Calendar in the Ultra Course View
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Add your course schedule, office hours, assignment due dates, or other important events to the course calendar display for all users enrolled in the course. |
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Blackboard Course Calendar
View the Calendar
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
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, 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.
Switching between Day and Month in the upper right of where the month and year is displayed changes weekly view to a full month view.
Schedule view
Due date view
Add an Item into the Calendar
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.
Add Item to the Calendar
To add a new item to the course calendar, click on the icon in the upper right to add a new item to calendar.
Select the appropriate item.
Add Event to Calendar
Select "Add Event" to create a one-time event, such as an exam review session
Select "Edit Course Schedule" to create a recurring weekly event(s) for regular course meetings, either in person or virtual
Select "Add Office Hours" to create a recurring weekly event(s) for office hours (or another recurring event outside of course meetings)
Add Event
Selecting "Add Event" 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
To repeat the event, click "repeat event" under "Details & Information." Then select the appropriate options for your event.
Add Course Schedule to Calendar
Once you have selected "edit course schedule" above, this page will appear and then click the to add a course time. To edit an existing course time, click the "3 dots" to the right of the course schedule.
Add a "nickname" for your course which will appear on the calendar. Add the first date of the class and the time. Then change the setting for how often it will repeat based on your class schedule. Location can be added and a link can be added if the class meets online.
Add Office Hours to Calendar
Once you have selected "add office hours," Add the first date of your office hours and the time. Then change the setting for how often it will repeat based on your office hours schedule. Location can be added and a link can be added if your office hours are meeting online. Adding a description can give students more information about the office hours.
Video - How to use the calendar
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.
Edit Course Schedule
Selecting "Edit Course Schedule" will open the course schedule settings panel.
If you have not entered a course schedule before, click the 
icon to add a course meeting time(s).
To edit an existing course schedule, click the three dot menu 
to the right of the schedule event.
Enter a Nickname for your course schedule - this is how course meetings will be displayed on the course calendar.
Then, enter the date of the first meeting, and the meeting start and end times.
Meetings can repeat every 1-10 days, weeks, or months, i.e. every 10 days, or every week, or every 3 months. Additionally, weekly meetings can be set to take place on one or more days each week, i.e. every week on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Set the schedule to end after a set number of occurrences, i.e. after 15 weeks, or on a specified date.
Optionally, you can enter a location (either a campus location or a Zoom link or other virtual location)
Add Office Hours
Selecting "Add Office Hours" will open the new event settings panel with a default title of "Office Hours - (Your Name)" and a repeating weekly event. You can edit the event title and settings by following the same steps outlined above.
Qwickly Course Tools - Create Event (Calendar Item)
Creating an Event (Calendar Item) with Qwickly Course Tools simplifies management of multiple courses, by allowing instructors to take one action to create and deploy the same event (calendar item) across multiple courses from one central location.
From the Blackboard Institution page
Select Tools
Select Qwickly Course Tools
Select Create
Select Event
Select courses
Create an Event by completing all fields
Add title, location, and description
Start and End Date
End Submit
