These materials will show you how to get the most out of your Outlook calendar, from making appointments and scheduling meetings to color-coding your calendar and creating a group. We'll also cover sharing calendars, working with time zones, adding recurring events, and creating a personal calendar.
These materials are designed specifically for staff, faculty, or graduate students who have an Outlook Exchange account at Indiana University.
For a more in-depth look at the content of Outlook: Calendar Essentials, view the title contents below.
Follow the appropriate enrollment method below, depending on your IU status.
Join using the self-enroll feature of Canvas (requires IU username and passphrase).
Join via IU Expand at a low cost (requires an IU Guest account, a free sign-up for anyone).
This course is part of an IT Training Certificate Series, which awards a certificate
Learn about the Outlook Calendar Essentials course.
See the full content for Introducing Outlook Calendar Essentials
(IU Login Required)
Use a combination of hands-on exercises and video to learn about different types of calendar entries, reminders, the Show Time As field, and various ways to create an appointment.
See the full content for Creating Appointments
(IU Login Required)
Use video content to see how to schedule and modify all-day and recurring events.
See the full content for Scheduling an All-Day Event
(IU Login Required)
Explore various ways to work with other people's schedules, including viewing free and busy times and viewing non-consecutive days.
See the full content for Working with Schedules of Others
(IU Login Required)
See how to create and use a calendar group, how to invite non-exchange users to a meeting, and how to selected required and optional meeting attendees.
See the full content for Using the Calendar Groups Feature
(IU Login Required)
Watch a video about various ways to accept a meeting request.
See the full content for Accepting a Meeting Request
(IU Login Required)
Explore various Outlook options, including default work time and default reminders, in this video.
See the full content for Exploring Calendar Options
(IU Login Required)
Watch a video demonstration about how to add a time zone and schedule meetings in different time zones.
See the full content for Working with Time Zones
(IU Login Required)
Explore how to categorize calendar items.
See the full content for Categorizing Calendar Items
(IU Login Required)
Explore how to assign calendar permissions and how to open another person's calendar.
See the full content for Sharing a Calendar
(IU Login Required)
See how to assign delegate calendar permissions.
See the full content for Assigning Delegate Calendar Permissions
(IU Login Required)
Learn how to create a second, personal calendar in Outlook while watching this video.
See the full content for Creating a Second Calendar
(IU Login Required)
See how to remove the appointments and calendar group that were created during this course and return Outlook to its previous setup.
See the full content for Cleaning and Restoring Outlook
(IU Login Required)
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