Notion — Your Connected Faculty Workspace
- All-in-one workspace — notes, databases, course plans, and task lists in one place
- Build a personal course repository — syllabi, lecture outlines, assessment drafts, all linked
- Useful for: lecture planning, meeting notes, research tracking, student project management
- Works on browser, desktop, and mobile — syncs across devices
- AI layer built in — summarise, rewrite, expand, or extract action points from any note
Google Docs — The Familiar Tool You Are Already Underusing
- Already in your workflow — no learning curve, no new login
- Gemini AI built into Google Docs — draft, summarise, rewrite, and expand directly inside the document
- Use it to convert rough bullet points into full lecture notes in one prompt
- Collaborate with colleagues in real time — co-author course material without version conflicts
- Integrates directly with Google Drive, Slides, and Gmail — your entire teaching workflow in one ecosystem
- Best for: quick drafting, collaborative course development, and LMS-ready document creation
Obsidian — Your Personal Knowledge Base
- Local-first note-taking — your data stays on your device, not on a cloud server
- Uses bi-directional linking — connect concepts, topics, and ideas across notes like a knowledge graph