Within our Faith Academy Google Apps domain, we have a number of objects that are called Google Calendar "resources." Each "resource" has a calendar associated with it that is used to determine the "resource's" availability. These "calendars" are not able to be viewed in your Google Calendar the way other user's calendars and our "shared calendars" are. A "resource's" availability can be determined through the "reservation" process using a Google Calendar Invitation. To view the availability of computer labs and LRC resources in Manila, you may visit http://calendars.faith.edu.ph. After logging in, you can view a variety of calendars and even add them to your Google Calendar for viewing. The steps that follow guide one through this "reservation" process. For additional help with this, please contact the Manila Technology Coach or click here to submit a request for assistance. Login to your Faith Academy Google Apps Account
Open your Google CalendarFrom the top-left set of Apps Links, click on Calendar (#1 above, red rectangle). This will open a new tab or window and display your calendar. Create a New EventIn the upper left section of your calendar, click the large, red "Create" button (#1 above, blue rectangle) to begin creating a new event. Fill in the Appropriate FieldsOn the "Event Details" screen (pictured above), complete the relevant items as follows:
Before saving your event, you need to invite the resource...on the right side, click the grey "Rooms, etc." link (#6 above, red rectangle) Inviting ResourcesAfter clicking the "Rooms, etc." link in the previous step, you will see a list of the available resources. Note, this is NOT all the resouces. Google has simply hidden those that are NOT available to you for the date & time of your event (if there is even a 1 minute overlap with another event, the resource will NOT be available; thus the reason / please above to be specific with your times.) Scroll through the list of "resources" to locate the desired one and click the blue add link (red rectangle) next to it to "invite" it to your event. ObservationsAfter clicking the add link next to a resource, 2 things happen:
Checking for Another ResourceIf you don't see the "resource" you desire, you may UNCHECK the box (#1 above) next to Show only available to view all resources. Resources with a red X (#2 above) next to them have a schedule conflict due to your event's date & time. For example, if I am trying to reserve the "Manila LRC Secondary IT Room," you will notice that it is unavailable. In order to see if there is another day it might be available, I can continue to "add" it and then "Find a time" that it is free. To do this
Find a TimeAfter clickin the "Find a time" link, your screen will change slightly to reveal a day view of your calenar and the resource's "calendar" or availability. As you can see above, the date and time I have selected (12/2 12:51 - 1:37 - indicated by the dotted blue/white rectangle with diagonal scripes) is in conflict with another event using the IT Room (blue calendar). At this point, I have several options:
Looking at another day...Having used the "navigation" buttons to advance to the next day, you will notice above that for 12:51pm - 1:37pm the IT Room is available (#1 above) indicated by the fact that no appointments appear in it's "calendar." Having observed this, I will then use the "date" field (#2 above) to change my EVENT date to 12/3... Result after changing the date...After changing the date, noice that the dotted blue/white rectangle (indicating my event) now appears...and is NOT overlapping any other events. I can now be confident that my reservation will be accepted. Save the Event and Send the Invitation/ReservationWith all the details entered and a resource "invited," click the large red SAVE button (#1 above) at the top to save your event. NOTE: If you invited other guests, you may be prompted to "SEND" the invitations. Be sure to click SEND (not shown) to send the Meeting Invitation to the invited guests. Observations...After saving your Event, you will be taken back to your calendar. 2 things to note:
Confirming your "Reservation"To confirm that your "reservation" has been Accepted, you can return to the EVENT DETAILS screen (by clicking on our event in your Calendar) and checking the "Guests" section (blue rectangle above).
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