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The Calendar Tool enables students to see upcoming events such as activity Start/End/Due Dates, Class Meetings, and more. Students can also use the Calendar Tool to add events and reminders which can be displayed on all calendars or just their Course Calendar.
Calendar Widget
Calendar Widget
All students should have access to an overall Calendar on the main Brightspace Homepage. Students can also find the Course Calendar Widget on the homepage of some of their courses. The Course Calendar Widget includes a mini-calendar and an Upcoming Events section that displays future activities, class meetings, etc.
Calendar Events
Calendar Events
The Calendar Tool allows students to see organization, club, and course events in one place. The view can be filtered to show:
Agenda: See events for today, tomorrow, or the entire week with special filters
Day: View the calendar by day and see events listed by the hour
Week: View the calendar by week
Month: View the calendar by month
List: View all of the upcoming events in a list format with special filters
Depending on the chosen view, different filter options may appear to see events by Date, Course, Event Type, etc. The Calendar Tool can be accessed via the Calendar Widget on course homepages or the main NICC Brightspace Homepage.
Note that the Calendar Settings can adjust the calendar to be viewed by specific times, remove completed events, and more.
Calendar Tasks
Calendar Tasks
Tasks act similar to a checklist for instructors. It is only visible to the instructor and additional options include the ability to set due dates with notes. The following tutorial will demonstrate how to add a task, add dates to a task, and complete a task.
Adding a Task
Adding a Task
Click Calendar on the Calendar Widget, or select the down arrow and click Go to Calendar
Click the "Add a Task" to create a new task
Once you have created a new task, you can set a Due Date or a Note
Adding Due Dates and Comments to Tasks
Adding Due Dates and Comments to Tasks
Click the arrow to edit a task
To add a Due Date, select No Due Date...
Select a date and click the floppy disk icon to save
To add a Note, select Add a Note...
Enter in your Note/Comment and click outside of the text box to save
Completing Tasks
Completing Tasks
To complete a task, select the checkbox next to a task. Once you select the checkbox, the task should be removed from the task list.
You can view completed tasks, and bring tasks back if they were checked accidentally, by selecting View Completed Tasks.
Sync with Personal Calendars
Sync with Personal Calendars
Sync with Google Calendar
Sync with Google Calendar
You can subscribe to all your course calendars or individual course calendars. This enables you to easily view your course events in Google Calendar. Any changes made to events in Calendar automatically feed to all devices and external calendars you have subscribed to. The details of the agenda view are also sent with the Calendar feed and are displayed as links. Follow the steps below to sync your Brightspace Calendar with your Google Calendar:
On the course homepage, select the Calendar tool
Select Settings
Select the checkbox next to Enable Calendar Feeds
Click Save
Select Subscribe
Copy the URL
Go to Google Calendar
Click the + next to Other Calendars
Select From URL
Paste the URL in the "URL of Calendar" section
Click Add Calendar when done
From there, you should have a new calendar added to your Google Calendar that will keep up to date automatically with your Brightspace calendar.
Sync with Outlook
Sync with Outlook
You can subscribe to all your course calendars or individual course calendars. This enables you to easily view your course events in Outlook Calendar. Any changes made to events in Calendar automatically feed to all devices and external calendars you have subscribed to. To sync with your Outlook Calendar, you will need to do the following:
On the course homepage, select the Calendar tool
Select Settings
Select the checkbox next to Enable Calendar Feeds
Click Save
Select Subscribe
Click Download to save the ical file
Open Outlook
On the Tools Tab, select Sync Services
Select the Calendar checkbox on the left
Select the ical file that was downloaded earlier
From there, your Brightspace calendar will be linked with your Outlook calendar and will update automatically.
FAQs
FAQs
How can I get to my course's calendar if it is not on the course homepage?
How can I get to my course's calendar if it is not on the course homepage?
Depending on how your course is set up, you should be able to get to your course's calendar by going to More Tools and then selecting Calendar. If your course does not have More Tools and/or the Calendar option in the blue nav bar, you can do the following:
Go to the main NICC Brightspace Homepage
Select the Calendar Widget (right side under My Courses)
Click on the down arrow next to the calendar you are viewing
Select the course you wish to see from the list
From there, you should be able to see all events from the selected course.
Are the tasks that I create visible to other students?
Are the tasks that I create visible to other students?
No, tasks that you create on your calendar are only visible to you.
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