Scheduling Activities
Create your monthly calendar by scheduling activities in ActiviDex.
Getting Started
- Click on the Act. Setup tab
- Select a specific scheduling group from the "Schedule Group" option list
- Choose the Current Week or a Base Week (your standard schedule)
- Click on the day of the week you wish to start with
- Enter the activity information in the grid below the calendar
- Click on Copy a Day or Copy Week to move events from Base Week to Current Week
- Add Calendar Pics (see link below)
- Print calendar (see link below)
How to Enter Information
- Date: Fills in automatically when you click on one of the days in the weekly calendar
- Time: You can enter 10 am or 10:30 pm
- Mins: This is approximate minutes (ex. 30, 60, 90, 120)
- Sched. Type: You must choose from the option list (you can add to this list in the Setup tab)
- Item: You can free-type in this field - the item is was actually shows up on the printed calendar
- Location: Choose from the option list or type in a different location (not required)
- Staff: Select from the staff listing (not required)
- Group Size: Choose from the option list
- Schedule Group: Auto-fills when you choose the schedule group at the top
- Highlight: Click to put a check mark in the box if you wish to highlight a certain event
Benefits of creating a Base Week
You may find that creating a Base Week schedule first will save you time. Once you have that in place, you can copy the events to the current week and add in your special events.
Copying a Day
- Click on the Copy a Day button
- Choose the day that you want to copy the activities from
- Choose the day that you want to copy the activities to
- Click on "ok"
Copying a Week
- Click on the Copy Week button
- Choose the week that you want to copy the activities from (could be your base week)
- Choose the week that you want to copy the activities to
- Click on "ok"
