Each time you distribute new pages from your Content Library, your Class Notebook syncs this data to each student notebook using your internet connection. Any changes made to a Class Notebook while you're offline are also synced automatically when you're online again. Large files like PDFs require more bandwidth and take longer to sync between all student notebooks on all devices.
From your Class Notebook as it does not give the same permissions as Teacher or Pupil. In order to make changes go to Office 365 online and click on Class Notebooks. You can add or remove pupils or students from here. Click on the relevant link and choose the notebook you want to modify. Get students working in OneNote! Class Notebooks in OneNote for Windows 10 is powerful tool for educators and a great way to share your coursenotes with stu. Office 2019 perpetual — Office 2019 purchases currently unlock local notebook support for OneNote. The OneNote desktop app is installed by default alongside Word, PowerPoint, and Excel for Microsoft 365 subscriptions that include the client apps and Office 2019. Launch the OneNote Class Notebook Sign in to Office 365. Click the app launcher in the upper left, then All apps. In the list of apps that appears, click the Class Notebook app. Office 365 for students and teachers With a valid school e-mail, students and teachers can get Office 365 Education, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Teams with free, built-in accessibility tools to empower every student. Enter your school email address: Learn more about office 365.
If you notice longer than usual sync times while adding or distributing content in Class Notebook, try using these classroom best practices to fix the problem.
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Note: If you're using OneNote 2016, please make sure that you have installed the most recent updates before trying these troubleshoots.
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Step one: Install the Class Notebook Add-in or update to the latest version of Class Notebook for OneNote 2016 or 2013
Note: If you use Class Notebook in OneNote for Mac, OneNote for the web, or OneNote for Windows 10, Class Notebook is included automatically and you do not need to download or update an add-in.
Check to see if you have the latest version of the Class Notebook Add-in here.
Step two: Reduce PDFs and file printouts in Class Notebook pages
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PDFs or other documents you’ve inserted into your OneNote Class Notebook using the file printout or print driver function can slow down the syncing process because of their large size. Troubleshoot by trying some of these alternatives.
Add a hyperlink to the file or insert the file as an attachment instead.
Upload your file to OneDrive for Business before adding it to a OneNote page. Visit OneDrive and sign in using your school email and password. Select Upload, then choose a file to upload. When you insert the file to your page, select it from your OneDrive folder in File Explorer.
When possible, type or copy and paste material directly onto a Class Notebook page.
Use the OneNote optimization tool to trim extra data from PDFs and allow for faster syncing. Note: This tool can reduce detail in poor quality scans so you may want to test it first on a notebook copy you don’t need for class.
Step three: Use best practices for classroom syncing
Distribute handouts and assignments using Class Notebook’s Distribute Page tool to streamline distributing content to individual students or groups of students.
Distribute materials to students after class ends or before it begins so students can sync changes at home.
Try distributing only the PDFs you need for today’s lesson from your Content Library so that your students’ devices sync quickly.
Force sync your Class Notebook after you distribute new materials to speed up the syncing process. Right-click the notebook name and select Sync this Notebook to force sync. Encourage your students to force sync when they open their app at home, finish homework, or are about to start class.
Close any notebooks you or your students are not currently using. To do this, right click on the notebook and select Close this notebook.
Turn off Auto Sync Attachments on your iPad by navigating to the Sync page in your OneNote settings. All text and ink content will still sync automatically, but OneNote pages with rich content like images and PDFs will wait to sync until you visit the page. After that, the page you visited will begin syncing automatically.
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