Google+Calendar


 * Using Google Calendars **

1) Go to Google at [|http://www.google.com] 2) Click [Sign In] and sign in to your account. 3) At the top of the page, notice the choices to select. Select [More] 4) Click on [Calendar] 5) Under My Calendars, select [Create new calendar] 6) You will be asked to give your calendar a name. Give it a name. The first calendar you create will be your default calendar. You may create as many calendars as you like (ex. Personal, English I, English II, etc.) 7) Further down the page, there is a box that says [Make this calendar public]. Select the box. If you do not select this box, your calendar will not be visible when embedded. 8) Select [Create Calendar] 9) You will now be able to add events to your calendar.
 * Creating a Calendar**

1) With your calendar selected along the right toolbar, click the arrow next to your calendar. 2) Select [Calendar settings] 3) On the page, look at the option that says ‘Embed this calendar’ 4) Copy the html code in the box on the right side of the page. 5) Paste the code into either a Wiki widget or SFCS Post. If you wish to paste the code into a post, be sure that the html option is selected on the post page.
 * Embedding your calendar**

1) With your calendar selected along the right toolbar, click the arrow next to your calendar. 2) Select [Calendar settings] 3) Select [customize color, size and other options]. 4) Here you may change the look of your calendar. 5) I recommend 600 width and 600 height pixels so that your entire calendar shows on the website. You may also choose the default look of your calendar (day, week, month, agenda) 6) If embedding your calendar, you will need to update html at the top of the page and then embed the new code with the changes of your calendar into your website or wiki.
 * Customizing your calendar**

1) Click on particular calendar under My Calendars or Other Calendars to view. You may view several calendars at once. 2) Click calendar again to remove from view. 3) You may use the pull down arrow to choose a color for each calendar. 4) Calendars can be viewed by day, week, month, 4 days/time or by agenda (lists events for the day).
 * Viewing Calendars**

1) If it is an all day event, click on the box directly under the date and above time slots to create. Pop up box will appear. This is how I do “assignments”. 2) Enter the name of the event and select which calendar you would like it to appear. After “entering” or clicking on [create event], it will appear on calendar. 3) To edit event or add more details, instead of “entering” after naming the event, select [edit event]. Or after “entering”, click on event and edit screen will appear. 4) Click on day and time of event within the calendar. Pop up box will appear. 5) Enter the name of the event and select which calendar you would like it to appear. After “entering” or clicking on [create event], it will appear on calendar. 6) To edit event or add more details, instead of “entering” after naming the event, select [edit event]. Or after “entering”, click on event and edit screen will appear. OR 7) Click on the red [create event] tab and edit screen will appear. Fill in information. 8) To copy events from other calendars, click on event and use the pull down next to [more actions]. Choose the calendar you would like to copy. OR 9) If you have more than one calendar selected to view, you may click on the top right corner of the event within the calendar and have the option to directly copy to your default calendar.
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1) Go to the website with the calendar you desire to find the embed code or URL. 2) On O’Gorman’s calendar, click on the icon with the “i” in the toolbar. 3) Copy the webcal address listed next to O’Gorman High School. 4) Go back to your Google calendar. Use the pull down arrow next to the Other Calendars. 5) Select [add by URL] 6) Paste webcal address and “enter” 7) O’Gorman’s calendar should now show up under Other Calendars. 8) Using the pull down arrow next to Other Calendars, you may also import an entire calendar into one of your calendars, or add a friend’s calendar (ex. a Coach’s calendar) or search other interesting calendars.
 * Copying other calendars (ex. O’Gorman)**

1) Go to [] and follow directions.
 * Synching Google Calendar with Microsoft Outlook**

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