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Note Taking Guides for Teachers & Students (2025)

Follow our AI note taking guides to turn your lectures, videos (Youtube), PDFs, and slides into clean and organized notes and study materials. This hub will show you exactly how to AI note take and generate study guides, quizzes, flashcards, lesson plans, & more.

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How can I use AI for note taking?

Start by capturing audio or video (or gather readings); then extract transcript/text; clean and structure ir with H2/H3 and bullets; add a short summary, a glossary; then from there generate: a study guide, quiz, flashcards, and more. Start with ChatGPT, NotebookLM, or Gemini for free.

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ChatGPT AI Note Taking

Paste transcripts, structure notes, create study assets fast.
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NotebookLM Note Taking

Source-grounded notes with citations from PDFs and Docs.
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Google Gemini AI Note Taking

Learn how to easily get started AI note taking with Gemini and ChatGPT.
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ChatGPT Atlas Note Taking

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PDFs/Slides to Structured Notes →

Turn decks and readings into cited, structured notes.
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Youtube videos to Organized Notes →

Turn decks and readings into cited, structured notes.

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