As 2012 approaches, many of you are planning your ward and stake calendars for the coming year. With the release of the 2.0 version of the calendar, we thought it would be appropriate to provide a few training webinars to help you get started and to answer any questions.

We are providing two webinars: one for administrators and building schedulers, and another for calendar editors and members. The webinars will be repeated three times each to accommodate different time zones. The webinars will also be recorded for later viewing.

Note that these webinars are introductory. If you have problems you’re trying to troubleshoot, or edge-case scenarios, or other more advanced needs, refer to the LDSTech Forum.

Much of the webinar information to be covered is also available in six quick reference guides and three videos—available on the home page of the calendar help material, or on this LDSTech post.

Thursday, November 10 Webinar: Calendar Training for Administrators and Building Schedulers

Ward clerks, bishoprics, website administrators, stake clerks, stake presidencies, and building schedulers will find this session most useful.

Session 1
7:00 - 8:00 AM MST
Register now: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/540376142

Session 2
12:00 - 1:00 PM MST
Register now: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/141866342

Session 3
7:00 - 8:00 PM MST
Register now: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/223511206

The session will cover the following:

• Running the Setup & Import tool
• Setting Up Locations
• Setting Up Location Rights for Wards
• Designating Building Schedulers
• Making Reservations
• Adding Other Administrators
• Approving Calendars
• Managing Calendars
• Updating Calendar Events

Thursday, November 17 Webinar: Calendar Training for Editors and Members

Website administrators, organization leaders (such as those who participate in ward council), newsletter editors, and other members involved in the calendar will find this session most useful.

Session 1
7:00 - 8:00 AM MST
Register now: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/135878638

Session 2
12:00 - 1:00 PM MST
Register now: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/644542742

Session 3
7:00 - 8:00 PM MST
Register now: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/481014782

This session will cover the following:

• Accessing the calendar
• Changing Calendar colors
• Understanding Subscribed Calendars
• Understanding Available Locations
• Hiding and unsubscribing from calendars
• Printing the calendar
• Syncing the calendar with another calendar
• Creating calendars
• Adding viewers and editors for your calendar
• Scheduling events for your calendar
• Scheduling repeating events
• Changing calendar names and details

Additional Details

Due to the large number of expected participants, the participant phone lines will be muted. If you have questions, you can submit them through the webinar chat. Members from the calendar team will monitor and respond as much as possible to the chat during the webinar.

The webinars will show screens from a test calendar, so it’s important that you join while connected at a computer. For the audio, you can either listen through your computer or you can use your phone.

The webinar tool we are using is GoToWebinar. To join the webinar, PC users must have Windows 7, Vista, or XP. Mac users must have Mac OS X 10.5 or newer.

For questions or comments, contact mhtechtraining@ldschurch.org.