Updating Hero/Banner Image with Tips

Wanted to share the following info with you regarding updating banner images within the College CMS websites. The instructions for selecting and updating website banners can be found on the Banner Gallery page at go.cofc.edu/webbanners. If the desired photograph is not provided within the galleries, a photograph may be submitted for approval by submitting to […]

Active Calendar: Change in Locations

We’ve recently discovered a small setback with regards to the event locations and after working with the developers, have chosen to set up the event locations a little differently. The issue is when a sub location is selected from a main location, such as a certain room from a certain building, the actual building is […]

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Active Calendar System Update

The Campus Calendar will be unavailable for a system update to include feature enhancements starting at 11:00 pm, September 1, 2016. Active Calendar has not specified an exact time for the system to be back up, however, I suspect it should be available again on Friday am.

A few additional Active Calendar notes

Just a few additional items with regards to submitting events: Make sure to select the down arrow to the left of the venue to reveal additional venues and rooms. When selecting a venue for the event, make sure to select the down arrow to the left of the venue to reveal rooms, etc. located within […]

Creating an Event Series

If you have an event that last over several days or months there is the option to create an event series instead of entering each event as a separate event. When creating the event, enter the time for the event on the first day, then select the “This event repeats” checkbox. After selecting, you’ll be […]

Adding a map to off campus events

We are changing a few settings with our newsletter to distribute upon the release of a new post, instead of a weekly digest. Since it is the beginning of the semester, we tend to have some vital information that needs to be shared more frequently. If this becomes too much of a nuisance, please let […]

Categories for Campus Calendar Events

The list of previously available categories has been reviewed and shortened to include the most commonly use search terms, as well as common interests. The new categories are as follows: Academic Admissions Alumni Arts Athletics Campus Life Committees/Boards Conferences Exhibits Faculty/Staff Film Lectures and Symposia Music Outside Group Event Sports Student Activities Student Affairs Theatre Welcome Week

New Campus Calendar

Great news! The Division of Marketing and Communications is excited to implement a new campus calendar solution – Active Calendar. Although it has a similar name to our previous calendar system, the new Active Calendar is a much more visually appealing and intuitive solution. A few of the new Active Calendar features include: Online, mobile-friendly, […]

Update of Academics Majors and Minors section

We will be updating the department chairs, phone number and other contact information contained within the Academics section for the COFC website in the next few weeks. We are finalizing a few details with the matching PDF’s and will post the latest information as soon as it becomes available.