Portal Public Event Calendar

For information related to this topic refer to:

• Public Event Calendar Request Form
• Carnegie Mellon Web Portal Overview
• Using the Campus Event Calendar
• Requesting a Campus Event Calendar (official university organizations)
• Requesting a Campus Event Calendar (student organizations)
• Configuring your Web Browser for use (at Carnegie Mellon)
• Using the Headline Publisher

Introduction

The Public Event Calendar (http://www.cmu.edu/events/) is an avenue for sharing select campus events with the general public. It is an extension of the Campus Event Calendar which is only available to Carnegie Mellon University affiliates.

The Campus Event Calendar is actually a collection of multiple departmental and organization calendars. The content of the Campus Event Calendar is appropriate for events that are of interest internally on campus and to the external community. However, the Campus Event Calendar is only accessible to internal campus affiliates. In contrast, the Public Event Calendar is widely accessible to the public. It contains a subset of events published to the Campus Event Calendar that are of interest to those external to the Carnegie Mellon University environment.

The Public Event Calendar and Public Featured Events

As described above, the Public Event Calendar contains a subset of the events from the Campus Event Calendar. Computing Services has identified a predefined set of Campus Event Calendars that are of interest to the general public. These predefined Event Calendars are automatically included in the Public Event Calendar (e.g., Academic Calendar, CFA/Music, University Lecture Series, Athletics, etc.). Event providers for individual Campus Event Calendars can opt to share their public events with the Public Event Calendar as well. However, your event must first be added to our Campus Event Calendar.

In addition to the Public Event Calendar, there is also a Public Featured Events calendar. This is an area within the Public Event Calendar that receives prominent placement on the www.cmu.edu/events/ page.

The following sections contain instructions for adding events of public interest to the Public Event Calendar and Public Featured Events.

Guidelines for Selecting Public Events

You must adhere to the following guidelines when recommending events for the Public Event Calendar.

• Share only those events that are intended for public use or attendance.
• Do NOT share events that are restricted to Carnegie Mellon University affiliates.
• Do NOT share events that may violate copyright law (e.g., movies shown on campus).
• You can only share an event with the Public Event Calendar after it has been added to your Campus Event Calendar.
  

Share events with the Public Event Calendar or Public Featured Events

Use thePublic Event Calendar Request form to share all or individual events from your Campus Event Calendar with the Public Event Calendar. This form can also be used to indicate whether an individual event should be included as a "featured" event. Remember to consider the Guidelines for Selecting Public Events before submitting your request.

The ideal method for sharing events with the public calendar depends on whether all or only some of the content of your Campus Event Calendar is suitable for the public.

Last Updated: 10/23/06