Cumulative, printable student notes

Hello,

I've been struggling with the "Notes Widget" in Captivate 9. Not only do slides that contain this widget load extremely slowly, the notes do not seem to be cumulative. Ideally, students would have access to an ongoing journal that they could add to (with their previous notes still showing) and then print @ the end of the course. Is this possible, either with the Notes widget or by some other means?