Notability + Zoom Split View on iPad: A Practical Guide

You can use Notability and Zoom together in Split View on iPad by holding down one app and dragging it to the side of the screen while the other is open, giving you a live video call on one side and a full digital notebook on the other.

This particular pairing earns its screen space. Zoom handles the meeting; Notability handles everything you want to remember from it. Unlike switching back and forth between apps, keeping both visible means you catch details in real time — a figure someone mentions, a decision that gets made, an action item that would otherwise disappear into the chat. You don't have to pause, context-switch, or trust your memory.

Why Notability and Zoom Work Well Together

The combination is useful across a range of situations where listening and writing overlap:

• Online classes and lectures — Students can watch a professor share their screen in Zoom while annotating slides or writing notes in Notability, all without toggling between apps mid-explanation.
• Client or team meetings — Keep the Zoom call open while building a structured outline in Notability. Use Notability's audio recording feature alongside your written notes for a complete record of any discussion.
• Remote interviews — Journalists, researchers, and hiring managers can maintain eye contact through the camera window while writing questions and responses side by side, making the conversation feel less interrupted.
• Study groups and tutoring sessions — Work through problems on a Notability canvas while the other person talks through their reasoning on Zoom, treating the notebook as a shared visual aid you can screenshot and send afterward.

How to Set It Up with Splicon

Opening Split View manually every time costs more friction than it sounds — find the first app, drag in the second, resize the divider, repeat. Splicon fixes that by letting you create a Home Screen shortcut that launches Notability and Zoom side by side in one tap, with a custom icon that actually shows both apps together.

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1. Open Splicon and search for Notability and Zoom. Select them as your pair — Splicon shows you a preview of how the combined icon will look.
2. Choose a split style that reflects how you want the apps arranged, then generate the icon and save it to your Photos app.
3. Open the Shortcuts app, create a new shortcut, and add an "Open App" action configured to open both apps in Split View. When prompted to choose an icon for the shortcut, select the image you just saved from Splicon.
4. Add the shortcut to your Home Screen via the shortcut's settings menu. It will appear as a tappable icon alongside your other apps.

From that point on, launching your Notability-Zoom workspace is a single tap from your Home Screen — no dragging, no hunting for the second app, no resizing.

A Few Tips Once You're Set Up

Give the Split View divider a slight adjustment toward Notability if you write more than you watch — most people find a 40/60 or 35/65 split more comfortable than equal halves. If you use Notability's built-in audio recording, start it before the Zoom call begins so the recording captures everything from the first word. And if you regularly join the same recurring meeting, consider naming your Home Screen shortcut after the meeting itself so the icon doubles as a visual reminder.