Using Scheduler in Canvas for Appointments and Office Hours

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How to use the Scheduler in Canvas for Appointments and Office Hours

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Scheduler is a Calendar tool that creates appointment groups within a course or group. Students can sign up for a time slot within the appointment group. Some appointment time slots may only allow one student to sign up at a time, while others may allow an entire group to sign up.

Scheduler

Information on using Scheduler can be found in the following Canvas Guide: How do I add a Scheduler appointment group in a course calendar?

 

Office Hours and Zoom

If using Scheduler to schedule Office Hours, here are some recommended settings.

Option 1: Create a Recurring Meeting in Zoom with an End Date

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Create a Recurring meeting in Zoom for each of your Office hours. This allows you to use one link to schedule your office hours.

Option 2: Create a Recurring Meeting in Zoom with no End Date

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Create a Recurring meeting in Zoom and set the Recurrence to No Fixed Time.

Turn on Security Options

Turn on Waiting Room. This allows you to control which students enter the Office Hour appointment, in case a student shows up early.

Passcode is recommended but is optional.

 

Create a Scheduler event in the Canvas calendar

Provide the class name or the faculty name in the Name field [1].

Enter Zoom in the Location field [2].

Paste the Zoom Meeting link

Place the Zoom Meeting Link in the Details field 

 

Students

Because the student view of Scheduler is different from the instructor view, be sure to direct students to the following resource as they may have multiple instructors with schedules on the same day and time: How do I sign up for a Scheduler appointment in the Calendar?

 

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Article ID: 133233
Created
Wed 7/14/21 8:52 AM
Modified
Wed 7/14/21 5:26 PM