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Calendar

The Calendar is an important tool for displaying course related events for your participants. Users will be able to view course events that you post through the calendar tool on the course home page. The calendar is an excellent location to post important course related events such as project due dates, virtual office hours, exam and test information, etc.

Figure 1

The Calendar tool is accessible from My Home and the Course Home page. The calendar tool has the following features:

Add Event
Import Event
View Printable
Today's Event
Help

Add Calendar Event

Figure 2

Click on date in the upper right corner from the Course Home page. It will show you the calendar main screen as shown in Figure 1.
Click Add Event from the list of options on the left. You will see the screen shown in Figure 2.
Type an appropriate title for the Calendar event under the Title Field.
Choose the Date you would like to set for that event. You may use the Calendar icon to select a date in the calendar.
If you would like to include a Link with this event, provide a valid URL (Include http://) in the Link text box.
Choose the Personal option under Type if you want the event to be personal and do not want it shown to the students.
Choose the Course Offering Option if you do want the event shown to the students of the course.
Type the Description of the event. The HTML editor is available if you would like to use it. If you choose to use HTML in the description check the box beside as HTML
Click the Show More Options link if you want to have advanced settings such as single date, date range, date and time, or date and time range for the event. You may switch back by clicking the Show Fewer Options link.
Click the Save Button.

Edit Event

An event can be edited once it has been created and added to the calendar.

If you are not on the calendar screen go to your Course Home, then click the date in the upper right corner of the screen.
Find the event in the calendar. You can use Day, Week, or Month view by clicking the appropriate tab. To search the entire calendar, click the Search tab and enter a search term (a term in the event title or description) and/or a date range to search for.
Click the Edit icon located on right side of the event.
Make the desired changes.
Click the Save button

Remove Event

An event can be deleted once it has been created and added to the calendar.

If you are not on the calendar screen go to your Course Home, then click the date in the upper right corner of the screen.
Find the event in the calendar. You can use Day, Week, or Month view by clicking the appropriate tab. To search the entire calendar, click the Search tab and enter a search term (a term in the event title or description) and/or a date range to search for.
Click the Delete icon located on right side of the event.
Click OK in the alert box to ensure that you want to remove the event.

View Printable

If you want to print out the events click the View Printable link located on the calendar screen. It will show the events in a new page and in printable format.