This document provides tips and tricks for using Google Calendar. It discusses how to create and manage multiple calendars, create events, and share calendars with others. The agenda includes an overview of calendar settings and features, how to create calendars and events, manage multiple calendars, and tips for customizing the calendar interface and embedding calendars on websites. The goal is to help users get the most out of the Google Calendar tool.

1. Getting the Most out of
Google Calendar
Brandon Raymo
Assistant Director
MRVED
braymo@mrved.net
Please log in to your Google account and go to your
calendar.

2. Sharing & Connecting
● Feel free to share your own tips and
tricks.
https://todaysmeet.com/meltraymo

3. http://goo.gl/tMJt6d

4. Learning Targets
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create calendars
share calendars
manage my calendars
create events on my calendars

5. Agenda
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Calendar Overview
Calendar Settings
Creating Calendars
Managing Multiple Calendars
Tips and Tricks

6. Calendar Overview

9. Calendar Settings

10. ● Gear Icon
● Select Settings

11. Make sure Time Zone is
correct or your times will be
off on your calendar.
Default length of events when
created.

17. Creating Calendars

18. Way of Thinking
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Personal Schedule
Work Schedule
Kids Schedule
Activities Schedule

21. Creating Events

23. Managing Multiple
Calendars

24. Does your calendar look like this?

25. Can look like this

26. Search Bar

28. Tips and Tricks

29. Use Keyboard Shortcuts

30. Customize Calendar Navigation

31. Quickly Add Events
● Who, What, When,
Where
● Example: Meet
Brandon at Duffy’s at
3:00 pm on January
30
● Goes to default
calendar

32. Find a Coworker’s Calendar

33. Add “Other” Calendars

34. Add Attachments to Events

35. Invite People to Events

36. Create Appointment Slots

37. Embedding on Website

38. Embed in Google Sites

39. No Google Account...OK

40. Ideas

41. Sharing
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Departments or Grade Levels
Students
Administration
Parents
Website
Activities or Athletics

42. Types of Calendars
● Classes (Example: Physics, Chemistry,
Reading, Math, etc…)
● Special Events
● Snack
● Show and Tell
● Computer Labs, iPad Carts

43. Question & Answer

44. Contact Information
● Email-braymo@mrved.net
● Twitter-@braymo22
● Diggo-braymo