to watch podcasts

Can review anywhere!

Light

Right-handed and lefthanded option (can tell where your palm is)

Disadvantages:Free until you have to pay $5.99 at the app store

No multifunctionality

Cannot sync to other devices, but can visit the Cloud

Accessories:Logitech Folio

Jotpro Stylus

Galaxy TabletAdvantages:

Comes in a variety of sizes (12.2”, 10” also good)

Smart pad knows where your pen is before you touch the tablet

Can take screenshot by touching the pen

Plays multiple apps at once, switches smoothly between apps

Expandable memory

Comes with pen

Disadvantages:$650 for the tablet (but still cheaper than the iPad!)

Apps to Use with Galaxy Tablet:PDF Max

Anki Droid (Good for flashcards)

Recommended Devices/ Accessories

iPad mini and Samsung Galaxy Note can fit in your white coat pocket, which will have huge advantages during third year!

StyliJotpro by Adonit ($35 stylus that is super precise!)

The Friendly Swede ($10-17 for a four pack, mesh-tip, super cute designs!)

Cross – stylus, red and black ink, pencil

Tablet AccessoriesLogitech Keyboard Folio Case for iPad

Cleaning cloth, could use sunglasses cloth

Thank you!I wish there was an app

for this.Please email [email protected] if you have any questions about the presentation or suggestions for future sessions. Happy scribing!

Student IT resources: http://it.njms.rutgers.edu/?page_id=1435

it@njms mobile apps page: http://it.njms.rutgers.edu/?page_id=1442