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The Calendar may be used to keep track of both public and private events. Links may be added in a calendar entry to other web pages. The Calendar tool appears on most class websites by default.

1. How do I read Calendar postings?
2. How do I post new items to the Calendar?
3. Can I post items to the public Calendar?
4. What if I want to change a calendar posting I made earlier?
5. How will I know there are new calendar postings?

1. How do I read Calendar postings?

1. From the Homepage, click on the Calendar icon.
   
   
   
   
2. The calendar for the current month will appear, showing entries posted for that month. To go to the preceding or following month, click on the buttons Previous month or Next month at the top.
   
   
3. Click on the blue date in each box to see the full text of items posted for that day. Only a short summary of each item will appear in the box. Sometimes, there may be no summary at all, but clicking on the date will show assignments for that day.
   
   
   
   
4. If the text appearing in the box is blue and an underline appears when you move your cursor over it, it is a link to a file or an external site. Click on it to follow the link.
   
   

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2. How do I post new items to the Calendar?

1. Click on the blue date for the day you wish to add an entry to.
   
   
   
   
2. Click on the Add Entry button.
   
   
   
   
3. Fill in the fields as appropriate. The only field that is required is the Summary field.
   • To add a link to an external website, enter that site's address next to URL. Make sure to include the http:// at the beginning.
   • You may enter more information in the Detail field if desired. For example, the Summary field might say "Quiz 3 today" and the Detail field, "Bring blue books." The contents of the Detail field will appear only when you click on the date.
   • You may specify the start time and/or end time for the event.
   • Generally students only have the capacity to make private entries in the calendar for their personal use. If your instructor has enabled students to make public entries, then you have the choice to set the Access level for your entry to public or private.
     
   
   
   
4. Click Add when finished.
   
   

NOTE: The "Access level" for student posts is "private" by default. This means that only you will be able to see what you have posted; the instructor and other students won't see it.

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3. Can I post items to the public Calendar?

Yes, you can, but only if your instructor has enabled this feature. By default, students can only post private entries. Please talk to your instructor if you think it would be useful for students in your class to make public entires visible to all class members.

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4. What if I want to change a calendar posting I made earlier?

1. Click on the blue date on the monthly calendar.
   
   
   
   
2. Click on the small round button next to the item you wish to change, then on the Edit button.
   
   
   
   
3. Make the changes you wish, then click on the Update button at the end.

If you want to delete the entry, at step 3 choose Delete instead of Edit.

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5. How will I know there are new calendar postings?

When you log in to Ecampus via the Ecampus Entry Page (ecampusce.humnet.ucla.edu), under the name of the course you will see a little calendar icon if there are new calendar postings.

As soon as you click on the Calendar tool on the course web site, you will see a window listing all the new calendar postings made since you last looked at the calendar.

Lastly, the Calendar icon changes when there are new, unread postings, and draws more attention to itself, as in the image below.

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