Google Keep

If you are like me, you have files upon files of handouts.  Whether they are for student use, or given to you at a meeting, there are just some you need to keep.  And we are trying to go paperless, so enter Google Keep.

Google Keep is digital post-it notes that are associated with your Google account.  You can log into your account from any device and retrieve them, and there is a search function to speed up this process.

Google Keep also allows for:

• making lists
• color coding
• labeling
• digitizing paper handouts
• audio notes
• image notes
• capture web/app content

You can take a picture of a handout/paper that you want to incorporate into Google Keep.  Google then extracts the text and imports it as a new note, which you can then copy and paste into a Google Doc if you wish.

If you are at a conference, staff meeting, or other event, instead of trying to keep track of a variety of digital handouts, copy and paste the link into Google Keep, then color code and label your note to easily locate it later.  You can also share your notes with others.

Google Keep has an iOS app, an Android app, and is available in the browser at keep.google.com. There is also a Chrome extension.