Volunteering with OAS
Thank you for volunteering with OAS. We have separated our policies for each volunteering activity.
Volunteer Note-taker Policies and Procedures
Volunteer Note-taker Responsibilities:
- Be present and attentive in class
- Take legible and easy-to-read notes
- Avoid abbreviations when possible, except where class-appropriate.
- Label your notes with:
- Dates
- Topic Titles
- Page numbers
- Check your FSU email regularly for updates
- Upload notes within 48 hours of class
Volunteer Note-taker Compensation:
Note-takers are qualified for service hours that can be logged through the Center for Leadership and Service. Service Hours can be logged through the ServScript program.
Additional information about the ServScript can be found on: Center for Leadership and Service, ServScript Program
Volunteers are able to earn hours equivalent to the time spent in class taking notes, plus 4 hours to cover time spent uploading notes through the OAS portal.
Volunteers are NOT able to claim service hours for class periods they did not note-take for or class periods when classes are cancelled.
For example, a 50-minute course that meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during the Spring Semester
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50 mins × 3 (the number of times the course meets per week) = 150 mins
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150 mins × 15 (the number of weeks in the semester) = 2,250 mins
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2,250 mins ÷ 60 (converting minutes to hours) = 37.5 hours
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37.5 hours + 4 hours = 41.5 hours
The formula is the amount of time spent in class, multiplied by the number of weeks, plus an additional 4 hours.
Signing Up as a Note-taking Volunteer
Once an Instructor makes an announcement for a note-taker, students are able to volunteer as a note-taker using the OAS Portal.
We have created a walk-through to show this process: Signing Up as an OAS Note-taker.
To sign up as a note-taker, please use the OAS Note-taker Application. To complete the application, you will need to login with your FSU ID and password.
