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Calendars

View the Calendar in a course

On the top navigation menu of your course, select the calendar tab in the upper left. 

You can display your calendar in schedule view or  due dates view. Switch views by toggling the selector icon in the upper left of the calendar. Schedule view is the default. 

Schedule view shows all events on the course calendar, including course meeting times, other course events, and assignment due dates. Selecting "Day" in the upper right will display scheduled events one day at a time. Days of the current week can be seen at the top of the screen - click on a date to see the full course schedule for that date. Selecting "Month" in the upper right will show an overview of the course schedule for the entire month. 

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Due dates view shows only calendar items with due dates such as assignments, tests, discussions, etc, in a chronological list. It will not display events with no 'due date,' such as regular course meetings. Clicking on an item in the list will open that item, just like opening it from the course content area. Items that are hidden from students in the course content area will also be hidden on the course calendar. 

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Calendar

tab All of your course calendars will combine on this calendar view.

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 The events and due dates from all of the courses will appear since all course calendars combine in your calendar.  The color of the box around the assignment is a visual representation of which course it is from, each course has a different color for the box around the item. The options for the calendar are the same as when the course calendar is viewed as shown above

Calendar with multiple assignments shown

Add Item to the Calendar

To add a new item to the course calendar, click on the (plus)Image Modified icon in the upper right to add a new item to calendar. 

Select "Add Event" to create a one-time an event, these can be any events you want to add including personal events. These events

Selecting "Add Event"

will only be on your calendar. 

Clicking the plus sign icon will add a new event and will open the new event settings panel.

Enter the name for the new event at the top - this is how the event will be displayed on the course calendar.

Under "Details and Information", add start and end dates/times. Optionally, you can mark the event as "all day" for the selected date(s). 

Selecting "Repeat Event" will open the recurring event settings options (see next section)

Optionally, you can enter a location (either a campus location or a Zoom link or other virtual location ) and a description for the event. 

When finished, click "Save" at the bottom of the panel


Repeat event settings:

Events can be repeated daily, weekly or monthly. Frequency of repeats can be changed and the event can stop occurring after a chosen number of occurrences

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New event settings panel from the Ultra Course calendar

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