Add events to a group

You can track group events, such as the practice times and game schedules for each sports team. Then, all students in a group can view those dates on their calendar in the Student portal, and all family members with access can view those dates in the Family portal. Events also appear in the Planner in the Staff view.

Note: Events do not appear anywhere on Pages.

You can also remove events from a group.

To add an event to a group:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • For a school group, log on to the School view, and click the School tab.
    • For a district group, log on to the District view, and click the District tab.
    • For an intermediate organization group, log on to the Intermediate Organization view and click the associated tab.
    • For another group, such as a course section, log on to the Staff view, and click the My Info tab.
  1. Click the Groups side-tab.
  2. Select the checkbox next to the group you want to add events for, and click Events on the Groups side-tab. The list of any events already added appears.
  3. On the Options menu, click Add.
  1. Use the table to fill in the fields:

  • Field

    Description

    Date*

    Type the date of the event, or click Select Date icon. to select the date.

    Time

    Type the time (optional).

    Summary*

    Type a summary of the event. This text will appear on the calendar in the portals and in the Teacher Classes widget.

    Location

    Type the event's location (optional).
  1. Click Save.

To remove events from a group:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • For a school group, log on to the School view, and click the School tab.
    • For a district group, log on to the District view, and click the District tab.
    • For an intermediate organization group, log on to the Intermediate Organization view, and click the associated tab.
    • For another group, such as a course section, log on to the Staff view, and click the My Info tab.
  1. Click the Groups side-tab.
  2. Select the checkbox next to the group you want to remove events for, and click Events on the Groups side-tab. The list of any events already added appears.
  3. Select the checkbox(es) of the event(s) you want to remove.
  4. On the Options menu, click Delete. The event(s) are deleted and will no longer appear on calendars in the portalsor on the Planner.