How can I schedule time Monday, Wednesday and Friday only?

You'll have to set Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays separately. I know, this is kind of clunky and we all hope it will be updated soon.

Click on Frequency >> Event Frequency = Daily/Every 7 days >> Set Ends After XX times. You will have to do this for the Mondays, then for the Wednesdays, then Fridays.

Is there a way to make the calendar a 24 hour view?

When you look at the schedule calendar, it shows 8 am to 6 pm. There is a little earlier link at the top and a later link at the bottom to view times outside 8-6. But the calendar view defaults to the 8a-5p block of time and you can't change that. If by "24 hr view" you mean military time; "No" to that too.

I am not sure about the types of events here. Are we talking about tests and quizzes posted on that one date only? Assignments are completed over one or more weeks not on one date. Only tests and quizzes are are completed on one date.

An event can be almost anything. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the variety of choices. I use my calendar to announce due dates for assignments, tests, discussions, academic calendar items like drop dates etc. It is just another layer to help keep students on target -- the start and stop dates for quizzes & tests and assignment also appear in those sections.

You can have the events over multiple days by choosing the frequecy button to add more days for the event.

I don't see the purpose of calendar fields. If I can change the time parameters on the event and I can view it on the calendar, then why do we need to have that extra step?

Calendar fields are for adding additional items that are not already set up in Etudes -- some instructors may have a use for them while others won't.

I'm having a problem with adding a file (attachment) to the schedule in my practice testing shell. This is what I'm doing: I'm on the section Schedule, select File Upload, then click add item, I select the Frontpage.pdf file then I get this error message that says "Please choose the file or file item"

The steps you are listing are not complete.

Here is a complete list of the steps:

  1. Click on Add Event
  2. Click on Add Attachment
  3. Click on ADD NEW
  4. In Add Items, select File upload
  5. Choose a file
  6. Add Title
  7. Click Add Attachment at the bottom.
  8. Click on FINISH!
  9. Click on Save Event

Does anyone know a way to avoid entering start and stop times for calendar events? I want to use the calendar to indicate the day that things are due and the topic for the week. I can add arbitrary times, but I am concerned that that will confuse students when they click on the link to see more informatiopn about the item.

You don't need an end date, but there is no way around the start date. Notice the * in front of the Date and Start Time -- anything with a * is required and the program won't allow you to leave it out.

I've created a multi-day event and selected a frequency option "Ends on 1/20/06". The event is posted in my calendar; however the last appearance is on 1/19/06.

Set the frequency of your event to end on the 21st, so that the 20th is included. This limitation is due to the fact that there is no place to set the end time; therefore, an extra day is needed so that the end date is inclusive.

1/26/06