Canvas How-To: Calendar

Viewing the Calendar

The calendar provides a great place to view your course due dates, timelines, and to get organized. This is created automatically and is easy to use.

Canvas calendar screen

How do I use the Calendar as an instructor?

Adding an Event

You can manually create an event on your calendar. This can be used for special class events that are not related to assignments or quizzes.

Adding an event in the Calendar

How do I add an event to a course calendar?

Editing an Event

If you need to update an event with new information follow these steps.

Edit event option on the Calendar

How do I edit an event or assignment in the Calendar?

Scheduling Appointments with Calendar

Scheduler allows you to create time slots in which to meet with students.

Adding an event for an appointment group in the Calendar
Prompt for making an appointment group in the Calendar

How do I add a Scheduler appointment group in the Scheduler page?

Managing Assignment Events

Shift assignment due dates by using Calendar. Simply drag and drop an assignment to a new day on the course calendar. 

Rescheduling an assignment in the Calendar

How do I edit an event or assignment in the Calendar?

Subscribing to the Calendar Feed

Add the course calendar feedback to your favorite calendar app or service. 

The calendar feed link
Calendar Feed link

How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Google Calendar as an instructor?

How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Outlook as an instructor?

Want to learn more?

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