Create Tasks

Everyone wants to be more productive. That is why everyone should be using the tasks feature in Google Calendar to set daily goals for themselves. Creating an event is great for organizing a meeting but not many people know about creating tasks, which are only visible to you and can be checked off when completed.

Labs

Labs in Google Calendar allows you to try out experimental new features in Google Calendar.  Labs is a place to try the newest - but not necessarily the most stable - features of Google Calendar.

Calendar Labs you'll see a list of options to try - each of those options is called an 'experiment.' You can pick and choose which experiments to try, and you don't have to turn them all on (although you are certainly welcome to!).

Parent/Teacher Conferences

You can use Google Calendar for the scheduling of Parent / Teacher conferences. Just to warn you, this is quite advanced and there are several steps required to make this work effectively.

Find a Time that Works for Everyone

Scheduling meetings can be tedious when everyone is as busy as you. One Google Calendar feature does all the work for you, though. The "Suggested Times" feature automatically recommends an event time that's convenient for all of your guests.

5 Tips to be More Efficient

5 ways to manage your time and schedule more efficiently, using hidden features in Google Calendar.
  1. Viewing any dates or you choose in one view.
  2. Quick way to add an event.
  3. Agenda view, reminders and notifications & adding your weather
  4. Check out Calendar Labs
  5. Adding additional calendars such as the Griz football & basketball schedules.

Conference Room Booking
Google Chromebook Checkout

A shared calendar that represents the usage of a physical object or space can be set up. This is commonly used for conference rooms or for instance, signing up for the use of a Chromebooks. A calendar can be set up for something that needs to be shared - like a set of Chromebooks.

This will have to be set up by an administrator (help desk) first, however. Once this is done, teachers can sign up conference room space or check out a set of Chromebooks.