Calendar: Basic
Follow these steps to create and manage a Calendar in Carmen. For a general overwiew of options within Calendar, see Calendar: Overview.
To begin, log in to Carmen and go to a Course Home page.
Add Calendar to Navigation Bar
Calendar is not a default link for the Course Home page. You can access Calendar by clicking on the 
icon in the Events widget on the Course Home, or you can add the Calendar link to the Navigation Bar.
To add Calendar:
1. Click Edit Course on Course Home page you want to add Calendar to.
2. Click NavBars under Manage Course Offering.
3. Select tab of the area in the Navigation Bar you want to put the Calendar button. The choices are: Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right.
4. Under Inactive Links is a list of buttons you can add to the your Course Home page. Select Calendar and click the > button. This will move Calendar from Inactive Links to Current Active Links.
5. Click Save.
You can add more than one option at a time by selecting which button you want to add and clicking > to move from Inactive Links to Current Active Links.
Add An Event
1. Click Calendar in the Navigation Bar.
You can view the events for a Day, Week, Month, or Search for an event. Click on the appropriate tab for the view.
2. Click 
Add Event.
3. Type the Title of the event.
4. Select a Date using the drop-down menus or click 
Select Date.
If you would like to include a time or date range, click show more options and specify additional date or time information.
5. Type a URL to include a Link with the event (if required).
6. Select a Type.
The Type you select will control who can view the event. Select Personal to create an event that only you can view. Select Section or Group to limit the view to a specific section or group in the class.
7. Type a Description (if desired).
8. Click Save.
Edit an Event
1. Click Calendar in the Navigation Bar.
2. Go to the date of the event you want to edit.
Click Day, Week, Month, or Search tabs to view or search for event details. Use the drop down menu to view only events related to a specific course or only personal events.
3. Click
Edit Event.
Click available day links (either in red or blue) in the calendar to view events for that particular day.
4. Update the event information.
5. Click Save.
View a Printable Version of Your Calendar
1. Click
View Printable to open a new browser window with a printable view of your calendar. Print your calendar using your browser print function.
Import Events
You can import multiple events from an existing Excel spreadsheet or a text file.
Download Event Example
1. Click Calendar in the Navigation Bar.
2. Click
Import Events.
3. Download this sample .csv events file to use as a template when creating your import document.
Your event file must contain at least a Title and Start Date for each event. The sample file provided on this page contains the correct headings and examples of acceptable formats for dates and times.
Import Event File
1. Click Calendar in the Navigation Bar.
2. Click Import Events.
3. Click Browse and select your event file.
4. Click Upload.
Delete an Event
1. Click Calendar in the Navigation Bar.
2. Go to the date of the event you want to delete.
3. Click 
Delete Event.
4. Confirm that you want to delete the event.
