Time for action – adding the calendar

1. Return to your course front page and with editing turned on, click on Add... in the Blocks block. Then select Calendar:

   

2. A calendar is now added to your course front page. You can reposition it either by using the move icon:

   

   Or, if instead of the arrows you see crosshairs, then by clicking on the block and dragging it.

3. Once you've got the calendar where you want it (I like to have the Calendar block and the Upcoming events block next to each other) then you're done.

What just happened?

Calendars are great tools for letting students know what's about to happen on your course, and we've just learned how to add a mini-calendar onto our course front pages.

The course event shown on the calendar previously (I can tell it's a course event because the background is pink) is to indicate that I am going to be in the Poster Presentation chat room at 1:00 pm. If I hover the mouse pointer over the 7th July, I see this:

Have a go hero – calendar events

In Chapter 5, Moodle...