Comparing educational features of OneNote and Class Notebook across platforms and devices

Comparing educational features of OneNote and Class Notebook across platforms and devices

See and compare the feature differences between OneNote and OneNote Class Notebook across different devices and platforms.

OneNote for Windows (2016/2019/ 2021/M365)

OneNote for Windows 10   

OneNote for the web 

OneNote for Mac 

OneNote for iPad 

OneNote for iPhone 

OneNote for Android Tablet 

OneNote for Android Phone 

Insert meeting details from Outlook

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Send to OneNote Printer 

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Embedded Content  (e.g. – YouTube, Forms, Geogebra) 

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Inking 

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Draw Tab  

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Ink to Shape 

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Add and customize stickers  

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Math step-by-step solver 

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Modern Ink Colors – Rainbow Ink, Galaxy, Gold 

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Password Protection  

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Rule Lines  

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Recycle Bin

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Immersive Reader 

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Record Audio  

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Record Video  

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Live syncing  

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Insert Forms 

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Tags  

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Coming Soon

Tag Search

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Custom Tags  

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Templates  

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Researcher 

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Create Class Notebooks (via Class Notebook Wizard) 

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Add or remove students (via Class Notebook Wizard) 

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Add or remove co-teachers (via Class Notebook Wizard)  

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Manage Class Notebook (via Class Notebook Wizard)  

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Parent and guardian share links  

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Assignment and grade integration with LMS and SIS

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Distribute pages (basic) 

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Distribute pages (individuals and student groups)  

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Distribute pages across Class Notebooks  

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Undo distributed page  

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Distribute section  

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Distribute section group  

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Distribute Content Library  

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Review student work (single notebook) 

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Review student work (across notebooks) 

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