How do I create a recurring event in a calendar as an instructor?
When creating a calendar event, if you want to create the same event multiple times for a course, you can create a recurring (or repeating) event. Recurring events creates multiple copies of the event every day, week, month, or year. For example, you may create a recurring course event for student study groups every week. You will not grade students on whether or not they have participated in the study group, but you are providing a resource activity on a specific day to help them organize their time and prepare for your course more efficiently.
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 students' List View Dashboard.
Open Calendar
![Open Calendar](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/351/655/original/c9e40d0b-13c0-49a6-a133-cf3bd377fb1f.png)
In Global Navigation, click the Calendar link.
Add Event
Make sure the checkbox of the course in which you're making an event is selected [1].
Click any date on the calendar to add an event [2]. Or, click the arrows next to the month name to navigate to a different month [3] and select a date.
If you don't want to manually locate the date, you can click the Add icon [4].
Add Event Details
![Add Event Details](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/879/255/original/ce7bee14-56c3-44ab-aac4-7814af47a3be.png)
Enter a title for the event [1].
Depending on how you added your event, the date may be populated for you. If not, enter a date in the date field [2].
The calendar times may also be populated for you in the From fields [3]. To edit, use the dropdown or enter the start and end time for your event. To create an all-day event, leave the From fields blank so there is no start and end time for your event.
In the Frequency drop-down menu, you can set recurring calendar events [4].
You can enter a location [5].
In the Calendar drop-down menu [6], select the course calendar [7].
Add Event Frequency
![Add Event Frequency](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/879/258/original/d5d18589-1014-4fd3-a0a4-3e6e9f6d08cb.png)
In the Frequency drop-down menu [1], you can select from multiple recurring options, including no repeat, daily, weekly, monthly, annually, every weekday, or a custom frequency.
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
![Add Event Custom Frequency](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/879/260/original/b0838562-b211-4701-af36-9141c8661a7e.png)
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].
Submit Event
![Submit Event](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/879/262/original/9f9d72bd-53ed-43f3-95ba-4576a105bca3.png)
To add additional details to your event, click the More Options button [1]. You can use the Rich Content Editor to add a description or resource links and add an address location.
If you only want to create the event as a placeholder and add details later, click the Submit button [2]. You can edit your event at any time.