Hello everyone, I used Org-mode for taking notes in some school lessons, but it was a bit chaotic. I try to make it more efficient, easy to navigate and manage.
I would like to know if you have any advice or suggestions. Here, I will explain what I need, what I think to do this semester and where I don't know how or what to do. It could be a long e-mail. * What I need First, I need to take notes for all school lessons. For each lessons, I need to note: - Name - Schedule - Classroom - Teacher name and e-mail - Assistant name and e-mail - URL to the web page of this lesson on our online learning website - List of all distributed documents - Note on each of the distributed documents - Lesson plan - Notes taken in classroom while the teacher speak - Notes taken while doing the practice work - Tasks asked by the teacher Secondly, I need a quick view on the week lessons schedule: For each day, what lesson I have, when and where. Thirdly, I need to manage the projects that teachers ask us to do. With deadlines. * What I plan to do As I need to write a lot for each lesson, and each lesson are mostly independent from each other, I plan to have 1 file per lesson. In each file, I plan to have the same structure: - General information - Tasks and Projects - Distributed documents - Notes In "General information", I put the schedule of the lesson, the classroom, the teacher and assistant name and e-mail and the URL to our online platform. In "Tasks and Projects", I put all work the teacher ask us to do. For each, an Org-mode sub-headline with a TODO status. A project is just a task with sub-tasks. Or maybe have a PROJECT status ? In "Distributed documents", I create a sub-headline for each document. I then attach a copy of the document to its sub-headline with org-attach. Finally, I took note with Org-noter. In "Notes" I make a tree of sub-headline based on the lesson plan. And, when the teacher talk about a subject, I took a note in it's sub-headline. * What I miss There is some point I'm note sure on what or how to do it. First, the tasks. I don't know If it's better to keep them in the lesson org file or move them with all my other tasks (home and work). I think to include them in the org-agenda, so I can have global view of all ma tasks. From school, work and home. Second, the weekly schedule. Is it better to have a column view on a separate file or to see the all the lessons in my org-agenda ? In the first case, is it possible to build a column view from different file ? In the second case, how to do it and to manage vacations ? Third, do I include my work notes inside the lesson file ? Or do I create a separate file for each works ? Some work asked to do are just exercise, but some are rated and in this case we are asked to write a report. Fourth, is it better to include my school notes into org-roam with other knowledge or keep them separate ? If I mix what I learn on my free time and what I learn on school time, it would make more to review before an exam. I'm open to any suggestions or advice. Do not hesitate. ;) Best regards
