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If you are like me, you have MANY calendars to deal with.  You also may have many shared calendars from other people.  It is an easy thing to switch to viewing only 1 calendar if you need to quickly see events for just that one.  Here is a video on how to display just one specific calendar , if you prefer. 1- find the calendar you want to see in the left side list. 2- click on the calendar options (the 3 stacked dots) - 3 - select Display this only to see events for just that calendar - That's it!

(This is a continuation of yesterday's post.) For many of us, scheduling an event doesn't mean it is going to happen at the time we schedule it - sometimes the event needs to be lengthened or shorten.  You don't need to create another event, instead you can modify it while in the week or day view.  First, switch to either the week or day view from the list at the top of the calendar: When you mouseover the bottom of the event, you will get a line with arrows at both ends: You can grab the event when you see that icon and then drag the event down (to add time) or up (to subtract time):

For many of us, scheduling an event doesn't mean it is going to happen - often the event is rescheduled and needs to be moved to another date and/or time on our calendar.  You don't need to create another event, instead you can move it. Here is a video on how to move events , if you prefer. There are a couple different ways you can move an event in Google Calendar. Method 1 - Click and drag You can simply move the event by clicking on it and dragging it to the appropriate date/time.  All information stays the same when you do this.  This works great if you can see the new date/time when looking on your calendar.  It's not so great if you cannot see it.  Here are 2 examples of this - one in the 2-week view and one in the week view:   Method 2 - Click Edit to see event details When you click on an event, you get several options.  Click on the pencil icon to see the event details: You can change the information in the event details a...

With the changes to Google Calendar, things look a bit different.  The look is definitely more "modern" or "sleeker" (according to others...I guess I am more about functionality than looks). That being said, here's a quick review of all you can do when adding an event to your calendar, with screenshots updated to the new look. Adding an Event 1. Click to Add Simply click on the calendar to add an event.  The pop-up window will have the most common information put into an event: event Title,  Date(s) and Time (only viewable when the All day checkbox is unchecked) All day checkbox Calendar - Notice anything missing from that?  Location!  It is the only thing bothering me at this point - especially because you cannot quick add it by calling the Event "Sample at CISD" or something similar (Trust me, I tried every way I could think of...). Two neat features I did realize in exploring: While the quick add option is gone from the page...

Occasionally I have the need to copy an event from my primary calendar to a collaborative calendar I use with a team.  I want it on my primary calendar (so I get the notifications I want, for example), but also need to make sure it is shared.  This is very easy to do in Google Calendar. Click on the event to display the event details, then click on Edit event - When looking at the full event details, click on the More Actions dropdown -  Select the secondary calendar you wish to copy the event to -  Review the information, making changes if needed, and click on Save -   The event will now display on both calendars -

Instead of having to turn on, change or turn off notifications on each of your events, you can set your own default notification system to receive either pop-ups or emails at designated times for events on a particular calendar.  (Or opt not to receive any at all!) Click on the arrow to the right of the calendar, and select Edit notifications The notifications settings give you several options.  The first one is for normal events that have set times.  The second is for events marked “all day.” For each of these you can add the type of notification you want by clicking Add a notification Once you add a notification, you can decide the type(s) of notifications you would like - email or the pop-ups - and set the time prior to event to receive it You can also add more than one notification if desired Below this, there are several items related to events you are invited to.  What most people find more useful is the Daily agenda option buried at the botto...

One of my frustrations was when I wanted to add a bunch of events to one of my secondary calendars.  This happens a lot when I am creating a calendar for an online class I am going to teach - I try to post a calendar of when modules open, suggestions of completion dates to stay on target, and any other events I think they should know about.  If you are in the regular calendar view, you can add the events and change the calendar in the pop-up window: But I'm about eliminating clicks, so when adding lots of events to a different calendar I think that method is cumbersome and tedious.  Well, there is a quicker way! If you click on the arrow next to the calendar you want to add the events to to get this menu: Select Display only this Calendar in the list: This will unselect all other calendars - you will note that the color boxes next to all the other calendars go white. When adding events with only that calendar displaying, it will default to those even...

Today I deleted a duplicate event on my calendar (one of those events I created, and then received an invite from the organizer...).  A few minutes later, I received an email in my inbox: This is an awesome upgrade to making Calendars have similar features to other Google products! So notes from the email & what it means: 1. deleted events are stored in THAT calendar's trash.  Where is that?  It is a new option under the calendar settings: 2. deleted events will reside in the Trash for 30 days, same as your GMail, and Google Drive items. 3. deleted events can be restored by selecting it and then clicking the restore button 4. the trash can be emptied "manually" at any time Shared Calendars: Note that "user's with Make changes and manage sharing” or “Make changes to events” permission for a calendar can access Trash."  This is only talking about the Trash for that shared calendar as each calendar has it's own Trash.  While it doe...

There are many time I get an email that I want to make into an event on my calendar - both to make sure I block out the time, and to move the information out of an email in my inbox into the event.  There is a feature called "Create event" that let's you do this - it is available in the More options when you are viewing the message.  Once you select create event, Google opens up a new window, loads your calendar, and creates an event with the message subject as the name of the event, and the body of the message as the description within the event: You are then able to edit the date/time as needed to finish creating the event.  One caveat...it adds everyone that was part of the message to the Guest list (see above in red box), so unless you want it to be a group event you will need to click the x next to everyone's name but yours.

Many people don't know that there is a quick add option in the calendar.  This allows you to add an event on any date - with more detail than you might expect! To use the quick add, you click on the arrow next to the create button - You will get a pop-up with a text box to fill in the information about your event - Enter in the date, time and location about the event.  As you add information, the text box will expand so you can see all the information you are putting in - Click on Add when you are done - The event will be added, with the information in the correct fields - There are a few limitation to this feature.  Some limitations include - you can only add events to your primary (first) calendar you cannot invite additional people to the event this way you are limited to putting in the event name, date, times & location For a majority of calendar events, though, this is a great feature - especially if you are adding an event outside y...

Join the largest learning event in history Dec 8-14, 2014 Last year, 40,000 teachers led a grassroots effort called the Hour of Code – to introduce ten million students to one hour of computer science. Kids of all ages tried one hour of writing code and making apps in classrooms, and they loved it.  This year, supported by over 100 organizations, they want to reach 100 million students, across every country in the world, during Computer Science Education Week ( Dec 8 – 14 ). http://hourofcode.com/us From the site -  What is Hour of Code?   The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. Check out the tutorials , and look out for new ones coming for the Hour of Code 2014. Anybody can host an Hour of Code anytime, but the grassroots campaign goal is for tens of millions of students to try an Hour of Code during December 8-14, 2014, in celebration of Compute...

Do you ever get emails that contain dates that you would like to add to your calendar? If so, did you know you can add the event very quickly from right within your email? Here's how: Look for a dashed line under the date/time information, similar to here: Click on the date, and a pop-up window appears: You can then customize the information going into your calendar in the pop-up: After you are done customizing it, click on Add to Calendar and violà! event added and you didn't even leave mail!