To get started using OneNote the initial setup is slightly different depending on the OneNote format you are using. OneNote is available in several different formats as a web app, as a desktop app, as an iOS app and as an Android app. Microsoft - What is OneNote? How do I create a OneNote notebook? OneNote is available to all Bowdoin faculty, staff and students as part of the suite of Office365 applications. Whether you use the stand alone apps or the web version OneNote enables you to gather text, images, web links, audio etc in one place and will even let you annotate your work using a stylus if you are using an iPad. Your notebooks are automatically saved and synchronized to the cloud so, for example, you can start taking meeting notes on your iPhone and then work on them on your PC back in your office. It is cross platform (Web, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android) and can be used on multiple devices. OneNote is a digital notebook that can be used to capture, organize and share information.