Calendar

Overview The Calendar Tool allows instructors to create and post due dates, goals, events and other objectives. CAUTION: The Calendar tool's custom entries can not be pushed forward with the Date Rollover feature. For help adding the Calendar tool to your course, see Adding a New Tool.

Add Calendar Event	TOP
Under the Build Tab, click on the Calendar Tool. Click Add Entry. Enter the necessary information, and click Save. WARNING: Because Blackboard sessions timeout after 30 minutes of inactivity, create your content in a word processor and then copy & paste the content into Blackboard to prevent losing work. Also avoid using special characters ( @ # % & ; )

Link Due Dates to Calendar	TOP
From the assessments or assignments tool: Click on the ActionLinks icon for the item you want to add to the calendar, and select Edit Properties. Scroll down and expand the Dates Available section. Check the box next to Create a corresponding event in the Calendar. NOTE: For Assignments, the due date will be added to the calendar. For Assessments, the start date will be added to the calendar, but the end date will NOT be added. If you would like to add the end dates to the calendar, you will have to add them manually each semester.
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