Organize efficiently
Office Lens
Office Lens trims, enhances, and makes pictures of whiteboards and docs readable. Office Lens can be used to convert images to PDF, Word, and PowerPoint files and even save images to OneNote or OneDrive. Office Lens is like having a scanner in one’s pocket. Like magic, it will digitize notes from whiteboards or blackboards.
Writing and processing information during a class can be frustrating for many students. Students can’t always keep up with educators when they write on the whiteboard. Using Office Lens, a student can take a picture of the whiteboard to capture the information then save it to Word, OneNote, OneDrive, Outlook, PDF, Photo Library, or share it through Outlook, Mail, or Immersive Reader.
Handouts and paper documents can be challenging for many students. Creating an electronic version of the material and immediately sending it to the correct place can reduce the probability of it going directly to the bottom of the backpack or being left behind because they don't know what to do with it or just plain forget about it.
A student with a visual impairment can independently and accurately scan the document using the voice guidance feature. They can then turn it into a PDF or text and format in whatever way best suits their needs, shortening the time they need to wait to get the same document adapted into a usable format.
Immersive Reader is also available in Office Lens. Any student can take a picture and send it to Immersive Reader where it goes through optical character recognition and is read aloud. This allows students to independently consume the content and then send it to the correct location.
Organize efficiently with OneNote
Documents from Office Lens, webpages from Edge, and Word can all be sent to OneNote where students can store all the information in a digital notebook. Educators can send materials directly to students, where it lands in the correct section that the student can find from any device at any time.
Handwriting notes and assignments has proven to be effective in student information retention. This is great, but often once those notes have been taken, they don't make it into a place that the student can find again. Digital inking in OneNote allows students to handwrite and have it already saved in a place that they can find again. Students then can choose to turn the handwritten notes into text. In addition to handwriting notes, students can add audio recordings directly onto the page, increasing note taking accuracy and getting vital information in multiple modalities.
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