Calendar

=Google Calendar @muskegonisd.org=

Accessing your MAISD Calendar

 * Open a browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) and enter the address – [|http://calendar.muskegonisd.org]. Enter your username and password when prompted.
 * If you are already in your muskegonisd.org email, click on the **Calendar** link at the top of the page.
 * Put a link in your Bookmarks toolbar (Firefox) or your Favorites toolbar (Internet Explorer).

**Add Events**
Click the **Create Event** link on the upper-left of Google Calendar. Fill in the date, starting time, end time, location, and description of your event. If you're using multiple calendars, you can also select which calendar this event should be on from the Calendar drop-down menu. If you'd like to be reminded of your event, set your desired notification setting. You can be notified by email, text message, or a pop-up message on your computer (though this one only works if Google Calendar is currently open on your computer). Click **Save**. There are also a few other ways you can create events:
 * The [|Quick Add] feature allows you to enter the most basic event details, and interprets how to display your event with minimal fuss on your part.
 * You can also create an event by clicking the appropriate time slot in the calendar itself (drag your mouse to alter the length of the event). After entering the event title, you can click **Create Event** if you're all done, or **edit event details** if you want to add more info.

**Add Calendars**
If you've got a few lives you're trying to balance, you can create additional calendars to stay organized. Click the **Add** button on the left of your main calendar page. Select **Create a new calendar** from the menu. Enter all the relevant information on the Calendar Details page. Give your calendar a name, description, time zone, and add the email address of anybody you'd like to share it with. (There's more on [|sharing calendars] later on in this guide.) Click **Create Calendar**. If you think you're going to be working with a few calendars, it's helpful to assign colors to distinguish your calendars from one another. To do this, click the down-arrow next to the appropriate calendar's name in the calendar list on the left and select a color from the menu that appears.

Changing Calendar Views
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**Collaborate with Others**

 * **Share your calendar**

You'll be the best judge of if and how you'd like to share your calendar information with others. But just to get your ideas going, here are a few examples of how you can use the 'Share with specific people' feature of your calendar: If one of these options sounds like a good fit, follow these instructions to share your calendar: Note: Once you click **Add Person**, the person you selected to share the calendar with will receive an email invitation to view your calendar.
 * **See only free/busy (hide details)**: You have a calendar and want others to see when you're free, but don't want them to see all your appointment details.
 * **See all event details**: You want everyone to see when you have meetings scheduled. You can share your calendar with them, but nobody will be able to change any of the event details.
 * **Make changes to events**: You're sharing a 'Project XYZ' calendar with your colleagues and want to help each other plan schedule meetings and events.
 * **Make changes AND manage sharing**: You're sharing a calendar with coworkers, who may in turn want to share it with their individual managers or teammates.
 * 1) In the calendar list on the left, click the down-arrow next to the appropriate calendar, then select **Share this calendar**.
 * 2) Enter the email address of the user with whom you want to share your calendar.
 * 3) From the drop-down menu, select the desired level of permission, then click **Add Person**.
 * **Send invitations**

Invitations let you circulate information about a particular event (without requiring you to share your entire calendar with others). Here's how it works: Click on the event to which you'd like to invite guests (or, create a new event). Click the **edit event details** link. In the Guests box on the right, enter the email addresses of the people you're inviting (if you're a Gmail user, you can click the **Choose from contacts** link to see your contacts list). Select the level of control you'd like your guests to have (e.g. whether they can invite more people to your event, view who else has been invited). Click **Save**. (Your guests will be able to respond to the event and have the option to leave comments in the event details.)

You can control the visibility of individual events on your calendar by selecting from the following options: When this option is selected, the event's privacy setting will mimic the calendar's privacy setting. That is, if the calendar in question is private, all of the events scheduled on that calendar will be private by default. The same concept applies to public calendars. The following two options allow you to control the visibility of specific events on public, private, and shared calendars. For public or shared calendars, select this option to make sure only you and other calendar owners (those with "Make changes to events" privileges and higher) can see the event and its details. This option will make the event's details available to those with free/busy access to your calendar. If you're sharing your calendar's free/busy information with a specific person or with the world, this setting will enable them to view all of the details for the specific event. Please note that selecting this option will not make the event's details available in public search indexes.
 * **Privacy Settings for Individual Events**
 * Default**
 * Private**
 * Public**

**Create a To-Do List**
Create to-do lists and keep yourself on track by using Tasks in Calendar. To get started, sign in to Google Calendar and click the **Tasks** calendar under **My calendars**. The Tasks gadget will appear on the right side of your calendar grid. [|Visit here] for more information on how to navigate and manage your task list. Google has added a few Calendar-specific features to make it easier to keep track of your Tasks: Once your tasks have been assigned to calendar dates, keep track of what's due next by using the Sort by due date feature. To do so, click the **Actions** menu at the bottom of the Tasks gadget and select **Sort by due date**. While using this feature, you can reschedule a task by selecting it in your list, then pressing **Ctrl+Up arrow** to move it higher or **Ctrl+Down arrow** to move it lower. To print a list of your tasks, click the **Actions** menu at the bottom of the Tasks gadget and select **Print task list**.
 * Tasks that have due dates will automatically appear on your calendar in the All Day event section.
 * To create a task with a due date in Calendar, click on an empty space in Month view or in the All Day section and select the **Task** option.
 * To attach a due date to an existing task, click the right arrow next to the task in question in the Task list. Then, click on the calendar icon to select a date.
 * To modify a task's date, simply drag the task to a new date (as you would with a calendar event).
 * To mark a task as complete from within Calendar, click on the checkbox next to the task.

Hotkey Navigation
It's easy to use the keyboard to navigate through your calendar. Just press **d**, **w**, **m**, **x**, or **a** to jump to day, week, month, custom, or agenda views, respectively. Press **n** (for "next") or **p** (for "previous") to go forward or backward, respectively. (Or press the **j** and **k** keys to accomplish the same things.) Press **t** to jump to today's date.

Drag and Drop
Need to reschedule? You can easily change dates and times by dragging and dropping an appointment. If a whole month is visible, dragging changes only the day. But if a day or week schedule is displayed, you can drop on any time to change the time, too.

Notifications
Google Calendar offers different options for receiving event reminders. You can choose to receive your event reminders via SMS messages, emails, or popups within Google Calendar itself. Click [|here] to learn how to customize your notifications.

More Resources

 * [|Google Forum] - Categories here include:**
 * How do I...?
 * Sync
 * Calendar not loading
 * Other troubleshooting
 * Feature requests (Have an idea for a cool feature in Calendar? Let Google know here.)
 * Coffee Shop (for anything off-topic, feel free to discuss how you use Calendar here!)