Notes - Introduction

You can annotate learning content and objects in ILIAS.

Prerequisite: If the notes feature unavailable, it is disabled. Please get in touch with your ILIAS administrator.

The lists of notes you have attached to objects are displayed under Notes.

  • Use Private Notes to make a digital dog-ear of your content. The Private Notes can only be viewed by you.
  • Use the links from these lists to get to the relevant notes quickly.

Add private notes to content.

You want to add a private note to the content. These notes are only visible to you.

  1. Open Dashboard.
  2. In the middle block, open the object to which you want to add a private note.
  3. Now select Notes from the Actions menu in the upper right corner.
  4. ILIAS opens the Private Notes text box where you can enter your note.
  5. Click on the Add note button.
  6. ILIAS saves the note.

Note: The private note is now displayed under Notes. Here you can view all content for which you have written a private note.

You can also create private notes under Notes independently of objects. You can find instructions on how to do this here.

Private notes

Add a new note

You want to add a new private note.

  1. Click on Notes.
  2. Type your note in the text entry field.
  3. Click on Add note.
  4. ILIAS saves your note.

Delete notes

You no longer need one or more of your notes and want to delete them.

  1. Click on Notes.
  2. Select the checkbox in front of the note(s) you want to delete.
    Note: Below the list, select Select All to select all existing notes.
  3. Click the Delete button below the list.
  4. ILIAS will ask you if you want to delete the selected note. Click the Delete button again.
  5. ILIAS deletes the note(s).

Edit note

You want to edit a private note.

  1. Click on Notes.
  2. Click the Edit link on the right below the note.
  3. ILIAS switches to the edit mode.
  4. Enter the desired changes in the text input field.
  5. Click on the Update note button.
  6. ILIAS applies the changes and reports "Changes saved".

You want to keep your private notes: You can print them or save them as a file.

  1. Click on Notes.
  2. Select the checkbox in front of the note(s) you want to keep.
    Note: Select Select All below the list to select all existing notes.
  3. Now you have two options:
    - Click the Print button below the list. ILIAS will then generate a printer-friendly output and open your browser's print dialog. You can print the notes or generate a PDF and save it.
    - Click on the Export HTML button. ILIAS generates an HTML file you can save and open with your browser.