Using Google calendar

Before you visit your nature trail, check the schedule on Google calendar and sign up for a date. We want to have 1-2 people monitoring each site per week.

Getting Added to the Google Calendar

1. Go to www.google.com/calendar.

2. If you do not have a Gmail or Google account, select “Create an Account” and input your name, email and password.

3. You do not need to have a “@gmail.com” email. If it prompts you to input a Gmail address, select “Use my current email address instead”. Make sure you have access to this email as Google will prompt you to confirm your account.

4. Please email me and I will add you to our calendar.

Using Google Calendar

1. Once you have been added, go to Google Calendar (https://calendar.google.com)

2. You should see our calendar under “My calendars” on the left-hand side of your screen (marked with an "A"). You may have to click on the ^ to expand the list.

3. If you click the box next to the calendar, it will appear on your calendar.

4. You can view the calendar differently depending on your preference. In the top right-hand side, there is a box with either “Day”, “Week”, “Month” or “Year” (marked with a "B"). If you click on these options, you can have different views of the calendar.

5. Our goal is to have 1 to 2 visitors to each site per week. You should be able to see who else has signed up to visit the site so far on the calendar.

6. To add a visit, click on a day and/or time.

o A box will pop up that says, “Add title”(marked with a "C"). Here you will type in your name or note your visit.

o If Google calendar will ask you if you’d like to send an email invite to the event, select “Don’t Send”.

o Then click “Save”.

7. Everyone who has access to the calendar will now know when you are visiting the trail.