NMT Moodle 1.9 Instructor's Guide

Procedure 2. Adding a calendar item

1. Login and go to the course page.

2. Under Upcoming Events on the right-hand side of the page, click on Go to calendar....

3. Click on the New Event button.

4. Select the type of event by checking one of these three radiobuttons:

   • User event: This event will be visible only to you.

   • Course event: Anyone in the course will see this event on their calendar.

5. Click OK. This will bring up the New Event page.

6. In the Name: field, enter a short title for the event.

7. In the Description: area, enter a full description of the event. You must place some text in this area or your event will be discarded.

8. Using the five pull-down menus labeled Date:, select the day, month, year, hour and minute when the event starts.

9. Under Duration:, select one of these radiobuttons.

   • If the event has no specific duration, select Without duration.

   • If the event lasts until a specific date or time, select the Until radiobutton and use the adjacent pull-down menus to select the ending date and time.

   • If the event lasts a speficic interval in minutes, select Duration in minutes and enter the number of minutes in the adjacent field.

10. By default, the No repeats radiobutton will be selected. If you would like to set up a sequence of events that repeats at the same time every week, select Repeat weekly and enter the total number of events in the adjacent field.

11. Click on the Save changes button.