Notability for Teachers & Students

Discover how to move from a note to the Notability library and back, viewing subjects, dividers, and individual notes, and returning to your active note.

Create a new note in Notability by going to the library, tapping the top-right new note icon, renaming the default date-and-number title, and tapping done.

Select pencil to write on notes with finger or stylus, use the hide later tool, and adjust thickness and color; use the highlighter to mark text and switch swirly styles.

Use the eraser tool in Notability to erase writing and highlighting. Swipe across the screen to erase things, and touching any part of writing or highlighting erases the whole thing.

Learn to improve writing neatness by zooming in on your iPad with a two-finger spread, then pinching to return, making your writing smaller and clearer.

Master the zoom tool to write neatly with a magnified box that moves as you compose notes, using pen, highlighter, eraser, scissors, and undo for fast, tidy handwriting.

Navigate notes in Notability with a two-finger swipe or the hand tool to move with one finger and avoid leaving stray marks.

Reposition and restyle writing and highlighting in Notability by selecting items, dragging to move, cutting and pasting, and using pinch and rotate to resize or orient.

Learn to take notes by typing in Notability, starting anywhere on the screen and hiding the keyboard when finished. Format text with font size and color, and create bulleted lists.

Use undo to correct mistakes in writing or typing by tapping to undo the last action, and tap and hold to choose redo for redoing the undone action.

Apply basic note-taking techniques by completing a homework task using Notability instead of paper. Share your results with a friend or colleague and note what worked well and what didn't.

Organize notes by creating a new divider in Notability, name it uniquely, and explore adding sections and notes within each divider to manage subjects.

Create subjects within a divider to enable note organization; dividers require at least one subject before adding notes, then add multiple unique subjects, such as tests, quizzes, and class notes.

Learn how to move a subject within sections in Notability for teachers and students, using drag-and-drop to relocate tests and quizzes between section dividers and adjust sections.

Move notes between subjects in Notability by creating a note in a subject and using tap-and-hold to drag it into the target subject, then release.

Learn how to duplicate a note in Notability to create a master template, so you can generate clean copies for future storyboarding projects.

Identify unfiled and poorly filed notes in Notability by checking the library's Getting Started section, then move unfiled notes to the proper subject or divider, and rename them for clarity.

Find a lost note in Notability for teachers & students by searching the library for notes by title or by typing inside the content, including unit 3 on Newton's laws.

Learn to delete a note in Notability by swiping from right to left to reveal the delete button, tapping confirm, and remembering that deletions are permanent and cannot be undone.

Discover how notability version 5.9 handles deleted notes with a trash can, enabling recovery back to the original subject. This feature enables students and teachers to avoid accidental deletions.

Delete a divider or a subject in Notability; dividers don't delete the subject or its notes, the subject moves above, while deleting a subject erases it and notes permanently.

Rename dividers and subjects, adjust colors, and password-protect a subject in Notability. Access options via the gear icon, then tap done to save changes.

Learn to organize Notability for teachers and students by creating class dividers with subjects like course plan, notes, handouts, projects, and journal, so students document progress.

Choose and customize paper in Notability by selecting color and background, with options like light blue graph or yellow lined paper, applied to whole notes or sections with a sticky.

Create a voice recording in notability by tapping the microphone to start and stop, using the iPad's built-in mic, and playing back your recordings.

Learn to edit recordings in Notability by managing voice notes and erasing a mistaken clip with a swipe left and delete, then return to recording.

Notability automatically matches your voice recordings with highlights and pen marks while you annotate a document, enabling replay and feedback to students.

Tap and hold to add a text box, type in it, and reposition by dragging. Resize as needed, deselect by tapping elsewhere, and select the box again to move it.

Enable dictation on iPad and use the keyboard microphone to convert speech to text while taking notes in Notability.

Learn to capture information by taking or adding photos in Notability, then edit with crop, draw on, resize, and reposition images within notes.

Annotate photographs using the pencil and highlighter tools to write on top of images, and understand how selecting a photo with the pencil tool writes on the picture.

Learn how to add, resize, and move sticky notes in Notability, choosing grid backgrounds or typing on different paper, with text that moves with the note.

Capture and annotate web pages using web clips to research, highlight text, add notes, rearrange clips like sticky notes, and record access dates for citations.

Organize a multi-page note in Notability by reordering pages with hold-and-drag, adding pages, bookmarking favorites, collapsing the page sorter, and using search to locate content.

Learn advanced note-taking methods and apply them by using two or more techniques, such as sticky notes and photos, to enhance your lab reports.

Download a PDF from resources, tap open to view in Safari, and send it to Notability by choosing the open option, which opens the document in Notability.

Learn to send a Google Docs file to Notability by using share and export, sending as a ptf, and copying to Notability for quick import.

Learn how to move a PDF from the Mail app into Notability by tapping the attachment and using the top-right copy option.

Choose the right divider and subject, decide to create a new ptf or add it to another, then import the five paragraph essay planner into the correct folder.

Learn to write and annotate on a pdf using Notability, duplicating templates to create a master note and a plan for your first essay, then start typing, highlighting, and annotating.

Open the lesson on your iPad, download the five paragraph essay template, and use Notability to create a note in a folder, then fill the planner with the zoom tool.

Explore how Notability for teachers and students lets you email a five paragraph essay planner, add your name in two places, and send a personal note to your teacher.

Learn how to upload a note from Notability directly to Google Drive, sign in if needed, choose a destination folder, and send the note to a drive folder you access.

Learn how to share a Notability note from your iPad to another app using the share menu, selecting apps like on campus, explain everything, or near pod books.

Choose a Notability note format by weighing the default pdf with paper off and recordings off, or enable paper and recordings for editable notes.

Write someone a letter, create a new note, and send it as a PTF in email, including the paper and not the recordings, or send it to me.

Back up your notes in Notability using Google Drive or iCloud for automatic backups you can access anytime, with format and subject options for teachers and students.

Turn on iCloud backup to sync Notability notes across iPads and restore them to a new iPad after upgrades or damage, with iCloud automatically updating every change.

Sign in to Google Drive, Dropbox, and other services from Notability's settings and manage your accounts from one place, enabling easy sign in and sign out.

Learn to customize Notability by changing to dark mode and adjusting theme settings, including turning dark mode on or off and enabling colorful subjects.

Discover how Notability lets teachers and students set a default note paper and style, including default title, date, and time, so every new note starts with your chosen settings.

Change your default typing settings from the settings menu, including starting style size and color. Turn off spelling check and disable tap anywhere to start typing on that line.

Access handwriting settings in Notability to toggle tap and hold to enter zoom mode and enable palm detection, while turning on left-handed mode for lefties.

Disable web clips in Notability settings to restrict internet access for younger students, and enable a password to control access to web clips.

Enable iCloud backup to keep Notability notes up to date across devices and prevent data loss. Consider auto backup to Google Drive if your iPad is damaged or lost.

Use Notability as an interactive whiteboard by creating a class menu at the start of class. Guide students through tasks like homework, group work, and feedback in a class divider.

Create a worksheet in Google Docs, build a kwh chart in Google Drive, adjust orientation, then email it to open in Notability on the iPad and title the note.

Create drop shadow effects around text boxes and shapes in Notability by drawing the box and applying a thicker pen and highlighter.

Choose a newspaper article, capture a screenshot, add it to a Notability note named newspaper blackout, circle resonant words with a thin pencil, box them, and block out the rest.

Explore free Notability templates for education, music, engineering, and sports, with downloadable links and no Dropbox needed. Learn to open templates and add them to new or existing notes.