Loyola Support Documentation

How do I add items to the Calendar?

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The Calendar tool allows instructors to post items to the class calendar. You may use the Calendar tool to post reminders about class activities and due dates. This lesson will show you how to add items to your class calendar.

How do I filter events?

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Select the Job Scheduler tool from the Tool Menu in the Administration Workspace.

How do I change the Calendar view?

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In Calendar, you can view your calendar by day, week, month, year, or even as a list of events. You can also set the default view for your calendar.

How do I view the event log?

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Select the Job Scheduler tool from the Tool Menu in the Administration Workspace.

How do I view calendar item details?

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Select the Calendar tool from the Tool Menu in your site.

What is the Job Scheduler?

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The Job Scheduler tool (or Quartz) in Sakai is a full-featured, open source job scheduling system that can be integrated with, or used along side virtually any J2EE or J2SE application - from the smallest stand-alone application to the largest e-commerce system. Quartz can be used to create simple or complex schedules for executing tens, hundreds, or even tens-of-thousands of jobs; jobs whose tasks are defined as standard Java components or EJBs. The Quartz Job Scheduler includes many enterprise-class features, such as JTA transactions and clustering.

What is the Calendar tool?

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The Calendar tool allows instructors or site organizers to post events in a calendar format. The calendar has day, week, month, year, and simple list views.

The Calendar can be used to post important dates in a class, such as start and end dates, assessment dates, etc.

Project sites may use Calendar to post key dates, such as deadlines.

All calendars from all sites you have access to are merged in your Home Calendar.

How do I customize my Calendar display?

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The Calendar tool can be customized according to your individual display preferences.

How do I set up an LTI Advantage tool using auto configuration?

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Note: Configuration of an external tool requires information unique to the external solution being integrated. In addition, integration with a solution from a third-party vendor may require an account with that vendor. Be sure to confirm all necessary information for an external solution before configuration.

How do I view the content of a bullhorn alert?

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If you have any new notifications, you can view them by clicking on the item to view more information. Notifications are grouped by tool and date.