Taking notes while reading, watching, or listening to content is hugely beneficial to learning. It helps keep you engaged and make sense of the content as you go. You can take notes on Mindstone on Web, Android, and iOS when viewing a resource.
Mindstone is designed for contextual note taking. Why? Notes are most effective when they're brief, on topic, and kept together with the original source. By taking notes directly within your resource, it's easier to stay on topic and keep your commentary organized. Mindstone Notes helps you capture your critical thoughts alongside the insights you discover in your content.
There are two places you can take a note:
Inline Note
Resource Level Note
To view any notes you've taken, simply open the original resource.
Inline Notes
Creating an inline note starts by selecting text when in Resource View. When you select a passage, you will a menu that pops up. Select the annotation option and add a note.
Creating an Inline Note on Web
Click on a word that's a part of the text you'd like to add a note to.
Expand the selection to include the entire relevant passage.
Click on Add a Note.
A note taking dialogue will open beneath the selected text.
Write your note.
Click on Save to save your note or Cancel to cancel your note.
Your note will appear in the right hand margin of the resource. To add another note, click on the note and the option to Reply will appear. Click on Reply to open the note dialogue.
Deleting an Inline Note on Web
Click on the highlight to see the note.
Find the ellipsis menu next to the note.
Click on the delete icon to delete.
Creating an Inline Note on iOS or Android
Hold your finger on a word that's a part of the text you'd like to add a note to.
Expand the selection to include the entire relevant passage.
Tap on the Note icon.
The note taking panel will open.
Write your note.
Click on Save to save your note or Cancel to cancel your note.
Deleting an Inline Note on iOS or Android
Tap on the highlight that contains the inline note you wish to delete.
Tap on Notes.
Tap on the three dots in the right corner of the inline note.
Tap on Delete.
Creating an Resource Level Note
You can create a resource level note at the top of any resource when in Resource View.
Creating an Resource Level Note on Web
Click on on the Note option on the bottom menu,
The note taking dialogue will open.
Write your note.
Click on Save to save your note or Cancel to cancel your note.
Your note will appear on the right hand menu next to the resource. To add another note, click on the Add a Note and the note taking dialogue will open again. Click on Reply to open the note dialogue.
Deleting an Resource Level Note on Web
Find the note you want to delete
Click on the ellipsis menu next to it
Click on the delete icon to delete the note.
Creating a Resource Level Note on iOS or Android
Tap on the Note floating bubble.
The note taking panel will open.
Write your note.
Click on Save to save your note or Cancel to cancel your note.
You can either close out of the note taking panel or write another note.
Deleting a Resource Level Note on iOS or Android
Tap on the resource level note you wish to delete.
The delete icon will appear on the right side of the note.
Tap on the delete icon to delete the note.