{"id":3852,"date":"2018-11-29T13:21:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T18:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itg.emerson.edu\/word\/?p=3852"},"modified":"2018-11-29T13:21:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T18:21:01","slug":"nutshell-scheduler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/itg\/nutshell-scheduler\/","title":{"rendered":"In a Nutshell: How to Use the New Canvas Scheduler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Official guides for tools like Canvas and Panopto are dense out of necessity\u2014the authors need to cover EVERYTHING about each topic. In this series, \u201cIn a Nutshell,\u201d I\u2019ll condense frequently requested instructions into practical, bite-sized chunks.<\/p>\n

Learn a new tool in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee!<\/p>\n

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How Do I Create\u00a0Appointment Groups?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The nut we\u2019re cracking today is the new Canvas scheduler (live\u00a0as of this Fall). This tool\u00a0creates\u00a0groups of time slots your students can reserve, called appointment groups<\/strong>, on your course calendar. Here\u2019s how.<\/p>\n

1. Log in to Canvas<\/a>. Click the Calendar button in your account menu. It’s the purple strip to the far left:<\/p>\n

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2. Click the day of the month on which you wish to create appointments. If\u00a0you’re not already there,\u00a0toggle to Month<\/strong> view using the switch at the calendar\u2019s top right.<\/p>\n

3. In the window that appears, click the Appointment Group<\/strong> tab. Fill out the form to create your appointments and (optionally) limit the number of participants. Note that you\u2019re creating a group<\/strong> of appointments; name this group something that clearly reflects its nature, such as \u201cOffice Hours\u201d or \u201cProject Consultations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Be sure to click the Select Calendars<\/strong> button and check the box for your course\u2019s calendar. Each course you\u2019re teaching has its own calendar.<\/p>\n

You can enter your desired appointment times manually, one-by-one: a new row will appear each time the previous row is completed. Or, you can enter the entire range of appointments (say, 1 pm to 3 pm) in the first row, enter the length of time each individual appointment should be, then click Go<\/strong>. Canvas will automatically divide up the appointments:<\/p>\n

\"Options<\/p>\n

4. When you\u2019re satisfied with your group of appointments, click Publish<\/strong>. Students can now find and reserve your appointments.<\/p>\n

The appointment group will appear as a series of time slots on your calendar. They\u2019ll be greyed-out because no one has reserved any yet:<\/p>\n

\"Greyed-out<\/p>\n

When students reserve slots, they will appear bolder on your calendar. To view all your appointment slots at once and see who\u2019s signed-up, click Agenda<\/strong> at the top right of the calendar:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

To remove a student from an appointment, or to message students who have reserved an appointment, click on the appointment in either Month or Agenda view. Click the X<\/strong> next to a name to remove it, or click Message students<\/strong> to communicate:<\/p>\n

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To edit an appointment group\u2019s settings, click on any appointment in the group, then click Group Details<\/strong>. You\u2019ll be taken to a form with the same options as when you created the group.<\/p>\n

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How Do Students Reserve Appointments?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Students can find your appointment slots by going to the calendar in Canvas, then clicking the Find Appointment<\/strong> button on the right. Here\u2019s where students will see that:<\/p>\n

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They\u2019ll be prompted to choose a course\u2019s calendar. When they choose your course and click Submit<\/strong>, the appointments you\u2019ve created will be revealed.<\/p>\n

The student can click on an appointment to view its details, then click Reserve<\/strong> to book it:<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s it!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You can find the full (exhaustive) documentation here:<\/p>\n

Add an appointment group<\/a>
\nView and edit an appointment group<\/a>
\nRemove students from an appointment<\/a><\/p>\n

And as always, please reach out to ITG@emerson.edu<\/a> if you run into trouble, or if you’d like to suggest a topic for this series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official guides for tools like Canvas and Panopto are dense out of necessity\u2014the authors need to cover EVERYTHING about each topic. In this series, \u201cIn a Nutshell,\u201d I\u2019ll condense frequently…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1772,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[21,27,32],"class_list":["post-3852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canvas","tag-canvas-2","tag-course-management","tag-digital-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/itg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/itg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/itg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/itg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/itg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/itg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/itg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/itg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/itg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}