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APPENDIX C - Functional Task List for Google Calendar

Creating an Event

  1. Create an Event (not through Quick Add). Include the start date and time, end date and time, location, and description
  2. Choose a time zone
  3. Choose the calendar to put it on
  4. Add two or more guests to the event
  5. Remove one of the guests
  6. Find a meeting time based on the "Find a time" link
  7. Find a meeting time based on the "Suggested times" link
  8. Make one of the guests "optional"
  9. Repeat the event so that it occurs on that same day every month (e.g., second Wednesday) for the next six months
  10. Add a reminder by Pop-up 15 minutes prior to the event
  11. Add an attachment to the event
  12. Add a color code to the event
  13. Send an invitation to the event to other participants.
  14. Duplicate the event
  15. Change the owner of the meeting
  16. Create an Event through Quick Add.

Browsing Events

  1. Switch to the Day view and read the events
    1. Go to the next day
    2. Go to the previous day
  2. Switch to the Week view and read the events
    1. Go to the next week
    2. Go to the previous week
  3. Switch to the Month view and read the events
    1. Go to the next month
    2. Go to the previous month
  4. Switch to the Agenda view and read the events
    1. Go to the next day
    2. Go to the previous day
  5. View the details for a particular event
  6. Determine if an event is a recurring event
  7. Determine what hours you are available during the day.

Editing Events

  1. Edit an event
  2. Add an additional guest
    1. Remove one of the guests
  3. Delete an event
  4. Undo the deleting of an event

Searching Events

  1. Search for events by keyword
  2. Navigate to the search results then read them

Calendar Functions

  1. Create a new calendar
    1. Share it with a specific person
    2. Make the calendar public
    3. Set the color of the calendar
    4. Setup email notification options for the calendar
  2. View only a single calendar when multiple calendars are visible
  3. Add a friend's calendar
  4. Toggle the visibility of the friend's calendar
  5. Subscribe to a calendar (Add by URL)
  6. Unsubscribe from a calendar (Hide this calendar from the list)
  7. Change the time zone of a calendar
  8. Indicate that you are attending a meeting that someone else put on your calendar.
  9. Change your attendance status for a meeting someone else put on your calendar.
  10. Add a note to a meeting someone else has scheduled.
  11. Print a calendar