Notetaking Services

Wendy Palmer, DAS District Coordinator | 971-722-8881 | TTY: 503-246-4072

Eligible students should discuss their notetaking options with a disability services counselor to determine the best method for each class setting. You may wish to read "How To Find And Keep A Volunteer Notetaker" for many helpful tips and strategies.

Notetaking Support

Students may choose to use the following notetaking support available through DAS:

  1. Digital and tape audio recording devices are available through campus libraries. You may request a permission form to borrow a piece of equipment from your counselor or the DAS District Coordinator.

  2. A volunteer classmate may agree to share notes with you. You may choose to locate your own volunteer or ask your instructor to help identify a suitable individual when you meet to discuss your AAA form. Be sure to contact your counselor or the DAS District Coordinator if you do not have a notetaker set up in the first week of class.

    You and your classmate may choose to use DAS’s NCR (“no carbon required”) notepaper available in packs of twenty sheets. Students may get packets from the following locations:

    Cascade Campus:
    Packs may be obtained from the Advising and Counseling Front Desk (SSB 150) or a disability services counselor.
    Rock Creek Campus:
    Packs may be obtained from the Counseling Front Desk (9/118) or a disability services counselor.
    Southeast Center:
    Packs may be obtained from the Counseling Front Desk (Mt. Tabor Hall 152) or a disability services counselor.
    Sylvania Campus: 
    Packs are available in the DAS Test Accommodation Services Room (ST 228).

    You and your classmate may choose to use a free photocopy machine available at most campuses. Contact the DAS District Coordinator for details about this notetaking option. Students receiving this accommodation may only copy lecture notes (no books, class assignments, or personal work), they must be present when copies are made, and they must complete the information on the clipboard each time copies are made.

  3. DAS has a “Notetaking Tips” handout available for students to give to their classmates.