Avenue Help Centre | Managing the Calendar

Managing the Calendar

Margarita Berezyanskaya

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The calendar is an organizer that can be used on your course. The course calendar links directly to the Upcoming events block. It is important to understand the procedures of managing a Calendar in your course. Items for consideration are adding, hiding, showing, and moving the Calendar block itself. Elements also to be considered are the events key, adding a new event, editing events, deleting events, and moving events.

Calendar Exemplar

Below is a calendar from a LINC 3 sample course. It appears on the right side of that course page. You can change the vertical position of the calendar on your course. This example Calendar includes events indicted by dots under each date.

Note: Instructors cannot add Site events at this time.

Note: To see event details, roll the mouse over days with dots under them.

Note: To see the complete calendar, click on the Course calendar link under the Calendar block.

Note: The full course calendar appears.

1. To return to the calendar block on the home page, click on the course name at the top of the calendar.

The Calendar and Your Course

All Avenue courses arrive with a Calendar. If your course Calendar has been deleted, it is easy to replace it.

Adding a Calendar to your Course

1. At the top of the Course Homepage, click on the Edit mode toggle button in the upper right corner of the screen to activate the editing tools.

Note: The toggle moves to the right, indicating that course editing is now on.

2. Ensure that the block drawer is visible. If it not, click on the Open block drawer icon.

Note: The Block drawer appears on the right side of the screen. At the top is the Add a block button.

3. Click on the Add a block button.

4. In the Add a block pop-up, click on Calendar.

Note: The page reloads and the new Calendar block appears. You may want to use the Move icon to change the position of the block on the course page.

5. When this is finished, Turn Edit mode off.

Parts of a Calendar Block

Deleting a Calendar Block from Your Course

1. On your course, ensure that Edit mode is active.

2. On the Calendar block, click on the Calendar’s Edit icon.

3. Click on the Delete Calendar block link.

5. Click the Delete button if you are sure you want to delete the block.

6. The Calendar is gone, but your entries are still active and will display in the Upcoming events block.

Adding an Event to Your Calendar

There is no need to turn editing on to add a new event to your Calendar.

1. Click on the Course calendar link at the bottom of the calendar.

2. The Calendar page appears, click on the New Event button.

3. Click on the Show more… link near the bottom.

Note: The New Event pop-up has multiple fields. The only mandatory field is the Event title.

4. Type an Event title.

5. Choose a Date and time.

6. Choose the Type of event.

Note: At this time, teachers cannot create Site events.

7. Type a Description.

8. Type a Location.

9. Click the Save button.

10. The event appears on the Calendar page.

11. Click on the course short name in the calendar breadcrumb link to return to the course main page.

12. On the course Calendar block, hover your mouse over the event you just created. In this example, it is the 26th of November 2025.

Note: The Event title appears beside the Event type icon. In this case, it is a course event.

Adding an Event to Your Calendar with Duration

At times, you may need to schedule a long class or a multi-day event. You can set time or date duration on the Calendar. To achieve this:

1. Click on the Course calendar link at the bottom of the calendar.

The Calendar page appears.

3. Click on the New Event button.

4. Click on the Show more… link.

5. Type an Event title.

6. Choose a start Date and time.

7. Choose Type of event.

8. Ensure the correct Course name is selected.

9. If you want to change the course name, click on the Search box. Available course names will appear.

10. Type a Description.

11. Type a Location.

12. Set the Duration to Until.

13. Set the event finishing time using the drop-down fields.

Note: The time is in 24-hour format.

14. Click on the Duration in minutes radio button if you like, and add the number of minutes.

15. Click on the Save button.

Adding an Event to Your Calendar with Repeats

At times, you may need to schedule a repeated weekly event such as a quiz or a computer lab session. You can set this repetition on the Calendar quickly.

1. Click on the Month/Year at the top of the Calendar.

2. Click on the New Event button.

3. Click on the Show more… link.

4. Type an Event title.

5. Choose a start Date and time.

6. Enter a Location.

7. Set the Duration to 45 minutes.

8. Check the Repeat this event check box.

9. Enter a number in the Repeat weekly, creating altogether.

10. Click on the Save button.

11. In the Calendar, this event appears as consecutive, weekly events.

Adding Groups to the Calendar

While facilitating online courses, it may be important to set different events for groups in the class. For example, online meetings, practice presentations or something more specific such as a group debate. Group events can only be viewed by the instructors and the group members.

Note: Ensure that learners are members of groups in your course.

1. Locate the Calendar block on your course.

2. Click on the Course calendar link.

3. Click on the New event button.

The New event pop-up appears.

4. Type an Event title.

5. Choose a start Date and time.

6. Set the Type of event to Group.

7. The Course should display the current course title.

Note: There is a Search drop-down menu available under the current class. If you want to add group events to another course, click on the arrow to view and select the other courses' names.

8. Choose a class group using the Group drop-down menu.