Calendar

The Calendar is located at the left of the page in the Global Navigation area. All courses you’re involved with, as either a teacher or student, are accessible on the same calendar. This allows you to manage all of your calendars from a single page. You can choose to look at the entries for up to 10 calendars at once, or filter to look at just one calendar. You have a personal calendar as well as calendars for each of your courses. For more information on the Calendar see the following guide - What is the Calendar for Instructors? Links to an external site.

What is special about the Calendar?

The Calendar automatically syncs with other features in Canvas, such as Assignments (discussions, quizzes, file drop-boxes, etc), Syllabus, and Grades. This means any date changes made on the calendar will automatically be updated on the actual item. Similarly, if you change the due date on an assignment from within the Assignment tool, the date will automatically be changed on the Calendar. **Important Note: The "Until" date on Assignments will not automatically change if you change the due date for an assignment. This has to be manually changed from each individual assignment.**

When would I use the Calendar?

Use the Calendar to quickly add Assignments to a blank course. Fill in the details of those Assignments later. **It is not recommended to add assignments from the Calendar, it is more effective to add assignments from the Assignment tool in your course.**

Use the Calendar to adjust the dates of Assignments that have been imported from previous terms. Canvas makes it easy to drag and drop events across multiple months.**It is not recommended to add assignments from the Calendar, it is more effective to add assignments from the Assignment tool in your course.**
Use the Calendar to adjust the dates of Assignments that have been imported from previous terms. Canvas makes it easy to drag and drop events across multiple months.

For an overview of the Calendar see the following video.