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Calendars and Events

October 30, 2020 10:28 AM
A great Brightspot feature is being able to add events and calendars to webpages. These make it easy to keep track of and make users aware of the exciting new happenings that are going on in your field. This feature guide will explore how to create a calendar, how to create an event and how to display the two different content types on a page.
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Editing and Publishing Tutorials

Push Events to Another Brightspot Calendar

Create events on your own site and share them with the BYU calendar site
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Editing and Publishing Tutorials

Configure Your Time Zone

Fix the issue where event times show up differently than entered.
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Editing and Publishing Tutorials

Set Up a Site for Events

Add event category types and event categories, and configure your site settings to correctly handle events.
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Editing and Publishing Tutorials

Upload Multiple Events from a Spreadsheet

Use a CSV file to add several events at a time. Use bulk edit and workstream tools to further edit the events.
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Create a Calendar Event

Add an event that will appear on your site's calendar or the university calendar.
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