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<p> The calendar package allows users to see their personalized
schedules. A user's schedule may comprise of a number of events
such as class lectures, community happenings, and personal events.
In fact, the user will see all group events for groups he or she
is a member of when viewing a calendar portlet from his
or her user portal.
<p> However, a calendar portlet may just display a schedule
for a given group, depending on the context.
Within a class portal, for example,
only events corresponding to that class are shown.
<p> There are many ways to view the information stored in the
calendar. For instance, we could view today's schedule,
this week's schedule, or events that were added within
the last three days. The calendar
portlets allow us to see all these views and more.
See below for examples and descriptions.
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<td> <img src=/asj/education/full-calendar.png
alt="Full Calendar">
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<td> <img align=left src=/asj/education/mini-calendar.png alt="Mini Calendar"> </td>
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<b>Above: </b> The Full Calendar portlet defaults to showing
today's schedule. The user can change the view to any of the other links
at the top left: list, week, month, or year. Also, the user may click on a
day within the calendar to see that day's schedule.<br><br>
<b>Left: </b> The Mini Calendar simply shows a calendar, but does not present schedule.
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<img src=/asj/education/seven-day-view.png
alt="Seven Day View"></td>
<td> <b>Left: </b> A Seven Day View displays a user's
schedule for the next seven days. Note that the user can sort
by any column by clicking on the link at the top of that column. <br><br>
<b>Below: </b> Today's schedule. To move forward or backward a day,
the user can click on one of the triangles above the schedule.<br><br>
<img src=/asj/education/day-summary.png
alt="Day Summary"></td>
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<img src=/asj/education/weekly-calendar.png
alt="Weekly Calendar"></td>
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<b>Left: </b> This week's schedule. Clicking on one of the triangles
displays the next or previous week. <br><br>
<b>Below: </b> Recently added calendar items. In this snapshot, all items
added within the last day are shown. By clicking on a number at the bottom
of the portlet, you can see all the items added within that number of days.
Also, you sort by any column by clicking the link at the top of that column.
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<img src=/asj/education/new-calendar-items.png
alt="New Calendar Items"></td> </tr>
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