Moodle Course Design Best Practices - Second Edition

Calendar

A calendar can be the heart and soul of your cohort-based course. It's a place where you can easily connect the topics to the specific launch and due dates for readings, activities, and assessments. You can enter a very detailed list of events or include only the key ones. The best approach is to be sure to include key events, but avoid too much clutter or information that could be distracting.

Let's set up a calendar for a course that lasts a semester, or 16 weeks, using the following steps:

1. Go to the Site administration menu.
2. Click on Appearance.
3. Click on Calendar.
4. On the Calendar page, modify Days to look ahead to 120 and change the default settings for Events to Lookahead.
5. Click on Save changes.

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