District Calendars in Your Calendar
21.August.2011 18:20 Filed in: Tech Tips
One of the major goals of moving District 21 staff to
Exchange for email, calendar, contacts, and tasks has
been to create new efficiencies for professional
work. Time saved on such tasks can be devoted back in
to improving the creation of new and/or better
learning opportunities for students.
Efficiencies can be gained, for example, by scheduling meetings when everyone is available as identified through the Scheduling Assistant and then by sending out a meeting invite to allow all attendees to automatically populate the event in their personal calendars.
The directions below provide another step in that direction. By following these steps, you can view the ABCDE Days and the more general District 21 calendar directly in your own calendar!!!
(For users of Outlook on Windows, these calendars are also accessible to you, but you can contact the Help Desk for assistance in pulling these calendars in to your own calendar.
First, begin by launching Outlook (the yellow "O" near the top of your Dock).
Then, from the list of Outlook modules, click on "Calendar" to select it.
In Calendar view, select the "Tools" tab from in between the two rows of buttons, and then click the "Public Folders" button from the bottom button row.
Once you have clicked the "Public Folders" button, a new dialog box will appear. Select the calendars you would like to include within your own calendar by clicking on the calendar title to highlight it, and then, click the "Subscribe" button. The available calendar options for the 2011-2012 school year are the ABCDE Schedule Calendar and the General Calendar containing special dates (non-attendance days, Institute Days, holidays, and other important dates).
Efficiencies can be gained, for example, by scheduling meetings when everyone is available as identified through the Scheduling Assistant and then by sending out a meeting invite to allow all attendees to automatically populate the event in their personal calendars.
The directions below provide another step in that direction. By following these steps, you can view the ABCDE Days and the more general District 21 calendar directly in your own calendar!!!
(For users of Outlook on Windows, these calendars are also accessible to you, but you can contact the Help Desk for assistance in pulling these calendars in to your own calendar.
First, begin by launching Outlook (the yellow "O" near the top of your Dock).
Then, from the list of Outlook modules, click on "Calendar" to select it.
In Calendar view, select the "Tools" tab from in between the two rows of buttons, and then click the "Public Folders" button from the bottom button row.
Once you have clicked the "Public Folders" button, a new dialog box will appear. Select the calendars you would like to include within your own calendar by clicking on the calendar title to highlight it, and then, click the "Subscribe" button. The available calendar options for the 2011-2012 school year are the ABCDE Schedule Calendar and the General Calendar containing special dates (non-attendance days, Institute Days, holidays, and other important dates).
