Creating Calendar Events and Alerts

The Legacy Calendar allows you to create and manage multiple calendars, schedule events, and receive reminders for important activities.

Accessing the Calendar

  1. From the Home Screen, click the Activities menu.
  2. This opens the Calendar Dashboard.

Understanding the Calendar Dashboard

Multiple Calendars

The system allows you to create and manage multiple calendars.

When creating a calendar:

  • Enter a Calendar Name
  • Select a Calendar Color

Calendar List

The list of calendars appears in the bottom left corner of the dashboard.

  • When a calendar is open, the background displays the calendar color.
  • When a calendar is closed, the calendar name appears in its assigned color.

Monthly Navigation

At the top of the calendar list, you will see a monthly view.

Features include:

  • The current week is highlighted
  • Left and right arrows allow you to move forward or backward between months

Calendar Display Views

Above the calendar input section are buttons to change the view:

  • Day View
  • Week View
  • Month View

Select the view that works best for managing your schedule.

Creating a New Event

  1. In the Calendar Input Section, right-click.
  2. Select New Event.

A New Event popup window will appear.

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New Event Fields

The event window will automatically populate:

  • From Time: Current time
  • To Time: One hour later

You will then complete the following fields:

Subject

Enter the event name.

Example:
 Staff Meeting

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Content

Enter additional details or description about the event.

Example:
 Monthly care team meeting to review resident care plans.

Calendar

Use the drop-down menu to select which calendar the event belongs to.

Remind

Enable Remind if you want an alert.

When the scheduled event time arrives:

  • A notification alert will appear in the bottom right corner of your screen
  • The alert will display the event details

Modifying Event Details

If you need to adjust event settings:

  1. Click Modify Detail

This opens the Event Detail Screen where you can change:

  • Start Date
  • Start Time
  • End Date
  • End Time

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Creating Recurring Events

Events can be scheduled to repeat automatically.

By default, events are set to:

Not Repeat (One-time event)

To create a repeating event:

  1. Click the Repeat drop-down menu
  2. Choose one of the following options:
  • Daily
  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Yearly

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Example: Creating a Daily Event

  1. Select Daily from the repeat options.
  2. Choose how many days between events.
  3. Select one of the following:
  4. No End Date The event will continue repeating indefinitely.

    OR

    End After
    Enter the number of times the event should repeat.

    Example:
    Repeat daily for 10 occurrences.

    Saving the Event

    Once all information has been entered:

    1. Click Save

  5. The event will now appear on the calendar according to the date, time, and repeat schedule you selected.