Maximizing Your Communications

Using iCal Calendar

Created by Pat Johnson, Longview ISD, TX, Instructional Technology

To Access an iCal calendar from school or home:

http://calendar.lisd.org/campusname/yourcalendarname

To Edit Calendar:

Click here to administer your

calendar.

Click on a date to add info to

calendar

Calendar Administration Options

Display Options

*

**

Fill Browser Window is

recommended

*Consider how you want to

configure these three options. Test different arrangements

first.

General Settings:

You want your calendar to show in

the list of all calendars

Using default settings recommendedIf blank, fill in

Title, Header, Footer

Title Text:Your Name

Your email addressGrade or Subject

Header Text:Campus namePhone Number

Conference TimeEtc.

Adjusting ColorColor Chart sites: give you the codes for standard colors used on the Web.

http://html-color-codes.com

http://www.webmonkey.com/reference/color_codes/

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp

Click a link on this calendar to make

changes to the background color and/or font color

in this section. Do the same for the other sections.

Adjusting FontsType a

Font Name(See the next slide

for a list.)

Change Font Size here

Sample Font NamesArialBank GothicBook AntiquaCentury GothicChalkboardChalkboard BoldComic Sans MSCooper BlackFuturaGenevaHelveticaLucida BrightLucida CalligraphyPapyrusTrebuchet MS

You may use this list as a sample of

possible font choices for your calendar.

Security

Important: Password Protect your calendar so that you are the only person who is able to edit your calendar. Enter your

LISD username and password for:

SettingsEditingAdding

Calendar Entry – Click a date on the calendar to add viewable information.

This text shows on

the calendar day

This text will appear in a

popup window

You may want to color-code categories of

information on a date

Event CategoriesRemove Checks

here as appropriate

Create your own category here.Enter a title, colors, etc.

Click Submit Changes. You may add more than one new category.

Go back to Calendar Administration Options.

Click Event Categories.

Finding other LISD Calendars

To locate other LISD online calendars click the Select button in

your calendar’s footer. See sample to the left.

Finding other LISD Calendars

Scroll through the list of calendars. If you click on the name of a Group you will see a list of calendars for

that group.

Finding other LISD Calendars

Clicking the JMS group brings up a list of

calendars for teachers at Judson MS.

Clicking bchaffinla will bring up a calendar for

Barbara Chaffin.