This guide describes resources available to law students to help them prepare for class, complete assignments, research, and perform other tasks without access to the printer/copier devices inside the law school building. Paperless study doesn't mean studying without any paper - but instead using a mix of traditional and online methods. Transitioning toward electronic record keeping will help prepare you for law practice where paperless offices are quickly becoming the norm.
OneNote
OneNote is a great option for those who wish to "go digital" with their notebooks. You can gather your notes (handwritten or typed), drawings, screen clippings, audio commentaries, web links, and more, and organize them with OneNote. Rather than maintaining stacks of spiral-bound notebooks for your classes, OneNote allows you to use your mobile device as your electronic notebook. OneNote makes it easy to search, print, organize, and even share your notes with others. Login to Office 365, click the OneNote tile, and start exploring all that OneNote has to offer. Do not forget to install OneNote along with the rest of Microsoft Office suite of applications on your computers and visit the app store to install the OneNote app on your iOS or Android devices.
Evernote
Evernote software allows you take notes electronically, organize and annotate them, and access them across multiple devices. Evernote comes in several versions including a basic free version and premium version for $8 per month. OCU Law students have free access to Microsoft OneNote.
OCU Law students have free access to OneDrive for Business. Login to Office 365, click the OneDrive tile, and you can begin uploading files simply by dragging and dropping them to your browser window.
To share a file with another student right click a file in OneDrivefor Business, click Share, and choose those you wish to share the file with.
If you have the need to access the files on your laptop even when away from Internet access, you can optionally choose to install the Sync client (by clicking Sync at the top of the OneDrive web page) to allow your computer to maintain synchronized copies of the contents in your OneDrive. Any changes you make to the local copies of your files on your laptop will get synchronized to OneDrive for Business in the cloud next time you have Internet access.
Additionally, if you have an iOS or Android device, an OneDrive for Business app is available through your app store giving you access to your files even from your smart phone or tablet.
With OneNote open, switch to the page in your web browser that has the information you want to clip.
Click Insert, then click Screen Clipping (for Office 2016, press Windows key + Shift +S).
When the screen dims, drag the mouse pointer over the area of the web page you want to capture. OneNote captures your selection as a picture and inserts it on the current page.
West Academic Digital Study Aids
OCU Law students have access to over 400 study aids in this series. Access them at the Law Library's Databases Page. Students can take notes inside each study aid or add highlights to text in a study aid. To add notes or highlights students must first create a login.
Using Microsoft Teams for Virtual Study Groups
Login to MS Teams at teams.microsoft.com with your OCU email credentials. Any student can set up a study group in MS Teams, add other students to the group, collaborate on documents, chat with team members, have video study sessions, and more. The student who creates the team is the team "owner" and can add other students. Short video tutorials on using MS Teams are linked below. Additional support is available from Law Technology Services via email [email protected] or by calling (405) 208-5803.
