In this video we'll show you how Goodnotes 6 can help students who prefer handwritten notes and need visual accessibility features like magnification and color contrast.
You'll learn how to navigate the home screen, use the camera to capture images, scan documents, and create notebooks for different classes. We'll also demonstrate how the Apple Pencil integrates seamlessly for annotating and zooming in on your work.
Goodnotes 6 Text Transcript
Welcome to this short video about Goodnotes 6 from your friends at the APSEA Access Technology Department.
We often recommend Goodnotes to students who prefer to take notes by hand, but could benefit from the visual accessibility features of an iPad like magnification or increased color contrast.
Now I'm in the home screen of the Goodnotes 6 app.
When you're in the home screen, at the top left of the screen, there's a plus sign surrounded by a dotted line.
If we click that, we can see this list of options that the student can use.
They can take a picture with the camera on the iPad.
They can upload an image from their photo gallery and they can scan documents, (these options) are really good.
If they want to take a picture of the board in the classroom or to take a picture of a worksheet.
You can also create notebooks in this dropdown menu.
We often recommend that students have a notebook for different classes so that they can keep track of the work that they're doing in this app.
If I go back into my homepage, I have a worksheet that has already been scanned in.
So a lot of students use an Apple pencil with this app.
The Apple pencil writes seamlessly for the students and allows them to zoom in and annotate their work.
At the top of the screen here, there is a toolbar with all different options.
This first option is the Apple pencil pen.
So I have an Apple pencil connected and it allows me to annotate on the screen.
The apple pencil has a good contrast so the students are able to see their work a little bit easier and they can also magnify the screen and the text doesn't move.
There's also, uh, a text box option if they prefer to type their work instead of writing it by hand.
Another option is a Zoom feature feature where they can magnify the screen so the bottom half of the screen becomes a magnification window and they can move the screen around and have things magnified for them.
For more information about this app, you can reach out to your APSEA Education support teacher.