Faculty/staff can create sign up events using Canvas or Microsoft Bookings

Across SOM programs, there are two main ways to create sign up events: Canvas and Microsoft Bookings. Both allow users to select available time slots to meet or participate in an event. Additionally, both tools do not allow the ability to "lock" the event and users can cancel or reschedule. For this reason, we recommend that both tools be used for low to no stakes events.

Canvas courses allow you to create appointment groups in the scheduler, commonly referred to as sign up events. Appointment groups create a block of time where students can sign up meet with you or for an event.

Click here for steps on how to create sign up events (appointment groups) in Canvas.

Microsoft Bookings is a scheduling tool available as part of Microsoft 365, supports departments and/or programs that provide services on an appointment basis. With Bookings, the coordinator can create a public facing web page that allows people inside and outside of Duke to book an appointment which is then directly posted to faculty or staff calendars. Bookings is available by request to Duke schools and departments that are using Office 365 email and calendar. To use bookings, only the coordinator for the group should request bookings as they will create the group calendar and manage on behalf of the entire team.

Click here for steps on how to request Duke Microsoft Bookings access and use the tool.

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