The Calendar in Canvas makes it easy for teachers and students to keep track of upcoming assignments. If the need arises, the Calendar makes it easy for teachers to change the due date for any given Assignment. They simply drag the event from one day to another. Canvas automatically sends an Announcement out to the entire class, notifying students of the date change.

Generally speaking, the Calendar is used for reminding students of graded Assignments with specific due dates and not for describing upcoming events, such as the topic of an upcoming class lecture. To provide students with detailed descriptions of how synchronous class time will be used, consider using Pages or customizing the Course Home Page.

Remember that the Calendar automatically syncs with other features in Canvas, such as Assignments, Syllabus, and Grades, so if you create or change the due date of an Assignment on the Calendar, it will show up in all the others and vice versa.

In this tutorial, you'll learn:

The uses for the Canvas calendar
How to create an assignment in the calendar
How to view multiple calendars or calendars for specific courses only
How to set up the Calendar Feed

Watch: Canvas FastTrack - Calendar, Assignments, Events, & Subscribe to Canvas Calendar into Your Google Calendar

Watch In Depth: Canvas Calendar [8:11]

For more watch: Canvas - Calendar Overview [5:30]