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Creating a GAE@RU Calendar Event

Calendar Event - Simple Event in default calendar

Click on the calendar block at the date and time where you want to make the entry.

Create Event - select time

Type the name of the event and then select "Create Event".

Create Simple Event

Calendar Event - Event with additional information

Click in an appropriate slot as above, but instead of selecting "Create event", select "Edit event".

Create Event - Edit

A dialog box with more options opens.

Create Event - Dialog Box

Type in the "Event title" for the event.

Create Event - Event title

If all day event, select the "All day" tickbox.

Create Event - "All day" selection

If the evnt repeats regularly, select the "Repeat" tickbox.

A dialog box for the various repeat options opens.

Select the time period that the event must repeat on.

Create Event - Repeating Event options

Note that you can choose the end date from a date picker.

Select "Done" when complete or "Cancel" if you decide not to repeate the event.

Create Event - Repeating Event options - date picker

In the "Guests" field, start typing in the name of any guests - note that you are given a picklist that narrows the choices as you give it more information.

Select the person you want from the narrowed list and then click the "Add" button.

Create Event - Adding Guests

The guest is now added and you will have some further options when you save the event.

Create Event - Guest Added

Click on "Rooms, etc" to add in any resources that have been made available via the Resources Calendars.

Create Event - Adding Resources

You can either type in the name of the room or select it from the drop down menu.

Note that the default is to only show resources that have not already been booked by means of the ticked "Show only available" option. It is possible to untick this and include any resources that may be shared - for example if the initial meeting place was the foyer of a building, another group may have already chosen this, but you would also be able to use the space for assembling your group as well.

Create Event - Adding Resources

Choose the room or resources - in this case we select CS/IS-BC10-Office-120 by clicking the "Add" text.

Note: Once there are more than 10 of a resource separated by a "-", those get collapsed into a drop down list. For this reason, the name CS/IS-BC10-Office-120 was specifically chosen as the first part of the name "CS/IS" will collapse to all options for the Computer Science and Information Systems departments, "BC10" is the building code for the Hamilton Building, resulting in all options for that building collapsing to a list.

Create Event - Adding Resources - picking from a list

As soon as "Add" is clicked the room is automatically added to the "Where" field. Additionally, the "Add" option changes to "Remove" in case you need to remove the resource at some stage - for example if the venue needs to be changed.

Create Event - Adding Resources

For meetings where you know that the person is available at the required time, you can now simply "SAVE" the event. However, if you have selected multiple guests, you need to check when they are available. To do this, you now need to find a time that suits everyone and when the venue is available.

Calendar Event - Finding an available time for all guests and resources

Click on the "Find a time" tab.

Create Event - Selecting "Find a time"

A new dialog opens up where each of the attendees and resources is displayed in a column. The initial scheduled slot is displayed as a blue block across all the resources.

7pm on a Sunday is not the ideal time for this meeting, so we need to find a more suitable time.

Create Event - Find a time

Use the controls to change the meeting date to, for example, Tuesday 3 July 2012.

Create Event - Find a time - change date

Use the mouse to create a new block at the desired time - in this case we also lengthen the meeting to 90 minutes.

We realise that we need to invite another guest, so we do that by clicking on "Guests".

Create Event - Find a time - change time

We go to the area for selecting a guest.

Create Event - Find a time - Adding another guest

We add the guest as we have done previously.

Create Event - Find a time - Adding another guest

Our additional guest is added.

Create Event - Find a time - Adding another guest

We now also need to change the venue, so we "Remove" the current one and "Add" a new one.

Create Event - Find a time - Changing the venue

We now reposition the box representing our meeting time to be in an area where no-one has any other commitments.

We then select the "Event details" tab again.

Create Event - Find a time - Selecting an available time

In our Event details view we can now see that the date and time have been changed to the one that is suitable for all attendees.

We add in any other details such as a "Description" or "Reminders" and then click on "SAVE".

Create Event - Event details - "SAVE"