Session outline
Exercises
- Exercise 1: Reflection on how you already take notes and which tools you use
- Exercise 2 Basics: Create your first Obsidian notebook
- Exercise 3 Canvas: Create your own Canvas
Slides
Resources
The two main resources for this session are:
- Obsidian documentation: It is one of the best documentations out there. It shows you how to do everything in Obsidian.
- Official Obsidian website: Download Obsidian and find more information about it’s features
Below you find information on topics that could be interesting after the first session. However, they require some setting up, so you can also wait until the end of the workshop to try them out.
Import notes from other Apps and files
- The Obsidian Importer plugin let’s you import notes from other apps and file formats like Notion, Microsoft OneNote, Google Keep, Apple Notes, …
Synchronization across devices
You can either synchronize via a cloud storage like Google drive or you can use the paid Obsidian sync feature.
Below you find all links to help you get started along with some hints.
- Official Obsidian sync:
- Easy to set up
- End-to-end encrypted synchronization
- Version history of your notes
- Costs ~ 4$ per month, but as a student/scientists, you will get a 40% discount. Find out here how to get the discount
- I recommend it if you want to use Obsidian across devices and you value low effort setups that (in my experience) just work
- Sync via a cloud storage like Google Drive etc.
- The popular community plugin remotely save