Disability Support Services

Note Taking Services

Students who have hearing impairments, hand-function limitations, learning disabilities impacting written expression, or students with visual impairments may be eligible for note-taking accommodations. 

Note-taking process:

• DSS will request professor/instructor assistance in identifying a volunteer note-taker in the course. DSS will facilitate the exchange of notes.
• Students can arrange for loan of notes to copy at DSS.
• Students can obtain a supply of carbonless note-taking paper from DSS.

The best notes are those you create yourself.  Notes from others reflect the foundation of knowledge that individual has about the subject matter.  In addition, someone else's notes reflect their impression about what is important in a lecture, and may not necessarily correspond with what you would consider important. Therefore, students who use note-taking services are also strongly encouraged to take notes of their own as possible. 

Recorded lectures can be used to review and update notes, whether the notes are your own or are borrowed from someone else; they also provide a back-up source of information to be used as a study tool.

DSS also has a limited quantity of SmartPens available for student loan.  SmartPens are an effective tool that allow students to record lectures and sync the lecture with their written notes.  If interested, please talk to your DSS coordinator.