Background

One of the most important tools in Edsby is the calendar. As items are added to your school calendar, those events are presented on the Home screen as part of the calendar for every student, parent and staff member in the school.

This article demonstrates how to add events to your school calendar. 

Video Overview

Adding events to the school calendar

1. Login to Edsby as a school administrator. To create an the event on your school calendar, click on your school icon in the upper left corner of the main dashboard:
2. On your school page, along the right side you will see your school calendar:
3. There are two ways on how you can add an event:

Method 1

1. In the calendar panel, click the (+) (add event) icon: 
2. The Create Event form will appear, where you can enter details for your event including name, location, time, and Notes.  
3. When finished, click Save to add the event to your school calendar.

Method 2

1. In the calendar panel, click the calendar icon to open the full-page calendar:
2. A full month calendar will be displayed. To add an event, click on any date in the calendar:
3. The Create Event form will appear, where you can enter details for your event including name, location, time, and Notes.
4. Click Save when finished:

Pro Tip:

A common mistake that can occur is setting creating events on one's personal calendar instead of the school calendar. Be sure to always enter the school page when adding school events.

Using the full-month calendar view provides a good way to double-check that you are adding events to the correct calendar:

• In this example, notice the school name in the upper-left corner of the calendar. This is what you should see when updating a school calendar.
• This example shows a personal calendar; note the name displayed in the upper-left corner:
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