The Calendar tool allows users to view Calendar items by day, week, month, or year. Users can also manage the following events through the Calendar:
· course
· organization
· institution
· personal
Upcoming and past events can be viewed daily, weekly, or monthly and organized into categories.
When the Calendar is accessed through the Tools Box users view all items on their Calendar and have the options to add and modify personal calendar items. When the Calendar is accessed through a Course or Organization only those calendar items that relate to the specific course or organizations will appear.
Note: Students may not add events to the Calendar when it is accessed through a Course or Organization. Events may only be added when it is accessed through the Tools Box in a common area.
Follow the steps below to open the Calendar page.
Step 1 Open a course Web site.
Step 2 Click Tools on the Course menu.
Step 3 Select Calendar.
OR
Select Calendar in the Tools box of a common area.
To use the functions available on the Calendar page, follow the table below.
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To . . . |
click . . . |
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view events for a specific date and time |
Quick Jump to access the Quick Jump page. From here, select a date and time and the Calendar will immediately display events for that time. |
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create an event and add it to the calendar |
Add Event to access the Add Event page. |
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remove an event |
Remove to remove an event from the Calendar page. This action is irreversible.
Note: Only events created by the user can be removed. Events created by an Instructor, Organization Manager, or System Administrator cannot be changed. |
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view events by day, week, or month |
on the tab to view events for the current day, current week, or current month. |
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view previous or future events |
on the arrows to the left of the current day, week, or month to view events for the previous day, week, or month. Click on the arrows to the right to view future events. |
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view event details |
on a Calendar event to view details. |
Click on an event to view event details. The Calendar: View Event page will appear as shown below.
