Example calendar entries for an academic calendar

Training Home Google Apps Education Mail Calendar Docs Sites Other Tools Module 3: Calendar > Chapter 7: Plan a course curriculum and schedule Table of Contents Previous Chapter: Publish and integrate calendars » Chapter 7: Plan a course curriculum and schedule Class Calendar Project Calendar Academic Calendar Academic calendar examples Create a school-wide academic calendar Sharing options for school-wide academic calendar Publish a school academic calendar as a website or for Google Sites » Example calendar entries for an academic calendar Resource Calendar Next Chapter: Calendar Labs Here are a few example entries of what you might put into a class calendar Example: Common entries for an academic calendar could be the first day of school, a holiday break, a 2 hour long school-wide assembly, and first semester finals week. To add an entry for the first day of school, you will use an 'All Day Event'. Click the Create event link on the left side of your calendar window. Fill in the first event details:  what: First day of school. when: Start Tuesday 09/08/09 (you can click on the date to show a calendar and click the starting day), click All Day Event.  calendar: Select the school academic calendar from the drop down (i.e. G1 High School Academic Calendar). description: First day of the 2009-2010 Academic School Year. Click Save. Now the first day of school will appear on the academic calendar. For a holiday break, you will use an 'All Day Event' that spans multiple days: Click the Create event link on the left side of your calendar window. Fill in the second activity details:  what: Autumn Holiday Break. when: Thursday 11/26/09 (you can click on the date to show a calendar and click the day), click All Day Event. Then click the second date (the end date) - in this case 11/30/09. calendar: Select the school academic calendar from the drop down (i.e. G1 High School Academic Calendar). description: School will be closed for the Autumn Holiday Break.  Click Save. Now the holiday break will span multiple days on the school academic calendar. For a 2 hour school-wide assembly (or other specific duration event), you will use a general calendar entry: Click the Create event link on the left side of your calendar window. Fill in the second activity details:  what: School assembly. when: Tuesday 10/27/09 (you can click on the date to show a calendar and click the day), Type in the time - in this case 10:00AM to 12:00PM. calendar: Select the school academic calendar from the drop down (i.e. G1 High School Academic Calendar). description: School-wide assembly featuring a special guest.  Click Save. Now the school assembly will span a few hours on the calendar, if in day or week view, or will show up with the starting time in the month view. For scheduling a finals week, you will also use an 'All Day Event' that spans multiple days: Click the Create event link on the left side of your calendar window. Fill in the second activity details:  what: Finals week. when: Monday 12/14/09 (you can click on the date to show a calendar and click the day), click All Day Event. Then click the second date (the end date) - in this case 12/18/09. calendar: Select the school academic calendar from the drop down (i.e. G1 High School Academic Calendar). description: All classes will be on finals schedule during finals week. You can also include the exact schedule breakdown within the description of the event, or link to a Google Doc/Spreadsheet with the timetable. Click Save. Now the finals week will span multiple days on the school academic calendar.