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Introduction to the Calendar
As a learner, it can be challenging to maintain a calendar with all the projects and homework you receive. To help you stay organized, Blackboard offers a calendar. This allows you to see due dates and will even remind you when things are due (for any item your instructor has set a due date for).
When you click Calendar on the Blackboard site, you are accessing the Global Calendar. It displays ALL of your calendars and events in one place. You have a personal calendar, an institution calendar, and a course calendar (for any active course you are enrolled in).
- Personal Calendar: You can add personal events by clicking the Add Event icon. No one else will see your calendar. Personal events can only be viewed and managed when accessing the Calendar from the base navigation.
- Institution Calendar: Administrators can create institution events.
- Course Calendars: Instructors create course calendars that list course-specific events such as office hours and a course schedule. Any item with a due date set in the system will appear on your course calendar.
Course calendars can also be viewed from within a course. When the calendar is accessed from the course, only course-specific events will display. Other course calendars, your calendar, and the institution calendar are visible and modifiable from the global calendar only.
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