Note-taking FAQ

Sonocent can help alleviate some of the issues experienced by students with peer note-takers, including time needed to identify a peer note-taker, timely access to notes, and differences in note-taking styles. Electronic note-takers like Sonocent have a number of benefits of benefits:

• Provide students with their own ability to enhance notes captured during class
• Provide tools for repetition to aid retention
• Reduce human errors from peer note-sharing
• Allow students to be independent and self-sustaining
• Encourage continued engagement and development of notes
• Create an easy-to-use library of important information for future use in classes and beyond
• Provide a note-taking model that is sustainable and proactive

Disability Services provides free Sonocent licenses to students approved for note-taking with their own electronic device.

For information on how to receive your free license, please contact your assigned Access Coordinator or email dsnotetaking@colorado.edu.

We encourage you to schedule an appointment with your assigned Access Coordinator as soon as possible to review your concerns and discuss your options moving forward.

All students with an accommodation for note-taking with their own electronic device are required to complete the Recording Class Lecture Agreement form, which states the limitations of any recordings produced in class. Students who have been approved for this accommodation will receive the agreement form in their CU Boulder email as a DocuSign form that they can submit online. 

In the majority of cases, your accommodation for note-taking with your own electronic device will override any course policy. However, in rare instances, you may be asked not to record specific courses for reasons provided to you by the Disability Services office.

Please contact your assigned Access Coordinator immediately if an instructor refuses to honor your accommodation.

Sonocent is available for desktop (Windows and Mac) and mobile applications (iOS and Android), enabling students to take notes on their preferred device.

Disability Services will be offering trainings and information sessions on Sonocent, Smartpens, and other note-taking technology options available to students. Please check our events page for more information or email dsnotetaking@colorado.edu to ask about training events.