Calendar Instructions

Adding/Editing/Deleting Calendar events on www.eng.vt.edu.The whole calendar can be viewed at www.eng.vt.edu/calendar

To add, edit or delete calendar events you will need to login to our site via the university’s centralized authentication system (CAS) using your PID and your PID password. 

Logging In

  1. Go to www.eng.vt.edu/cas
  2. Enter your pid and password you will be returned to www.eng.vt.edu/home

Logging Out

  1. Find the ‘Logout’ link in the pink administrative functions box in the left hand column.
  2. Click ‘Logout’ when you are done working on the system.

Adding a Calendar Event

  1. Log in at www.eng.vt.edu/cas
  2. Click on ‘Create Content’  (in the pink administrative functions box in the left hand column).
  3. Click on ‘Calendar Event’
  4. Complete the form using the following fields as desired:
    1. Title: (Required)  - Do not include type (Seminar) or Department (AOE) , only the title.
    2. Event Date: – Start time and End time can be entered if not an all day event.
    3. Event Type: (Optional) – If selected will be displayed.
    4. Engineering Department: (Optional) – If selected will be displayed.  
    5. Event Description (Optional)
    6. Location: (Optional)  - On Blacksburg Campus, building name and number sufficient
    7. Contact Name:  (Required)
    8. Email Address:  (Required)
    9.  Phone:  (Optional)
    10. Event Website URL: (Optional)
    11. NEW!! - Engineering Calendars: (Required) - Most of the time you will choose 'Engineering Main.' Other calendars may be added to the list in the future.
  5. Click “Save”.  The event will be published after review by our webmaster, usually in a few hours.

Editing a Calendar Event

  1. Log in at www.eng.vt.edu/cas
  2. Click on the ‘My Content’ link above the pink administrative functions box.
  1. You will see a page that displays a table like the image below:
  2. Click ‘Edit’ on the event you want to edit

Deleting a Calendar Event

  1. Edit the event you want to delete (see above instructions)
  2. On the Edit Tab at the bottom, Find the ‘Delete’ button and click on it.
  3. Click on ‘Delete’ again to confirm deletion.