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Objective
This page explains on the topic of how to create a new event on Rapla.
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Key terms and concepts
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NoteBoth admin and non-admin user privileges are able to create events in Rapla. Only admin users may edit events created by other users. |
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You will use the left mouse (drag and drop) to mark the time period for the specific appointment you want to. The marked rows are highlighted in pale blue (As below).
Right click a new context menu appears, then select the suitable event type, ranging from a session, generic event, meeting or student booking. In the below instance, it is an example of creating a new Event (Paradigm Session).
Note there are three sections:
The upper section: confirm the Event type you want to create, fill out these fields that are critical for integration between Rapla and Paradigm: Unit Codes (E.g. FIT9130), Unit Name, Campus (if applicable), Delivery mode, Department.
The middle section shows the detail of the appointment: you will need to fill out the start and end date, select whether it is a single event or recurring one. You can even exclude public holidays or semester breaks if applicable (Refer to below scenario 2).
The bottom section shows the resources you want to allocate to, add the resources from the left hand side to the right section by either double clicking or click on the resource and go to click Add button
* Worth to check the following scenarios to make sure there are no conflicts among resources.Click on Save button.
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Following the same steps as above, and find Exceptions
button in the middle of right side.
Click on Exceptions and a new window will pop up.
Manually add or remove the dates you want (i.e. public holidays, trimester breaks)
Click Close
The exceptions button now appears in red with a number in the bracket.
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Scenario 3: Creating repeating events along with an once-off event
You should follow the instruction of Scenario 2 to create a recurring events (i.e.appointment 1)
After you added the exception date for the first appointment (as per the below image: Exceptions showing 1 in red)
Click on New
button under the Appointments section to create a 'No repeating' event (i.e. appointment 2)
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