Notes are tied to events in a session via an internal clock. When viewing a recorded session, the Notes window automatically moves a marker (arrow) through the notes to point to the notes that were entered at specific times during the session.
The Notes tool lets you easily take personal notes during a session or while viewing a recording. Notes can be edited and shared with others. As you write notes about what is being presented in a session, Blackboard Collaborate synchronizes the notes to activity in the session through an internal clock. This is very useful when reviewing recorded sessions later. When playing a recording, the Notes window tracks the progress of the session and displays the notes that were taken at every point during the session.
You can share your notes with someone else by exporting and importing note documents. You may also want to export notes to open them in another application to edit or print them.
Notes can be exported in one of two formats.
· For sharing notes with others, export them as Notes documents (.eln files).
· For importing notes into other applications, export them as text files (.txt files).
Importing Note Documents
Imported notes behave the same way as notes that were created locally. They can be viewed, edited, deleted and reorganized just like local note documents.
To import notes documents, follow the steps below:
· Click on the Import Notes button at the top of the Notes window. The Open file dialog will open.
· Select the document(s) you wish to import. Only .eln files can be imported.
· Click on Open. The imported note document(s) will appear in the Note Documents list.
To enhance the readability of your notes, Notes lets you change font size and apply basic text styles to your notes.
· Select the text you want to format.
· Enter the desired keyboard shortcut to format the text (see table below).
Note - You can use most standard text editing mouse actions within the text of notes, such as double-clicking to select a word and dragging to select text.
The following standard text editing keyboard shortcuts can be used to perform functions within the text of individual notes.
2. Start typing. The cursor is positioned at the top of the Notes editor. As you enter a note, the text will wrap to fit the Notes window.
3. Press Enter to end the note and start a new one. A note is similar to a paragraph (in a word processor) in that pressing Enter ends a note and creates a new one immediately
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