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2.4 | Using your Calendars

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About Your Calendars

Calendars in Canvas are able to be turned on or off for both your personal and course calendars. You can also change the view of your calendars. The Calendar is a great way to view everything you have to do for all your courses in one place. 

Using your Calendar(s) 

Read the Guides

  1. How do I use the Calendar as a student? Links to an external site.
  2. How do I filter the Calendar view by course as a student? Links to an external site.

Watch the Videos

Viewing the Calendar List

screenshot of the process outlined below

The calendar list includes a color box next to each course and one for your personal calendar.  Your personal calendar is labeled with your name. If the color box is a solid color, the calendar is turned on.  When a calendar is on events, assignments, and to-do items for that course are shown in the calendar.  When the color box is empty, events, assignments, and to-do items for that course are shown in the calendar. 

Enabling or Disabling Calendars

animation of the process outlined below
  1. To open the Canvas Calendar select 'Calendar' from the Global Navigation menu. 
  2. In the sidebar click the color box next to the name of the calendar to turn a calendar on or off. When the color box next to the name of a calendar is empty, the calendar is off and the events and assignments are hidden. 

Changing the Calendar View 

animation of the process outlined below

      1. There are three calendar views to choose from. 
      2. The default view shows an entire Month. 
      3. Select the 'week' or 'agenda' buttons to change the Calendar view.