Notebook

You can use the Notebook feature to add notes to assigned content or to respond to activities with notebook prompts. Once you turn in your completed assignment, your teacher can view your notebook responses within Realize.

You can also respond to notebook prompts and manage your notes using the Menu on the top menu bar.

There are two kinds of Realize Reader assignments and the features you can use to complete your assignment depend on the type:

Realize Reader Selection Realize Reader Selection (RRS) assignments open directly in Realize and focus on the specific text and features required to complete the assigned activities. assignments open directly within Realize. Use these features to complete a Realize Reader Selection activity.

Realize Reader Selected Reading Realize Reader Selected Reading (RRSR) opens in a new window that displays the entire book and enables the completion of the activities using the full set of Realize Reader tools and navigation features. assignments prompt you to open them in a new window. Use these features to complete a Realize Reader Selected Reading activity.

Add a Comment to your Note

Once you respond to a notebook prompt, you can add a comment or question for your teacher's feedback. You can both use this feature to communicate back and forth in the same comment thread. If you delete a notebook response, your comment thread is retained.

Respond to Notebook Prompts

If your assignment contains a Notebook prompt, select the Notebook button found in the text.
Type your response into the text box, and then select Close.

View the Notebook / All Notes

Select Menu in the book, and then select Notebook.
Select All Notes to display the Notebook and a list of all the notes in the current book.
Choose the Unit Assignments, Notes, and/or Question options to filter the list of notes.
Type your response to a notebook prompt in the text box provided, and then select Done.
When you have completed your responses, select the close icon .

Add a Note

Select Menu in the book, and then select Notebook.
Select Add Note, and then type up to 1,000 characters into the text editor box.
Select Done. The note is saved, and will be displayed in the list of notes for the current book.

Search the Notebook

Select Menu in the book, and then select Notebook.
Select on All Notes to display the Notebook and view all notes that have been created in the current book.
In a Realize Reader Selected Reading Realize Reader Selected Reading (RRSR) opens in a new window that displays the entire book and enables the completion of the activities using the full set of Realize Reader tools and navigation features. activity, select the Table of Contents or Date button to sort the list of notes.
Choose the Unit Assignments, Notes, and/or Question options to filter the list results.
Type a word or term into the Search Notebook box, and then press Enter. The list will filter according to search terms and/or selected filters.

Search Notebook feature does not work offline.

Edit or Delete a Note

Select Menu in the book, and then select Notebook.
Select All Notes to display the Notebook and view all notes that have been created in the current book.
Select on a note to edit in the text editor box, and then select Done to save changes.
In a Realize Reader Selected Reading Realize Reader Selected Reading (RRSR) opens in a new window that displays the entire book and enables the completion of the activities using the full set of Realize Reader tools and navigation features. activity, select the delete icon to delete the note. If a note is deleted, a confirmation message displays, along with an Undo button.

If you delete a Notebook prompt response with comments, the Notebook response is removed but the associated comment thread is retained.

Exit the Notebook

Select the close icon in the Notebook panel to return to the Menu.