Note Taking Services

Note-taking policy

Note-taking Services for traditional, in-person classes:

If you have note-taking services as an accommodation, unless an exception is noted, you must attend class and be attentive.

Note-taking services can be applied to lecture-based courses, courses that are discussion-based, or activity-based do not qualify for peer-notetaking. 

PowerPoint slides, fill-in-the-blank note packets, and smart pens are approved supplemental note-taking accommodations in lieu of a peer notetaker if one does not volunteer.

Please remember, these are supplemental notes and you are required to still take your own notes.

Note-taking SERVICES for SYNCHROnoUS online classes ONLY :

Note-taking will only be necessary for online classes with live, synchronous lectures in which transcripts are not provided. Note-taking for online courses is only for live lecture materials; it is your responsibility to complete the required readings without supplemental notes.

Note-taking SERVICES for ASYNCHRONOUS online classes:

Asynchronous online courses where students can pause, stop, and rewatch lecture videos do not qualify for a peer notetaker as students are expected to watch lectures and take notes. The note-taking accommodation is intended to supplement your notes for courses where you are not in control of the rate at which instructional material is delivered. 

You are responsible for contacting our office if one of the following occurs:

• Your professor has not made an announcement to try and recruit a notetaker, within one week of receiving your faculty notification letter.
• Your professor has made an announcement in order to recruit a notetaker, and you have not been assigned a notetaker by the third week of class.
• You were assigned a notetaker, but notes are not uploaded within 48 hours of each lecture

If your accommodations include having note–takers, please follow these steps:

1. Ask the instructor/professor to make an anonymous announcement in class. Instructions are provided on the faculty letter.
2. You will receive a notification email from the OAS letting you know when a note-taker has been assigned to your class.
3. Once you have a note–taker, follow these steps to access the notes:
4. Go to the OAS student portal at: https://whitney.accessiblelearning.com/fsu and log in with your FSU ID and password.
5. Now you’re on the ‘Welcome Page’, click on ‘Notetaking Services’ under ‘My Accommodations’.
6. Now you’re on the Online Notes System.
7. Select ‘Available Notes for Download’ under the course you would like to access the notes for.
8. Select ‘Download Note’ and your notes will download to your computer.

If you would like to become a note-taker, please follow these steps:

PLEASE NOTE: IT WILL TAKE 24-48 BUSINESS HOURS TO BE ASSIGNED TO A COURSE.

1. Log in with your FSU ID and password to create an account in the Accessible Information Management Portal (AIM): https://whitney.accessiblelearning.com/FSU/applicationnotetaker.aspx.
2. Enter in your EMPLID and select ‘continue to step 2’. You will then enter in additional personal information.
3. Next, you will need to select ‘Notetaker’ at the top of the page to request an assignment.
4. You will then enter in your Course Registration Number (CRN) for the class you would like to take notes for. You can find this number by searching for it in AIM with your course code, or in student central where your “course number” is listed when viewing your class schedule.
5. You will then verify your class and submit your class schedule.
6. Within 24-48 business hours you will receive an email for you to confirm your assignment.
7. You may then log in and upload your notes