{"id":11520,"date":"2020-09-09T15:53:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T15:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.kamiapp.com\/?p=7421"},"modified":"2023-03-30T12:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T00:37:06","slug":"using-kami-as-a-digital-notebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.kamiapp.com\/blog\/using-kami-as-a-digital-notebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Kami as a Digital Notebook"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Let\u2019s face it, traditional notebooks (or folders, or workbooks) have a lot of downsides. Pages, or even the whole book, can be lost, damaged, torn out, or simply neglected. Once completed, work in a physical book is also difficult to edit preventing further insights, feedback or peer interaction. And in today\u2019s world of hybrid or even fully digital teaching environments, physical books just don\u2019t cut it for giving fast feedback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

So what\u2019s the solution? Kami based digital notebooks of course!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Our Kami Heroes have been championing the ways you can create and maintain digital class notebooks using<\/span> Kami\u2019s functionality<\/a>. Special thank you to Alexander L. Samia, ELAR educator at Salyards Middle School for his excellent selection of explainer videos attached below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Creating student notebooks in Kami<\/h5>

First things first, how can you create notebooks for your students on Kami? Here are the steps:<\/span><\/p>

1. Create a front cover:<\/strong> Every notebook needs a cover and you can make yours as fun as you want. You can use separate graphics programs here (Alex uses Canva for its range of functionality and it has a good free version). Simply create your cover and save it as a PDF. Then open the PDF in Kami. An alternative would be to simply open a new blank document in Kami and get creative with the drawing and design tools to make a cover you love straight into Kami.<\/span><\/p>

2. Add pages:<\/strong> Once your front cover is in place you can create the pages of the book by simply clicking the plus icon at the bottom of your Kami screen. Choose from blank, lined, grid, or even music sheets!<\/span><\/p>

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3. Assign to your students:<\/strong> With your standard notebook now created you will need to assign it out to your students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>