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One advantage of using Google Calendars is the ability to invite others to an event.  When you are invited to an event, it will automatically add the event to your primary calendar and give you the ability to respond.  The event will have a variety of circles in front of it (month view) or shading (week view) to indicate your response to the invitation.  It will also notify the person organizing the event as to your status, if you have set it.  (Here is a video on How to Accept/Decline an Invitation to an Event .)  Included are how to do this both in Google Calendar, and from within your email. To accept/decline an invitation to an event while in Google Calendar: Find the event on your calendar, it will have white shading in the week/day view -  Or a white circle in front for a view with more than a week- When you click on the event, you will have the option to respond at the bottom of the event.  You can just click on your selection - ...

As more educators begin to use Google Classroom, it seems as if Google keeps updating it and adding features. Here are some updated posts with the newest Classroom look. To join a classroom from an email invitation sent by the course instructor, first find and open the email in your inbox: When you open the email, you will see a message similar to the following - look for the blue Join button in the middle.  Click on that - This will both enroll you into the course and open the course up for you.  You may get a brief tutorial if it is your first time using Classroom, or if they have recently made changes.