Calendar & Events (Teacher Guide)

What the calendar shows

The calendar aggregates all events relevant to your class: - Assignment due dates and open dates - Quiz and exam dates - Custom events you create - Institution-wide calendar items (holidays, semester dates, etc.)

Your calendars

Class Calendar

Shows all events for a specific class: - Student assignment due dates - Assessments scheduled for the class - Teacher-created class events - Institutional calendar items (e.g., holidays)

Teacher Calendar

Shows your personal calendar plus events from all your classes: - Personal calendar events you create - All events from classes you teach - Institutional holidays and dates

How to add a custom event

  1. Open the Class Calendar or Teacher Calendar
  2. Click Add Event (or the "+" button)
  3. Fill in the event details:
  4. Title (required) — e.g., "Review session", "Assessment retake"
  5. Date and time (required)
  6. Description (optional) — additional details for students
  7. Location (optional) — classroom or meeting link
  8. Repeat (optional) — set daily, weekly, monthly, etc.
  9. Save

The event will appear on the calendar and be visible to your students.

Event types you'll see

  • Assignment due — assignment deadline
  • Assignment open — when students can start
  • Quiz/exam — scheduled assessment
  • Custom event — events you or other teachers created
  • Institutional — holidays, semester start/end, registration periods

Scheduling a class exam (for the Student Dashboard countdown)

Students see a live countdown on their Dashboard to their class's next exam. There are two ways to set the date it counts down to — use whichever calendar you already work in:

  • Class/Teacher Calendar — add a new event, set its type to Exam, and pick the date. (Most other system types like Assignment Due are hidden from this picker because they're generated automatically — Exam is the one system type you set by hand, since nothing else creates it for you.)
  • Academic Calendar (admin area) — an Exam Period event scoped to the specific class also works, and is often the more natural place if your school already plans exam periods there.

Either one works — the countdown always shows whichever exam is soonest, from either source.

Tips

  • Use custom events to block time for reviews, retakes, or special sessions
  • If your institution has holidays set in the Academic Calendar, they'll appear automatically
  • You can filter the calendar view by class to focus on a specific group

Last updated: 2026-10-03