January can be a daunting time for all students. Maybe you’re heading into exam season? Perhaps you’re worried about how you’ll balance studying with work or other priorities? Or did you struggle to keep up or make the most of lectures last semester?
Fear not! We’ve got you.
2025 is here, so let’s dive into how you can start the new semester with improved notes and learning skills, making this your best year yet! Glean has got a lot of features, meaning it can be hard to keep track of all of them, so here’s a breakdown of each tool and how you can use it to maximise your learning!
Last year’s problem: struggling to keep up
There’s a lot to cover in class, which means lecturers might sometimes go too fast to keep up with. Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could go back to certain parts of a class whenever you wanted, at your own pace?
This year's solution: Recording lectures with Glean allows you to take back control by capturing lectures, alongside your notes, so you can revisit at a pace that works for you.
This means you never have to worry about missing sections again and have more time to digest the class, reducing information overload.
Last year’s problem: too many notes to keep track of
Are you great at taking notes but find yourself struggling to remember where you put them when the time comes to review them? Being in higher education comes with lots of different classes, so it can be hard to stay organized.
This year’s solution: Glean’s Collections allow you to organize your recordings by subject or category, making it super quick and easy to retrieve them when needed! As a result, you can study more efficiently by locating the information you need and filtering out what you don’t!
Last year’s problem: too much information, too little time
Have you found yourself overwhelmed by the amount of information in your notes, struggling to find time to really go through and process it all?
This year’s solution: Use Glean’s AI Outline to generate summaries of lecture information. This means you can study more effectively around your busy schedule. It’s also great for when you want to check your understanding of the class.
Why not write your own summary of the key points and compare it to see if you’re missing anything?
Last year’s problem: struggling to focus
Here’s a new year's resolution: study smarter, not harder. Sometimes it feels like the hardest part of studying isn’t learning the content, but just staying in the zone for long enough.
This year’s solution: You can use the built in Focus Timer to help you plan study sessions and stay focused, meaning you can have productive study sessions, feel more accomplished and balance time outside of studies.
Last year’s problem: not sure what you’ve learnt
Taking detailed notes is great, but how do you know you’ve actually learned something? Testing yourself at retrieving knowledge is essential for moving your knowledge from your short term memory to long term memory.
This year’s solution: Using the Quiz Me function, you can remove the task of having to create the quiz or flash cards yourself by allowing Glean to automatically generate quizzes from your lecture notes, reinforcing learning and helping grade improvement!
Last year’s problem: I can’t find what my lecturer said
Ever left a class and thought ‘I’m going to need to check that later😵💫’ ?
Here’s a handy little shortcut for when you need to locate specific information, quotes or phrases - simply press CTRL + F. It'll bring up a search bar in the top right corner so you can easily find what you need, speeding up the review process!
Last year’s problem: lecture is difficult to understand or hear
Do you sometimes feel like you’ve missed key information or even struggled to hear or understand everything your lecturer said?
This year’s solution: Easily follow along with the Live Captions and Transcription features, which will auto generate everything that’s been said alongside your notes. This means you don’t have to miss out on any part of the lecture trying to figure out what was just said (we’ve all been there!).
Last year’s problem: having separate notes for diagrams
Ever in a class where you need to make diagrams, or simply prefer writing by hand than having fully typed notes?
This year’s solution: This is where Scribble comes into it's own - by adding in notes in a way that works for you! You can even highlight or add shapes, and it's perfect for making mind maps when you need to review your study materials.
Learning science also proves that using both diagrams and text gives the information more sticking power, allowing you to be a more effective learner!
Last year’s problem: struggling to take notes during online lessons
Online and hybrid learning is great, but we know how awkward it can be having multiple tabs open, flicking between your lecture and notes, making it hard to focus.
This year’s solution: Using Glean on our Chrome extension removes all these barriers, allowing you to record your lecture and easily capture notes while never having to leave your meeting tab. Once you’ve downloaded it here you can simply tap the glean icon and a handy side panel will appear down the side of your screen, it’s that easy to use!
There you have it, nine ways you can use Glean to make better notes in 2025.
Now let's make this year your best year yet!
