Entering an event into the calendar
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The Add button is on the bottom of the Listview
of the calendar
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You will be prompted
for your username and password to access your calendar. These were assigned
at the time your account was generated. Please contact the Web
Editor if you have any trouble logging in.
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and password and still click on OK. You will be entering the guest
mode. This option allows AHSC clients to request postings for the two
main calendars. The General University of Arizona Health Sciences Center Calendar
and the Continuing Medical Education (CME) Schedule of Events. These are moderated calendars and your
information will be reviewed by the editor of the calendars you request.
If you are accepted to the Weekly Schedule of Events you will automatically
be posted to the AHSC General Calendar.
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The event screen appears. Please note
that the fields denoted by * are required.

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The lines that are filled in are set
as defaults in the preferences. See
changing calendar
preferences.

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Special characters
can be entered in any field using raw HTML.
This could include <A HREF="somelink.html">links</A>
<B>bold</B>
and <I>italic</I> tags
or any of the special characters in the following list:
| ©
© |
³
³ |
²
² |
¹
¹ |
| µ
µ |
®
® |
™
™ |
°
° |
| ¢
¢ |
†
† |
‡
‡ |
ƒ
ƒ |
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Entering
a valid date into the Feature Priority Event field
will make this event appear on the "Featured"
button from the main calendar view. Once the date entered is reached the
event will appear on the list.
Enter the date you wish the information to first be available to the public.
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The "cme" designation is offered by the Office of Continuing Medical Education.
By checking cme an email message
is sent to the Office and a request made to designate your event as CME.
They will update the database with the information and you will receive
confirmation via email whether your event was considered CME. It is for
this reason that it is essential that a valid email address be entered
into the field "Contact Person Email".
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There
are two main calendars that may publish your event.
The Weekly Schedule of Events is controlled by the Office of Continuing Medical Education. The AHSC Main calendar is controlled
by the Web Editor
By checking the appropriate box an email message is sent to the Office and
a request made to add your event to their calendar. They will update the
database with the information and you will receive confirmation via email
whether your event was or was not added. It is for this reason that it
is essential that a valid email address be entered into the field "Contact
Person Email".
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For more information on this process contact the Web
Editor.
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Non-moderated calendars have the option
of requesting to have your events added as is to their calendar. If a collection
is interested in your events the name will appear with a checkbox. Clear
the checkbox if you do not want them to have the event on your calendar.
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Click on Add when you have entered all the data.
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Missing fields will appear in red.
Click on Modify to make any changes to your event, or click on Add
to enter the information into the database and the updated message will
appear. Click Add to continue adding events or Continue to
proceed to the calendar.

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Deleting an event or Changing event
details.
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Select the event from the Listview
by clicking on the title.

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This will bring up the Detailview
and present an Edit button at the bottom of the screen.

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Click on Edit to update or delete
this event. If the event was originally entered by you you will have full
power to alter or delete the information through the update screen. You
will have to login to see this screen.
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If the event is listed in your calendar
but you did not fill in the original information you can delete the event
from your calendar but the original owner will still see the event. This
option is called DeleteFromMyCalendar.

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You will have to accept the information
on the confirmation screen before the database gets updated.
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Changing Calendar Preferences
You must login
to get to the preferences screen. Click Add from the Listview.
The calendar preferences link appears in the pink box at the top of the
input screen.
Use the preferences screen
to
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change your password
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change the title of your calendar
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change the colors and width of the display
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change the headers that appear as links
on your calendar
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change the default values that appear
for a new event
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change the location of the included
header and footer
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Adding events from other calendars
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If you are interested in adding someone
else's event to your calendar you create a link to the event by clicking
on the Edit button from the Detailview. Using
this method rather than retyping will allow the original owner to cancel
or alter the event and it will automatically update in your calendar too.
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You will get one screen to confirm the
addition to your calendar.
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