Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Peer Note Taking

Student Accessibility Services offers volunteer peer note taking positions at both campuses. You will be informed by your instructor if a volunteer peer note taker is required for their course.

If you are interested or have questions about volunteering, please email notetaking.sas@lakeheadu.ca to sign-up. 

All notes are submitted electronically through the SAS Clockwork Portal to ensure confidentiality. Once volunteers have contacted notetaking.sas@lakeheadu.ca they can create a profile in Clockwork by clicking here. 

At the end of the course, a Letter of Reference will be provided upon request. Note taking is an activity that can be entered for validation on your Co-Curricular Record.

Thank you for your interest in assisting your fellow students!

Signing Up to be a Volunteer Peer Note Taker

  1. Your instructor will inform the class that a note taker is required.
  2. Contact the instructor(s) of the course you are volunteering to be a note taker for letting them know that you will be providing notes. Include the course code and section in your email.
  3. Email notetaking.sas@lakeheadu.ca notifying our office of which courses you are providing notes for (include the Course Code and Section ex. BIOL 1100 FA).
  4. Create a profile in the SAS Clockwork Portal; to access the portal log in using your Lakehead University username and password.
    1. Once you have logged in click the "Note-takers" button. Then click the "Profile tab" and complete your Profile. Include your name, student number, and Lakehead University email address.
    2. Read the Note Taker Agreement and click "I agree".
    3. Select the course or courses that you will be providing notes for.

Your profile submission will be reviewed by an SAS staff member and your registration will be completed. Once this step is completed you can submit sample notes for the course. This is optional.

You will be sent an automated email when you have been assigned as a note taker and are able to upload lecture notes.

Uploading Notes

  1. Once you receive an email confirming that you can begin uploading notes log in to the SAS Clockwork Portal and click on the "Note-Takers" button.
  2. Under "my lecture notes" new clickable text should appear that reads "upload lecture notes" next to the course code that you have been selected to provide notes for.
  3. After clicking that text select the button that reads "upload a lecture note". You can upload up to 3 files at a time. Please ensure that you label them with the date of the lecture.
  4. Ensure that you follow the guidelines provided by SAS and listed in the SAS Clockwork Portal for taking notes and uploading them.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process please contact notetaking.sas@lakeheadu.ca