Creating and adding events

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

1. Create a general (content) event
2. "Quick create" an event
3. Adding groups and/or sections to an event
4. Adding external events to your Calendar
5. Importing events from an external iCal file

Creating events in the Calendar

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:

• Select a specific group or section under Attendees. See Adding groups and/or sections to an event.
• Enter information about recurrences and restrictions. See Manage event recurrence and restrictions 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. You can also launch a seating chart session from this screen. See Add a Seating Chart for more information. If you choose to add a custom location, you can enter a URL as a location.
• Add Presenters. See Add an event presenter 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.

Adding groups and/or sections to an event

If you have more than one group participating in the same course event during different time intervals, you can create multiple instances of the same event, tailored to each group’s needs. The group events share the name and description fields, but once you finish creating the group events in bulk, they display as individual events.

To read more about how you can create groups, see About Groups.

Add groups and/or sections to an event

1. In the Attendees section, select a group you’d like to customize an instance of the event for.
2. Click Add Groups/Sections.
3. On the Add Groups page, click on any additional group you want to add to the event. Repeat steps 2-3 as many times as needed.
4. Fill in the details for the event for each group you selected.

Note  This option will only be available if you have already created a group for your course.

Adding external events to your Calendar

You can add new events and update existing events by importing them from an external iCal file into your Calendar.

Importing events from an external iCal file

1. Select the course you want your events to be grouped under by clicking on it from the calendar menu.
2. Click Import Events.
3. Click Browse on the Import Events page to search for the iCal file containing your events. If you want to import the events into a specific group or section, select it in the Attendees drop-down list.
4. Click Open, then click Import.

See also

• Setting up your calendar display
• Managing calendar events
• About Groups
• About Manage Dates