A modern way of monitoring your calendar.

1. How to use
Google Calendar

2. Go to
http://google.com/calendar

4. You’ll have to Sign-in with a
Google account..

5. …to be able to go to
Google Calendar.

6. Now, welcome to
Google Calendar page!

8. This red line denotes current
place and time.

9. Here, you’ll see a smaller calendar

10. …where you can see the current
year,

11. …the current month,

12. …and the current day you’re in.

13. Here, you can also control on
what week or day..

14. ..you want to view just by
clicking that certain week.

16. Also, you will notice two
sections below the small
calendar.

17. Open those two sections by
clicking the drop-down arrow..

18. …on its left side.

19. You can now see the
calendars on those
sections.

20. Notice that one calendar is
named after me

21. …because I have specified my
name

22. …as I have Signed-up to
Google Accounts

23. …which automatically created
a default calendar for me.

24. You can create your own
different calendars

25. …by clicking this drop-down
arrow

26. …then click “Create new
calendar”.

27. Just specify the calendar name,

29. …write a description if you
want,

31. …specify your location

33. …and check the Calendar time
zone.

35. You can make this calendar
public for Google search
results

37. …or share with specific people
by entering their email addresses.

39. Then click “Create Calendar”

40. Now you can see the new
calendar we’ve made.

41. However, from these buttons…

42. …you can change the view of
your calendar to

43. ..day view,

44. ..month view,

45. ..4 days view,

46. ..and Agenda view.

47. There are two ways to create
an event,

48. First is by clicking the Create button.

49. …which will require you to
manually enter

50. …the time and date of the
event you are creating.

52. Type-in the title of the
event,

53. …specify the date

54. …specify the time.

55. You can click if it’s
an All day event

56. …which will not require you
to specify the time.

57. Or you can click Repeat,

58. …to set it all up if it’s a repeat
event.

59. Site the location.

60. Choose on what calendar
the event is associated with.

61. Write a description (if you
want).

62. Add attachment/s (if
necessary).

63. You can change the Event
color,

64. …but it is important to stick
with the default

65. …calendar color for you to
monitor your events

66. …on what calendar that specific
event is associated with.

67. You can edit on how you
will be notified

68. …and how many minutes,
hours, days or weeks

69. …you will be notified before
the event.

70. You can also Add a
Notification.

71. Choose whether you will
be shown as Available or
Busy

72. ..and change the
Visibility status.

73. You can also add guests by
entering their email
addresses

74. …and specify how they
can manage your event.

75. Click Save when you’re
done editing.

76. Once saved, you can now see
the event you’ve created.

78. Second option for creating
an event is by…

79. …clicking on the space where
the date and time

80. …of the event will occur.

81. Type-in the name of the event.

82. Notice the range of time is
1hour,

83. …but you can change it by
clicking “Edit Event”.

84. Then change to your
scheduled time.

85. Click Save.

86. You now have added a new
event!

87. Moreover, you can choose
from different colors

88. …to customize your
calendars and events.

89. Once you’ve changed the
calendar color,

90. …the events under that
calendar will automatically
change its color.

91. Events highlighted in a bar means

92. …that it’s a whole-day event.

93. While those which aren’t
highlighted, have specific time.

94. To change other Google
Calendar settings, click the
gear icon.

95. You can also change the
Display Density.

96. The important part of the
Settings,

97. …is to set the time zone
on your location.

98. Click “Save” after editing
your calendar settings.

99. Done for the Google Calendar
basics!

100. Yesterday was not your defining moment.
The calendar moved forward; why not
you?
- Dr. Steve Maraboli