Blackboard (Faculty) - Calendar: About the Course Calendar

This document provides an overview of of the Course Calendar in Blackboard.

Course Calendar

The Course Calendar provides a location for faculty to post

  • Course Related Events
    • tests or quizzes
    • papers due
  • Special Events
    • guest speakers
    • change of class location
  • Appointments
    • office hours
    • tutoring times

Calendar Display

The calendar can display in a daily (with hourly time slots), a weekly, or a monthly view by clicking on one of the 3 display icons (shown below).

Calendar display icons daily, weekly, and monthly views

Locations

Individual Courses

A Calendar within an individual course needs to be made available by faculty. From the course menu, click on the plus sign icon to add a menu item. Select Tool Link and find the Calendar tool. Click Submit.

add tool link

Faculty have the option of adding the Calendar tool directly to the Course Menu or within a Coursework folder.

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Keywords:blackboard, black board, bb, calendar, calendars, course calendar, schedule, dates   Doc ID:61286
Owner:Center I.Group:Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Created:2016-02-29 11:22 CDTUpdated:2023-02-02 14:55 CDT
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