How Do You Organize your Class Notebooks?

Seline Kopperud Sørensen it is a very good question and I'm not sure if there is one correct answer. We have not fully implemented Class Notebooks but I have given it some thought and I have also created some Class Notebooks. Perhaps others with more experience will weigh in.

There are two approaches to what you want to achieve:

1. Using Class Notebooks and
2. Using Microsoft Classroom

A Class Notebook is the simplest implementation and is only based on OneNote. Microsoft Classroom is a broader implementation which uses a Class Notebook but also includes other elements such as a calendar, shared discussions in an email group, a shared file storage space and assignments. A learner will see all the classes to which he/she belongs and can access those resources. A teacher will also see all his/her classes etc.

A class is basically a group - so one can also create a broader class (think group) to which the other classes belong. You could draw a Venn diagram to illustrate this. You would then have Norwegian 8 as a "class" to which all the learners and all the teachers belong. At the same time you can have 8-1, 8-2 and 8-3 classes to which only those who are relevant belong. That which is common could be placed in the Norwegian 8 class space and that which only relates to a specific class, in those class spaces. This setup would provide you with the most options. Learners (and teachers) would have to be aware of which space they are in. (They would see two "classes" for Norwegian: Norwegian 8 and Norwegian 8-1 (or 8-2 etc.)

A similar organisation could also be created with Class Notebooks only. You would have to set up a Class Notebook for each grouping that you want. AFAIK Libraries can be shared/synced between Class Notebooks, but I haven't used that feature yet.