A Calendar component can be used to alert you to important dates. It may be indicated by a icon. You can access these dates in two ways:
Clicking on the calendar component link within a site will take you to a view of the current calendar month. Any events added to the calendar will appear on the relevant day. If there is more detail available for the event then it will appear as a link that you can follow.
If the current site has a calendar added then a list of events for the next 30 period will appear on the site home page.
By default on the site administrator can add events to a calendar. It is possible to set a Calendar component to allow all site members to add events. If your site administrator has allowed this then you will see and 'Add event' link at the top of the Calendar component page. If you click on this link you will have the option to add an event to the Calendar with the following settings:
Date - enter the date, and optionally the time also of the event.
Remove after - if you want to you can add a date for the event to be automatically removed from the Calendar.
Event - here enter a brief heading for the event. This will appear in the Calendar display, and in the list of events for the next 30 days on the site homepage.
Description - if needed you can add more details about the event here. If a description is added to the event then the Event heading will be hyperlinked in the Calendar to the full description.
To edit or remove an item that you have added to a Calendar, click on the Event in the Calendar display page.