How do I add a recurring event in a calendar?
When creating a new event, if you want to create the same event multiple times for yourself or for a group, you can create a recurring (or repeating) event. Repeating events creates multiple copies of the event every day, week, or month. For example, you may create a recurring group event for a weekly study group. This may help keep you organized and prepared for your course.
If you are an instructor, you can also create duplicate calendar events for course sections.
Tips for recurring events:
- Weekly events are repeated on the day of the week of the first event. For example, if an event is created on a Monday and repeats weekly, the next instance of the event will appear on the following Monday, regardless of the actual date.
- Monthly events are repeated on the day of the month of the first event. For example, if an event is created on July 6 and repeats monthly, the next instance of the event will appear on August 6.
Note: Events that include a conferencing link in the description or location field display a Join button on each student's List View Dashboard.
Open Calendar
In Global Navigation, click the Calendar link.
Add Event
Click any date on the calendar to add an event [1]. Or, click the arrows next to the month name to navigate to a different month [2] and select a date.
If you don't want to manually locate the date, you can click the Add icon [3].
Select Frequency
Enter a title, date, times, and location to create the event.
To make the event repeat, click the Frequency drop-down menu.
Note: For details on event options, learn about creating an event in your calendar or in a course calendar.
Add Event Frequency
In the Frequency drop-down menu, select from multiple repeating options, including no repeat [1], daily [2], weekly [3], monthly [4], annually [5], every weekday [6], or a custom frequency [7].
Notes: Each frequency selection has an occurrence default:
- daily = 365 (days in a year)
- weekly = 52 (weeks in a year)
- monthly = 12 (months in a year)
- annually = 5 (The event will occur for five years)
- every weekday = 52 * 5 (weeks in a year * weekdays)
- Additionally, users can have a maximum of 400 occurrences.
Add Event Custom Frequency
To create a custom recurring event, select how often the event repeats [1], which day(s) it repeats on [2], and when it ends [3]. Click the Done button [4].
More Options
To add event details such as a description, location, or address, click the More Options button. Use the Rich Content Editor to add content or resource links.
Submit Event
Click the Submit button.
