Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Crescent Google Calendar Training 10-2-13

For extra help with Google Calendar:






SYNERGYSE
Synergyse is an interactive, built-in training add-on, available within the Google application you are working in so that you never leave the application to learn how to use it. THIS FEATURE ONLY WORKS IN CHROME.
>Make sure you have Chrome downloaded as your browser
>Click on “Install Synergyse”
>Click “add”
Synergyse will then be ready to use. Anytime you need a refresher, you can click the “Training” button at the top of the Google. The “Training” button is available for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and Sites. According to our GAFE agreement, we only get 5 video views for free per app. But if you watch all the videos at once, you can go through them all.

MOBILE
You can download mobile versions of Google Calendar to your mobile devices.
>On your device, go to “Apps Store”
> Type Google Calendar in the search box and choose the one you prefer.
>Calenmob is free and syncs easily.

CREATING EVENTS
>Quick Add -Click the arrow next to create
>Just type in whatever the event is and save
OR
>You can click on the day that you want to create an event, type in the name and click create event button.
>Click “create” to create a detailed event (time, place, etc..)
>On the right, you can type in the names of people you want to invite by putting in their email addresses.
>Click Save
>A window will come up asking you if you want to send the invite to the people you have put in the list.
>Click yes and they will get the invitation

REPEATING EVENTS
>Click Create
>Fill out details as above
>Check the box beside “Repeat”
>A new window will open and you can choose your options here for how frequently you want the event to repeat  

RECEIVING AN INVITATION
>Comes to your inbox and the first word in the subject line will say “invitation”
>You can click the RSVP button and choose options there OR
>Open the email, choose yes, no, maybe. The sender will receive your answer via email.

When you receive an invitation, open the email and you will see all of the details of the event (time, place, who will be there, etc…).

When you click “yes” to accept the invitation, Google will automatically add the event to your calendar.

You can set up notifications or reminders for your events. A small pop-up will come to your desktop to remind you of the event. Also, if you have downloaded the mobile calendar app, you will also be reminded on the phone too.
REMINDERS AND NOTIFICATIONS
>Hover over your calendar
>Click the pull down menu
>Choose Reminders and Notifications
>This page will show you all of the options for reminders (pop-up or email, how often, choose what you want to be reminded of)
>>>These reminders are only for YOUR account


MANAGING INVITATIONS
Once you have accepted an invitation or created an event on your calendar, you can click on that event in the calendar to see the details of the event (where, who created it, time, etc…).
If you have accepted an invitation, you see it on your calendar, but you need to send the person who sent it to you a message. Maybe you are going to be late or you are not going to be able to attend.
>Click on the event
>In the window, you will see who was invited and which calender it came from
>Hover over the person’s name and you will see that person’s email address
>Click on the email address or their name, and your email will open so that you can send them a message

DISTRICT CALENDAR
>Hover over “other calendars”
>Click the pull down menu
>Choose “browse interesting calendars”
>Click “more”
>Click “resources for gscs.org
>Click the “subscribe” button next to GSCS System Calendar
>Click “back to Calendar”
>On the left side, you will now see the GSCS Calendar in your list
>If you click on it, you can add it to the view of your calendar. If it is too much to look at, you can click it again and it will not show in your page of calendar

SHARE YOUR CALENDAR
>Hover over your calendar
>Click the pull down menu
>Choose “share my calendar”
> Type in the name of the person you want to share it with
>Decide on permission to give that person
>You will see their name in the list
>If you want to “un-share” your calendar with that person, just click the trash can
>Click the “save”

TO DO LIST/TASKS
>Click the “tasks” button on the left
>Your To Do list will appear on the right
>Click the + sign at the bottom
>Type in the task
>Hit enter to continue to add tasks
>If you have done the items, put a checkmark in the box and it will show a strike through
>If you want to tidy up the list, put a checkmark, then click the trash can at the bottom

RECEIVE DAILY AGENDA
If you've opted to receive Daily Agenda notifications, they'll be sent out via email around 5 AM, local time.
To receive a Daily Agenda, follow these steps:
  1. In the calendar list on the left, click the down-arrow button next to the appropriate calendar, then select Notifications.
  2. Select the Email check box next to Daily agenda in the section entitled Choose how you would like to be notified.
Click Save.

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