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Oracle Calendar

Oracle Calendar is a group calendar software product that allows you to:

  • maintain a personal online calendar
  • track tasks, agendas, and notes
  • schedule meetings, events, and resources (e.g., conference rooms, overhead projectors) with other Oracle Calendar users on a network
  • email meeting invitations to non-Oracle Calendar users
  • accept, decline, or request rescheduling of meetings proposed by other users
  • conduct searches for other users' free or busy times
  • designate others who can view or edit your calendar, and
  • maintain an address book.

Basic Configuration

server name: calendar.umbc.edu

node: 12543

authentication: Standard Authentication

compression length: Run Length Encoding Compression

encryption: None

 

Version

10.1.2

Platform

Windows, Macintosh, Linux

Eligibility

Faculty and staff for both personal and professional use

System Requirements

Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional
Disk Space 50 MB
RAM 128 MB minimum
256 MB recommended

Mac OS 10.1.5 to 10.4
Disk Space 50 MB minimum
RAM 128 MB minimum
256 MB recommended

Installation Instructions

Desktop Clients

Windows 2000/XP, Macintosh OS X

Outlook Connector

Windows 2000/XP

Palm Sync

Windows 2000/XP

Pocket PC

Windows 2000/XP

Downloads

Desktop Client

Windows 2000/XP, Macintosh OS X, Linux

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Sync

Palm

Windows 2000/XP, Macintosh OS X

Pocket PC

Windows 2000/XP

To have an OIT staff member install the software for you on a machine on campus, place a workorder with the OIT HelpDesk

Outlook Connector

Connector for Windows 2000/XP

How To

Get a UMBC Oracle/Corporate Time Calendar Account

Calendar on the Web

Icon Definitions

Create a Meeting

Create a Repeating Meeting

Respond to a Meeting Invitation

Schedule a Meeting for a Large Group

Manage Groups

Set Designate and Viewing Rights

Work as a Designate for Another Person

Work as a Designate for a Resource

Desktop Clients

Connect to UMBC Calendar Server (Windows 2000/XP)

Connect to UMBC Calendar Server (Macintosh OS X)

Access Rights and Designates

Adding a Person, Resource or pre-set Group of People to your Meeting

Attaching a File to be sent with your Meeting Proposal

Checking for Conflicts

Configuring the Agenda

Create Additional Instances of a Meeting

Daily Notes

Login to Calendar

Printing

Schedule a New Meeting

Sending an email to your attendees

Setting a Reminder on your Meeting

Setting the Importance and Access levels of your Meeting

Tasks

The In-Tray - Viewing Meetings You Have Been Invited To

Using Calendar to Schedule Resources (Conference Rooms, Classrooms)

Viewing Other People's Agenda

 

Office of Information Technology • Main Office: ECS 125 • Phone: 410-455-3838 • Email: oit@umbc.edu