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Calendar tasks

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  • Learner [1]

Creating tasks

Use Tasks to keep your course events distinct from your personal tasks.

Create tasks

  1. Enter the name of the task in the Add an immediate task, Add an upcoming task, or Add a task field.
  2. Click the task name to add or edit a due date, add notes to your task, or delete your task.

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  • Learner [1]

Adding task details

  1. Click the task name to show task details.
  2. If your task does not have a due date, click directly on the No due date text to bring up a date selector field, then select a due date, and click the Save due date icon.
  3. Click on the Add a note... field to add explanatory notes to your task. Click outside the text field to save your note.

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  • Learner [1]

Marking tasks complete

Mark a task complete

Select the check box beside the task name in the task pane. The task disappears from view, but remains in your searchable task archive.

Marking all tasks complete

Select Set all Complete from the Tasks context menu.

Note Tasks will only disappear when you mark them complete if you select Hide completed tasks in the drop-down list under Completed Tasks in Settings.

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  • Learner [1]

Viewing completed tasks

You can bring up a list of completed tasks by clicking View Completed Tasks in the task pane. However, you can choose to display completed tasks for a certain period of time in the task pane before they are hidden.

Display or hide completed tasks

  1. Click Settings in the calendar views area.
  2. Under Completed Tasks, select your preferred setting for completed tasks using the drop-down list.

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  • Learner [1]

Adjusting upcoming tasks default durations

  1. Click Settings in the calendar views area.
  2. In the Tasks Options section, select your preferred Upcoming Tasks Default Durations using the drop-down list.

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  • Learner [1]

Deleting tasks

To Do this
Delete one task
  1. Click on the task name to see task details.
  2. Click the Delete icon.
Delete multiple tasks
  1. Click the context menu for Tasks.
  2. Select Delete. On the Confirmation page, choose the type of tasks to select for bulk deletion.
  3. Click Delete.

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  • Learner [1]

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