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Keep the knowledge.
Share the tab while you watch a Udemy course. NoteAlong writes timestamped study notes, places the slides and code screens where the instructor showed them, and keeps it all in your own workspace, outside Udemy's player.
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How do I take notes from a Udemy course?
Open the course in Chrome or Edge, share the tab with NoteAlong, and press play. NoteAlong turns what the instructor says into timestamped study notes and drops in the slides and code screens at the moment they were explained. No extension, no transcript export, nothing copied out of the player. The notes are ready when the lecture ends. Free for 120 minutes a month.
How it works
Share the course tab, get the notes
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Open the lecture, share the tab
The regular Udemy web player, logged in as usual. Theater mode and 1.25× are fine. Just keep the tab playing.
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Snap the code when it matters
Slides and code screens are picked up as the instructor shows them. Want one particular frame? Press Snap.
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Stop, and the note is waiting
Titled, sectioned, timestamped, with the screens in place. NoteAlong suggests the course folder; one click files it.
Why this works on Udemy
What Udemy's own notes can't do
For personal study on courses you're enrolled in. NoteAlong never saves the video, never copies course files out of Udemy, and never shares anything. Your notes are your own understanding, private to you, in your own workspace. You're taking notes on your own screen.
The transcript you can't take with you
Most Udemy courses show a transcript panel, and no way to export it. NoteAlong writes notes that live outside the panel.
Code and slides, in the note
While you share the tab, NoteAlong watches for slides, diagrams and code on screen and keeps the useful ones as images in the note, at the moment they came up. Snap adds any frame you choose: 3 per note on Free, unlimited on Pro. Some players block screen images, and then frames come out black. NoteAlong doesn't try to get around that: it tells you, and the note is written without those slides.
Two free ways out
Udemy's note feature pins fragments to timestamps inside one course. NoteAlong exports to Anki and Obsidian for free: a deck per course folder, or Markdown files in your vault.
Catalogs change
On subscription plans, courses can leave the catalog. What you learned shouldn't leave with them.
Why paste-a-URL tools come back empty
They ask a platform for a public transcript. Udemy sits behind a login, so there's nothing for them to fetch. NoteAlong doesn't ask Udemy for anything. It works in your browser, where you're already enrolled and watching.
Search across every course
“Which course covered flexbox?” is one search, not twenty minutes of clicking through course players.
FAQ
Udemy questions, answered
Is it allowed to take notes from a Udemy course I'm enrolled in?
Udemy licenses its courses for your personal, non-commercial, educational use, and NoteAlong is built for exactly that: notes for your own study. It never saves the video, never copies course files and never shares anything. It turns the audio playing in your browser into text, deletes the audio, and keeps your notes private to you. Udemy's terms are the final word, so read them if you're unsure.
Udemy already shows a transcript. Why do I need this?
The panel shows it but doesn't let you keep it. NoteAlong gives you study notes instead of a verbatim wall, with the slides in place, in a workspace outside the player that you can search across every course.
Does it work at 1.25× or 1.5× playback?
Yes. NoteAlong works from whatever the tab plays, and faster playback uses fewer of your minutes. With fast-talking instructors, moderate speeds keep the transcript cleanest.
It's a code-along course. Does NoteAlong get the code on screen?
Yes, as images. While you share the tab, code screens and slides are placed in your notes at the moment they were explained. Press Snap to add a specific frame. You can then paste the code into a proper code block in the editor.
Can I get my Udemy notes into Anki or Obsidian?
Yes, free on every plan. Export the course folder to Anki as one deck, or sync the notes into your Obsidian vault as Markdown files with the screens saved as images.
Do I need to install an extension?
No. Nothing to install and no permissions inside Udemy. Chrome or Edge shares the tab on its own, and NoteAlong works from its own tab.
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Free plan · no card required. NoteAlong is an independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by Udemy.