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Become a Notetaker

Peer note-takers are Dartmouth students who are paid to take legible, accurate and comprehensive notes in a course for which they may or may not be registered. Only Dartmouth students are eligible for student work, and Dartmouth students must either be enrolled in courses or on a scheduled leave term.

Open Notetaking Positions - Fall 2025

CRN Subject Course Section Course Name Meet Time xlisted as
90802 ANTH 9 01 Language & Culture 10  
90955 BIOL 24 01 Vertebrate Zoology 10  
91413 ECON 36 02 Theory of Finance 12  
91115 GOVT 6 01 Political Ideas 9L  
91236 LING 35 01 Field Methods 10A  
90837 LING 11.13 01 Language-Music Connection 2A (COCO 023 01, MUS 17.06 01)
91842 MATH 50 01 Intro to Linear Models 10  
91825 MUS 46 01 Video Games&Meaning of Life 2A (COLT 40.07 01, FILM 50.04 01)
91314 PHIL 3 01 Reason and Argument 12  
91617 PSYC 6 01 Intro to Neuroscience 2  
91329 SART 15 02 Drawing I 10A  
91270 WRIT 2 03 Composition and Research I 11  

*This list is updated periodically as we continue to receive requests (and as requests change during add/drop) through the first couple weeks of the quarter. Please feel encouraged to check back.

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If you are registered for one of the courses (in other words, if you're already in this class) that has an opening, and would like to apply for the open notetaking position, please Apply to be a Class Notes Ally on JobX.

If you are a student who is NOT registered for the class and would like to be considered for an open notetaker position, please Apply to be a Peer Notetaker on JobX.

Class Notes Ally

Estimated hours per week: .5-1

The Class Notes Ally position is for students who will be taking notes in a course that they are currently registered for. Job expectations include posting each class session notes to our online database, A11y, throughout the term. This will be recorded in TimesheetX as approximitely 30-60 minutes of work per course each week.

Peer Notetaker

Estimated hours per week: 4-6

The peer notetaker position is for students who are not registered in the course in which notes are needed. Peer notetakers record their time in TimexheetX for the entire class period spent taking notes, as well as 30-60 minutes each week to clean up and post their notes.

Compensation

Hired notetakers are paid $16.25 per hour.  

Requirements and Process

Each term we are looking for students to provide complete, organized, and neat notes to qualifying students with disabilities. Selected candidates will be notified via their Dartmouth email address.

Applicant Requirements

  • Attending all class sessions, including x-hour meetings
  • Revising, editing, and uploading your notes onto an online portal within 24 hours of the class meeting
  • Completing a brief online training via Canvas
  • Finding an uploading substitute notes if you miss a class session
  • Tracking and reporting your time onto TimeSheetX

Note: Applying does not guarantee a notetaking position. It allows us to match incoming requests to students who are interested and qualified.

Hired students will be expected to complete the Canvas training course that highlights our protocols and expectations. The Canvas site will also have the appropriate forms for student employees to complete. All new note-takers will be asked to complete this course, and returning note-takers may be asked to complete it as well, due to possible changes to employment procedures.