Digital planner - OneNote

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I am just beginning to design a digital planner using OneNote. Frustratingly, it is difficult (impossible?) for me to use templates from Etsy, due to the IT department permissions.

Because of this, I want to create my own Templates. For those who use OneNote instead of a paper planner, do you make your templates directly on OneNote or do you use PPT and save as a PDF then upload to OneNote?

Any other tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated!

I've used OneNote this year for the first time and have enjoyed it. I probably don't use it for fraction of what it can be used for so would be great to hear what everyone else does.

Re planning, I have a 'Page' for each day and have a table in each page with the lessons for that day. It does take a bit of time setting it up at the start of the year, especially if you're on a 2 week timetable, so I tend to do pages for each day half a term in advance.

I've sections for every class I teach with links to the syllabus, seating plans, and relevant information. I also have a link to a spreadsheet where I record all their marks and a sections for meetings so I write notes from meetings in OneNote. I plan on increasing the cleverness of it next year so will investigate further over the summer.

It's certainly helped with how much paper I'm using/printing and I believe that I'm a little more efficient now that everything is in the same place.

That’s great. It sounds like what you have done is what I have in mind as well. I am on a two week timetable so hopefully will be easier to keep track of things.