Show personal calendar
To open your personal calendar, proceed as follows:
- Click the arrow icon next to your profile and select the entry Personal calendar .
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2. Your calendar opens in a new window. The window is structured as follows: - Navigation and view options can be found in the upper area.
- The middle area displays the actual calendar sheet in the selected view.
- The lower area contains the calendar list. All calendars which are linked to this calendar are displayed here. This includes calendars from the system (course and group calendars) and manually imported calendars. Your own calendar is displayed in blue by default.
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Calendar navigation
Use the navigation aid in the upper left corner of the calendar to navigate to the desired date in the selected view: | The navigation aid allows you to quickly navigate to the next/previous day, the next/previous week, or the next/previous month. Moreover, you can navigate to the current date with just one click. |
To maintain a good overview of upcoming appointments, you can switch between different views. Use the buttons in the upper right corner of the calendar:
| The monthly overview gives you an overview of the entire current month. Example ... - Open the course element Calendar .
Click on month in the calendar navigation.
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| The weekly overview allows you to view all upcoming appointments in the current week. Example ... - Open the course element Calendar .
- Click on week in the calendar navigation.
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 | The daily overview gives you an overview of the current day. Example ... - Open the course element Calendar .
- Click on day in the calendar navigation.
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Create, edit, or delete appointments
Create appointment |
You can create appointments for yourself and for other users, provided you have the right to edit the selected calendar. This includes single appointments as well as recurring appointments with different repetition cycles. Create new appointment ... To create a new appointment, proceed as follows: - Open the course element Calendar.
- Double-click an area in the calendar. The window for creating a new appointment opens. Depending on where you click, some appointment information might be filled in automatically.
|  | 3. Enter a title and optionally a location and a description for the new appointment. 4. Then check the data in the fields Start and End. 5. In the case of an all-day appointment, select the checkbox next to All day below the fields start and end. This option should be enabled for all-day appointments. |  | 6. If necessary, configure the desired repetition cycle and an end date for this cycle. You can choose from the following options ... Never | The appointment is never repeated and takes place only once on the specified date at the selected time. | Daily | The appointment takes place every day at the same time. | Monday to Friday | The appointment takes place every day from Monday to Friday, not including weekends. | Weekly | The appointment takes place every week on the same day at the same time. | Biweekly | The appointment takes place every other week on the same day at the same time. | Monthly | The appointment takes place every month on the same day at the same time. | Yearly | The appointment takes place once a year in the same month, on the same day, and at the same time. |
|  | 7. You can configure a reminder for the new appointment or recurring appointment. |  | 8. Now decide on the visibility of the appointment. You have the following options ... Public event | The appointment will be visible to all participants and added to their calendar. | Show only date and time | Users with extended rights will still see all information about this appointment. Users without extended rights, however, will only see the date and time of this appointment in the calendar. | Private event | The appointment is only visible to you personally. It is not synchronised in the calendars of other users. Only other users with extended rights may see such an appointment if it has been added to a course or group calendar. |
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9. Click on Save to complete the creation process.
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Edit appointment |
An already created appointment or a recurring appointment can easily be edited at any time. How to do that? - Open the course element Calendar.
- Double-click the appointment you want to edit. The window Edit event opens.
- Make your desired changes and click on Save to complete the editing process.
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Delete appointment |
An already created appointment or a recurring appointment can easily be deleted at any time. How to do that? - Open the course element Calendar.
- Double-click the appointment you want to delete. The window for editing an appointment opens.
Click on Delete. The appointment will be deleted immediately without showing a delete confirmation prompt.
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Functions in the calendar list
Below the appointment sheet, you will find the calendar list, which includes all calendars that are linked to this calendar or have been imported to it.The following functions are available to all users:
 | Selection of displayed appointments per calendar | This checkbox is only available in the personal calendar. If activated, appointments of this calendar are displayed in the appointment sheet of the personal calendar and in the My Appointments start page portlet.
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 | iCal feed link | You can generate an iCal feed link for calendars showing this symbol. An iCal feed link can be used to embed the selected calendar into other applications. You can copy the URL and paste it into any other calendar application that supports the iCal format. Generate iCal feed link ... - Open a calendar area in a course, group, or your personal calendar.
- Below the appointment sheet, you will find the calendar list, which includes all associated calendars.
- Click on the icon next to the calendar name.
- Copy the displayed URL and paste it into another calendar application.
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 | Set calendar colour |
Depending on the calendar type, the system will apply the default colour scheme to individual calendars. You can customise the colour scheme at any time. How to do that? To change the colour scheme for one of your calendars, proceed as follows: - Open a calendar area in a course, group, or your personal calendar.
- Below the appointment sheet, you will find the calendar list, which includes all associated calendars.
- Click on the grey square icon next to the name of the calendar whose colour scheme you want to change.
|  | 4. A colour selection window opens which allows you to adjust the colour scheme by clicking into the colour legend. 5. Then click on an empty area outside of this window. By closing the colour selection window, you confirm the colour selection. The displayed page will be reloaded and the selected colour scheme will be applied to the calendar and the calendar appointments. The calendar will then also be displayed in this colour in the courses or groups in which it is used. 6. The newly selected colour scheme can be changed at any time. |  |
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Users with the right to edit the selected calendar also have the following options: | Import calendar |
To import a calendar, proceed as follows ... - Click on Import calendar below the calendar sheet.
|  | 2. The window Import calendar opens. Select whether you want to import the calendar as a .ical file or as a URL. 3. Indicate the URL or upload the .ical file and enter a name for the imported calendar. | 

| 4. Confirm your entries with Save. |  | 5. The imported calendar appears in the list of imported calendars below the Import calendar button. The appointments will be displayed in the appointment overview. The calendar name and appointments of the calendar are initially displayed in blue, as is the case with your own calendars. |  |
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 | Edit calendar |
Calendars you are allowed to edit are followed by a pencil icon. To edit a calendar, proceed as follows: - Open the calendar. Below the appointment sheet, you will find the calendar list, which includes all calendars associated with this calendar as well as all imported calendars.
- Click the pencil icon next to the calendar name and make your desired changes.
- Confirm all changes with Save.
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 | Delete calendar |
To remove a calendar, proceed as follows:- Open the calendar. Below the appointment sheet, you will find the calendar list, which includes all calendars associated with this calendar as well as all imported calendars.
- Calendars you are allowed to remove are followed by an X icon.
- Click on this icon and confirm the request to remove the calendar.
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Add course calendar to your personal calendar
To add a course calendar to your personal calendar, proceed as follows:
- Open the course and switch to the course calendar or a course element of the type calendar.
- Click the Add to personal calendar button above the course calendar.
- The course dates will now be added to your personal calendar. Course calendars/dates are highlighted in green, unless you have set a different colour for the calendar.
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