. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 There's a Textbook for this Class? Scaffolding Reading and Notetaking in a Digital AgeAbstractInnovative engineers depend on technical reading as a primary means of lifelong learning.Several scaffolded course activities encourage the practice of reading and notetaking in acollaborative learning environment. In lower-level courses, students receive brief instruction inHow to Read a Book[1], Cornell notes[2], and Sketchnoting[3]. Student Note assignmentsrequire students to take hand-written notes while reading the textbook and post a picture of theirreading and class notes to an online discussion board. In later courses, students, well trained inthe Student Notes