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Calendar events

Audience: 

  • Learner [1]

Creating events in Calendar

Note As a student, you can only create Calendar events for your group.

Create a general (content) event

  1. Using the calendar menu, select the course for which you want to create the event.
  2. Click Create Event in the calendar content area.
  3. Click Add Content on the Create Event page to associate course content with the event. Select the radio button of the content you want to add to the event and click Add.
  4. Enter a Title, Description, and specify a date and time. If you add content and want to add a custom name for the event, select Use custom name and enter the custom title.
  5. Click Create.

You can also create events directly in the day, week, and month Calendar views by clicking a time or date.

Optional information:

  • Enter information about recurrences and restrictions. See Adding event recurrences and restrictions in Calendar [2] for more information.
  • When entering a Description, you can use the HTML Editor to insert tables, quicklinks, images, and you can also include resources available through the Insert Stuff option.
  • Enter a Location. If you choose to add a custom location, you can enter a URL as a location.
  • Add Presenters. See Adding a presenter to an event in Calendar [3] for more information.

Note To add and remove content to an event after you have already created it, click the context menu for the event name in agenda view, then click Edit Event, or click the event in the calendar content are, then click Edit.

"Quick create" an event

  1. In the calendar menu, click on a course to set it as the current calendar.
  2. In Day view, click a time interval to create an event within that course.
  3. Enter a Title and select Attendees if applicable.

See also

  • Adding event recurrences and restrictions in Calendar [2]

Audience: 

  • Learner [1]

Adding a custom location to an event in Calendar

Inside the event you want to add a location and seating chart to, select Custom from the Location drop-down list. Enter the location in the text box.

Audience: 

  • Learner [1]

Adding event recurrences and restrictions in Calendar

To Do this

Add an event recurrence

  1. On the Edit Event page for the event you want to add a recurrence to, click Add Recurrence in the When section.
  2. Set your recurrence options for the event.

Add an event restriction

  1. On the Edit Event page for the event you want to add a restriction to, click Add Restriction in the When section.
  2. Set your restriction options for the event.

Audience: 

  • Learner [1]

Changing the default event duration

  1. Click Settings in the calendar views area.
  2. In the Default Event Duration drop-down list, make your time selection. Click Save.

Audience: 

  • Learner [1]

Displaying events by day, week, or month

Click between the Day, Week, and Month buttons to toggle the way the calendar displays events.

Change core hours

  1. Click Settings in the calendar views area.
  2. Set your core hours. Click Save.

Note It is more important to set core hours if you are viewing your calendar on a smaller resolution screen. Core hours determine the minimum height of the day and week view, and the shaded areas of the calendar.

Hide or show weekends

  1. Click Settings in the calendar views area
  2. Under Core Hours on the Settings page, clear or select the check box next to Show weekends to hide or show weekends. Click Save.

Audience: 

  • Learner [1]

Displaying events in Agenda view

View as an agenda

To display calendar content in the Agenda view, click Agenda in the calendar views area.

Change event grouping

You can change how events in the agenda are grouped using the Date, Course, and Category options in the calendar content area.

Change time range

To change the time range of the list of events in the Agenda view, toggle the left- and right-facing arrows. Your choices are:

  • Today and tomorrow
  • Next 7 days
  • Next 14 days.

Audience: 

  • Learner [1]

Displaying events in List view

In the List view, you can see all your course events in a list. You can also filter them by type: Dropbox, Checklists, Discussions, Grades, Materials, Modules, Quizzes, and Surveys.

Audience: 

  • Learner [1]

Viewing event details in Calendar

Do one of the following:

  • Click on the event in the day, week, or month view to access a partial display of event details.
    • Click More… to see full event details in these views, including any content available for viewing.
  • Click the event in the List view to access full event details.

Audience: 

  • Learner [1]

Deleting an event in Calendar

Do one of the following:

  • In the Agenda view, click the context menu for the event name and select Delete Event.
  • In the Day, Week, and Month view, click the event, and Delete.
  • In the List view, click the event. Select Delete Event from the context menu of the event.
  • Note You can only delete events created in the Calendar tool.

Audience: 

  • Learner [1]

Source URL: http://staging.docs.d2l/en/Calendar%20events

Links:
[1] http://staging.docs.d2l/en/taxonomy/term/3
[2] http://staging.docs.d2l/en/adding-event-recurrences-restrictions-in-calendar
[3] http://staging.docs.d2l/en/adding-presenter-to-event-in-calendar