{"id":828,"date":"2014-10-15T08:41:44","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T08:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/?page_id=828"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:33:15","slug":"calendar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-smooth=\"accordion\" class=\"\"><div role=\"header\">Original View<\/div><div role=\"content\"><\/p>\n<h3>You can access the Calendar in 4 different ways<\/h3>\n<p>1. <strong>Open Global navigation Menu<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click the Open Global Navigation Menu at the top-right of the screen.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>&#8220;Calendar&#8221;<\/strong> icon to access the calendar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. <strong>My Institution Tab<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click the <strong>My Institution<\/strong> Tab at the top-left of the screen.<\/li>\n<li>Click0 <strong>&#8220;<\/strong><strong>Calendar&#8221;<\/strong> from the Tools menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. <strong>Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While inside your course container.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8216;<strong>Tools&#8221;<\/strong> from the Course menu.<\/li>\n<li>While inside <strong>Tools<\/strong>, click &#8220;<strong>Calendar&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4.<strong>Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If your instructor created a link for the Calendar you can enter your course then click the &#8220;<strong>Calendar&#8221;<\/strong> link in the Course menu.<\/p>\n<h3>Customize calendar<\/h3>\n<p><em>Calendar<\/em> can be customized according to one&#8217;s preferences. You can use calendar by following the directions below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To create a <strong>New<\/strong><strong> Event<\/strong> click the &#8220;<strong>+&#8221;<\/strong> button on the top right part of the page.<\/li>\n<li>Fill in the <strong>New Event <\/strong><strong>Name<\/strong> field, along with the start and ending dates of the event.<\/li>\n<li>Recurrent events can be created by clicking the <strong>Repeat <\/strong>check-box and by specifying the respective repeat options.<\/li>\n<li>Finish by adding an <strong>Event Description<\/strong> about your event.<\/li>\n<li>Remember to click &#8220;<strong>Save&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/10\/Create-Event.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2797 alignbottom\" title=\"Create Event\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/10\/Create-Event.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/10\/Create-Event.png 537w, https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/10\/Create-Event-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/10\/Create-Event-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To differentiate various course events (personal or Institutional) use colors.<\/p>\n<h3>Export items<\/h3>\n<p>You are able to export the calendar items via the &#8220;<strong>iCal&#8221;<\/strong> feed to Outlook, Google or other third party calendars and view them from there. With the &#8220;<strong>iCal&#8221;<\/strong> you can choose what entries in your calendar you want to see and moreover add a new event. Get the iCal address by clicking the &#8220;<strong>Get External Calendar Link&#8221;<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div role=\"header\">Ultra View<\/div><div role=\"content\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Manage your Blackboard Calendar - Students\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-rWnSiUZVKA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In your calendar, you can find this information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Office hours, course schedule, and events: These appointments appear automatically on the calendar when your instructors add them to a course.<\/li>\n<li>Due dates: Assignment due dates appear automatically on your calendar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you access the calendar from <strong>inside a course<\/strong>, it shows events for that course <strong>only<\/strong>. Otherwise, you can select the Calendar tab from the course&#8217;s navigation bar.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6672,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/828\/revisions\/6672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}