Microsoft OneNote: Manage Class Notebook

Once a Class Notebook has been created and students have been attached, there may be times when certain administration tasks need to be undertaken relating to the management of the Class Notebook.  This guide provides instructions on how to achieve the following:

Contents

  1. How to access the Manage Notebooks.
  2. Rename a previously created sub-section within the Student sections.
  3. Delete a previously created Student sub-section.
  4. Lock the Collaboration Space area.
  5. Set Collaboration Space Permissions.
  6. Add additional sections to the Student section.
  7. Contact Us.
How to access the Manage Notebooks functionality in Microsoft Class Notebook

1. Open the Microsoft Office site (https://www.office.com) and select Class Notebook, not either OneNote or Staff Notebook.

Image showing how to access the web version of Microsoft Class Notebook from Office.com

The Welcome to the OneNote Class Notebook will be displayed.

Image showing how to access the Manage Notebooks functionality in Microsoft oneNote

Click on the ‘Manage Notebooks’ icon, if you have multiple Microsoft Class Notebooks, select the Class Notebook in question.

Once the Manage Class Notebook menu opens, there will now be multiple configurations that can be performed.  Ive options have been identified here and are described in more detail below.

Image showing the Manage Class notebook home menu with 5 areas highlighted that are explained in more detail afterwards. 1. How to access the Manage Notebooks. 2. Rename a previously created sub-section within the Student sections. 3. Delete a previously created Student sub-section. 4. Lock the Collaboration Space area. 5. Set Collaboration Space Permissions. 6. Add additional sections to the Student section. 7. Contact Us.

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Rename a previously created ‘section title’ inside the Student section by clicking the pencil icon to the right of the section name.

Image showing how to rename a previously created sub-section of the student sections.

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3. Delete a previously created ‘Student section’ by clicking the trashcan icon. Class Notebook will provide multiple checks before executing the requested delete instruction.

Image showing how to delete a previously created sub-section of the student sections.

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4. Lock the Collaboration section within the Class Notebook; this can be quite useful during assessment dates. The feature can be enabled and disabled at any time, simply by toggling the lock option.

Image showing how to Lock the Collaboration section within the Class Notebook using the slider option.

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5. Set Collaboration Space Permissions – The ability to give specific students permission to view and edit the Collaboration Space sections.

Image showing how to Set Collaboration Space Permissions

Clicking the pencil icon provides the option to choose students who can view and edit this section.

Image showing how clicking the pencil icon provides the option to choose which students can view and edit this section

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6. Add additional sections to the Student section.

One of the most useful tools for academic staff, this option allows staff to push out additional sections to student’s Class Notebook areas.

Image showing how to push out additional sub-sections to the student’s Class Notebook areas.

Once the section has been created and sync’d it will be created in each student’s section.

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7. Contact Us

If you would like to discuss any of the above in more detail, please don’t hesitate to contact the Digital Learning Specialists, who are more than happy to arrange bespoke coaching and mentoring sessions.

They are contactable at elearning@tees.ac.uk.

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