Calendar

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The Canvas Calendar has layers for each course associated with the user. The Calendar has a wide variety of benefits and uses. Check them out below.

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Key Takeaways

  • Choose what you see: Courses can be enabled/disabled in the Calendar view
  • Different views: User can choose month, week, or agenda view
  • Calendar, Assign Dates in course, and Syllabus work in conjunction: Change date in one place and it updates all the others!
  • Icons are clear: Assessments, when assigned, will appear on calendar with an icon representing which assessment type it is (Assignment, Discussion or Quiz)
  • Upon student submission: Items will cross off on the student calendar
  • Items cross off on the instructor's calendar: When the due date has passed and all items have been graded
  • Events can also be added: They appear with the calendar icon

Here are some additional ways you can make the Calendar work for you:

  • The Scheduler tool is a way to allow students to sign up for appointment slots
  • Calendar can be synched to another calendaring software using the iCal calendar feed link
  • Assignment shells can be built directly from the Calendar

Tips

  • If you have old calendar items that carried over from Moodle or Blackboard, you will have to delete each one individually. 
  • Check for old calendar items by going to Syllabus, then enabling Course Summary. Old calendar items will appear in the Course Summary list.

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 Try It!

Go to your Sandbox and find the calendar in the left navigation menu. Practice using the calendar by completing these two tasks:

  1. Add an Event to your personal calendar layer.
  2. From the Calendar, add an Assignment to your Sandbox course called Practice Assignment.
  3. Check for old calendar items by going to Syllabus, then enabling Course Summary.