ANSWER:

Calendar: Add Entry

 You can add the following types of entries to your calendar:

• Personal: these entries are not course-related and will display only for you.
   
• Course: these entries are related to a course and are viewed by members enrolled in your course.  NOTE: If you are a user with the role of Designer or Teaching Assistant, the ability for you to make public course-related entries is controlled by the Instructor user.

Step 1: From the Teach tab, click the Calendar tool in the Course Tools area of the Course Menu.

Step 2: Click the Add Entry button.

Step 3: On the Add Entry screen:

• Enter a Title and Description.

NOTES:

• • When users view entries in Month view, the Title is the only identifier for an entry. Therefore, ensure that your title provides enough description in the space allowed.
     
  • To create the description in Plain Text format, in the Description text box, enter the description.  The description will appear exactly as you have typed it.
     
  • To create the description in HTML format, you can use the HTML Creator or hand code the HTML:

    • To use the HTML Creator, click the Enable HTML Creator button. Depending on administrator settings, the HTML Creator may not be available or it may appear by default. Enter the description in the HTML Creator editing area.

    • To hand code the HTML, select Use HTML. In the Description text box, enter the HTML code.
       
• Under Dates, specify a start date and end date, as well as start time and end time.

  TIP: If you do not specify a Start Time or End Date/Time, the event will be treated as an All Day Event. If you are on Month view when clicking Add Entry, the default Start Date is the current date. If you are on Week view when clicking Add Entry, the default Start Date is the beginning of the current week (Sunday).
   

• Under Entry Type:
  • Personal = make this an entry that is not associated with any of your courses.
  • Course = make this an entry that is associated with your course.
    • For Access, select who will be able to view the entry:
      • Public = all members of the course can view this entry. NOTE: If you are a user with the role of Designer or Teaching Assistant, the ability for you to make public course-related entries is controlled by the Instructor user. 
      • Private = only you can view this entry. (If you selected Personal in the previous step, the only choice is Private). 
         
• Next to More Options, click the Expand/Collapse icon:

• • If you want this to be a recurring entry, check This entry repeats, then:
    • Ensure that the Start date and End date are the same date.
       
    • Ensure that the time duration for the entry is correct.
       
    • Select the days on which the entry will repeat:
      • To make the entry repeat every day after the start date, select Every day.
      • To make the entry repeat on selected days of the week after the start date, select Every week on these days and select the days.
         
    • Next to Until, select the last date that the recurring entry can appear.
       
  • Depending on the Entry Type you selected:
    • If Personal, then optionally enter a Web address (URL) to link to from within this entry.
    • If Course, then optionally click Add Content Link to link to an area that already exists within the course.

      NOTE: You can only add a link to a content item or file when you access Calendar from your Course, and not when you access Calendar from the My page. In addition, the entry must be associated with a course.

TIP: Linking to content inside the course or to a URL makes the Title text a hyperlink. Since Month is the default view, students will need to either a) click the date number to view the detail and time of the event or b) view the calendar by week or day.

• Click Save. The entry is added.

If you have any further questions, please contact us for support. Thank you.

- WebCampus Support