Understand Google Calendar basics
CNU Connect includes the full-featured Google Calendar. Google Calendar functions very much like any traditional desktop calendar program.
Accessing your Calendar
To access the calendar, click on the “Calendar” link on your MyCNU start page.
Viewing Events
By default, your CNU calendar is displayed in a weekly calendar view.
You can change the view of your calendar with the dropdown menu at the top of the page.
You can also drag your mouse over several dates on the calendar at the left to select dates to view.
Viewing Multiple Calendars
To control the calendars that you see, click on the checkbox next to the calendar.
If you’d like to add a new coworker to the calendar, you can enter their e-mail address at the top of the calendar list. If they’ve made their calendar visible, you will see it.
Adding Events
There are several ways to add events to your calendar. the easiest way is to click on the start time for the event inside the calendar, and drag your mouse to the ending time.
Alternatively, you can click on the plus sign in the top-left corner your calendar, select “Event”, and enter the time in manually in the resulting mini-window.
When you release your mouse, a box will pop up allowing you to name your event. This box will also allow you to enter in certain details, such as location or guests. To enter more details than are visible on this mini-box, click on “More Options”.
You’ll be taken to a page where you can enter detailed event information about the event.
On this page, you can perform the following actions:
Add a title for the event at the top by typing the desired title into the field.
Provide a location for the event if needed, as well as a description of the event.
Invite other people to events. This will allow invited users to place the event you have created onto their own Calendar. Users can find guests by typing their email address into the field at the top of the Guests section; guests within the CNU organization will automatically be suggested, but guests can be invited with a full email address.
Adding a Google Meet for remote appointments. Click ‘Add Google Meet video conferencing’, and a button will be added to the event that leads directly to a unique Google Meet session.
Calendar also provides the capability to create recurring events, or events that repeat on a regular basis. For more information about creating recurring events, see the Recurring Events in CNU Calendar article.
Alerts/Reminders
The CNU Calendar has a reminder system similar to major desktop calendar systems. New events default to reminding you ten minutes before the event. You can change that setting when you create the event, or add additional reminders.
A desktop notification will show with the event information as long as you have Calendar open in any browser tab. The exact nature of the notification will vary based on your operating system and browser. If you connect your Google Calendar to your mobile device, you will receive push notifications on said device.