How to Use Your Planner/Calendar

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Ever forget to write down the due date on the whiteboard? Did your students forget to copy down the homework? When you create an assignment, quiz or event, the due date automatically shows on your students’ planners.

How to View your Planner

1. Click the planner icon  in the top tool bar.
2. Toggle between week/monthly view:
   

   • Week View: shows all events in the current week
     • “Coming Soon” events: all created events for the next month
     • “Someday” tasks: a task without a due date
   • Month View: shows all events in the current month

3. Click an assignment and see the content, any attachments, and how many have turned in the assignment.

 

How to Add an Event or Task

1. Click the planner icon  in the top tool bar.
2. Create new event or task the following ways:

• Click new “Event” or “Task in the upper right of the planner page:

• Event: create and send an event to other members/groups
• Task: create a task to make notes to yourself (only you will view this on your calendar). Students can create their own private tasks as well!
• Create an event in weekly view by:
  • Click the gray plus by the day/date (ICON*)
  • Choose if it’s an event or a task
  • Send the event to your group(s), connection(s), and/or student(s)
• Create an event in monthly view by:
  • Clicking the day
  • Choose if it’s an event of a task
  • Send the event to your group(s), connection(s), and/or student(s)

Note: Assignments are automatically added to the planner after they have been created.

How to Add/Remove a “Someday” Task

A “Someday” Task is a task without a due date (think of it as your to-do list).

1. Click the planner icon  in the top tool bar.
2. Toggle to week view.
3. Hover next to “Someday” and click the plus sign.
4. Check the box when task is completed.
5. Select specific task and click “delete this task” to remove someday task.

 

How to Remove an Event or Task

1. Click the planner icon  in the top tool bar.
2. Click on the specific event or task.
3. Select the delete link within the event/task post.

Note: You cannot edit calendar events once they have been created. Deleting any quiz or assignment from the calendar will remove the original post and delete all grades/submitted work for the post.

How to Organize your Planner by Group

1. Click the planner icon  in the top tool bar.
2. Click “everything” in the top left.
3. Choose a group or “direct”.

How to Print/Export your Planner

1. Click the “Planner” icon  in the top tool bar.
2. Click “More” in the upper left of the planner page.
3. Select “Export” or “Print”.