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Calendar - Getting started (Teacher)

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Introduction

This article shows teachers how to open the itslearning Calendar, add a first event and filter the view.


1 Overview

You open the Calendar from the main navigation menu. Your enrolled courses are listed on the left side, each with a coloured circle for identification. The Calendar has the following tabs:

Tab Shows
Schedule Your consolidated calendar view by day, week or month.
Plans Course plans by week.

An event that you add to a course calendar is visible to students who are enrolled in that course.


2 Prerequisites

  • Access to at least one course in itslearning.
  • Details for your first event: date, time and description.

Prerequisite: Check with your administrator if you need permission to manage calendar events.


3 Step-by-step instructions


3.1 Opening the Calendar

  1. Select Calendar in the main navigation menu at the top of your screen.

Screenshot of the Calendar in the main navigation menu


3.2 Adding an event

  1. Select the Add event button, or select a date or time slot in the calendar grid.
  2. If you selected a slot in the grid, a short form opens. Enter a title and a description. The event takes place at the date and time that you selected.
  3. To see the full form, select Show more options. It offers the same options as the Add event form.

3.3 Completing and saving the event

  1. Under From and To, set the date and time.
  2. Select the Recurring event checkbox to make the event recurring. More options open.
  3. In Calendar, select the course calendar to use.
  4. Enter a clear Title.
  5. In Event description, include relevant details for participants.
  6. Select the green Save button.

Screenshot of the Add event form


3.4 Checking the event

The event appears in the calendar grid as a coloured block that matches the colour of your course.

Screenshot of a saved event in the calendar grid


3.5 Editing or deleting an event

  1. Select the event to view its details.
  2. Select the pencil icon to edit the event, or select the bin icon to delete it.

Screenshot of an event with the pencil icon and the bin icon


3.6 Filtering your view

  1. Use the course checkboxes on the left to show or hide the calendars of specific courses.

Screenshot of the course checkboxes on the left side of the Calendar


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Have more questions? Please start with asking your school administrator.

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