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Google Calendar

Overview

Google Calendar is a time-management web application and mobile app created by Google. Google Calendar allows you to create events, invite people to events, share calendars and much more. Below you will find some self help links to some of the tools that people will use the most.

 

 

Google Calendar How To's

  Getting Started

Pepperdine University offers many resources to help you in effective Google Calendar usage. You can sign up for a live training session with our IT Training team, visit the Google Workspace Learning Center, or complete a LinkedIn Learning training about Google Calendar.

  Creating a New Calendar

You can easily create a new calendar besides your primary calendar to keep track of different types of events.  For example, you could create a calendar called "Marketing Group" that tracks upcoming events for a certain group of people.  For detailed instruction, please see the Google Workspace Learning Center.

  Creating an Event

Creating calendar events is a key responsibility for Pepperdine employees.  Please see the Google Workspace Learning Center for details on event creation.

  Sharing my Calendar 

Your Pepperdine Google Calendar is a great way to keep track of key events, schedule meetings, and even set goals, reminders, or tasks.  An important feature of your calendar is the ability to share it with specific people, everyone at Pepperdine, or even the public. Google Calendar makes it easy to either keep your calendar private, offer some visibility to others, or even allow others to manage your calendar. To empower our community to effectively and efficiently schedule meetings, we recommend that all Pepperdine community members enable the "free/busy" setting on their personal work calendar. If you need to change these settings, visit the Google Workspace Support Center to learn more.

  Appointment Schedules

You can set up a block of appointments on your calendar for people to reserve. Appointment slots are useful for professors who want to invite their students to reserve time during office hours each week. Appointment slots allow you to make yourself available for people to schedule time with you. Once you have set up your appointment block, you can invite others to reserve time with you using a booking link to your appointments page. Google will automatically update your calendar, preventing you from being overbooked. For detailed instruction, please see the Google Workspace Learning Center.

  Appointment Slots

Appointment Slots work similarly to Appointment Schedules, allowing you to make yourself available for people to schedule time with you. You can set up a block of appointments on your calendar for people to reserve. Appointment slots are useful for professors who want to invite their students to reserve time during office hours each week. Once you have set up your appointment block, you can invite others to reserve time with you using a link to your appointments page. For detailed instruction, please see the Google Workspace Learning Center.

Be aware that Appointment slots will soon be replaced by Appointment Schedules. When possible, please use Appointment Schedules.

 

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