Make Appointment Slots In Google Calendar
Go to Google Calendar. Click on the date you want to set the appointment slots for. In the event box, click “Appointment slots”. Enter the event title, time frame, and slot duration then click save. In the calendar, click the time slot you want to reserve 1. In the appointment window, you can view the appointment time, calendar, and details. If you want to leave any comments for your instructor, you can type them in the Comments field 2. To sign up for the time slot, click the Reserve link 3. Now, with appointment slots in Google Calendar, any individual or business can manage appointment availability online 24/7. Creating appointment slots To get started, set up blocks of time you’d like to offer as appointment slots. Simply click anywhere on your calendar and then on 'Appointment slots.”. Go to your Google Calendar and click on a day to create an event.In the pop-up window, select Appointment slots (see top right of window). Name your appointments and enter the length of time for each appointment. Click the Edit details to further customize the appointment slots.
Skip to end of metadataGo to start of metadataYou can create blocks of time on your calendar designed to let others reserve an appointment with you. These are called Appointment Slots in Google Calendar. For example, professors can invite their students to reserve time during office hours each week. More detailed instructions can be found onGoogle's Documentationpage.
Creating a new appointment slot block
You can only create appointment slots while viewing your calendar in the Day or Week views. Make sure you are viewing your calendar in a web browser on a computer and not using the Calendar mobile app.
- Highlight the block of time you wish to make appointment slots.
- When the event window pops up, choose Appointment slots out of the row of options below Add title. The event window will change.
- The default will be to have multiple slots set to 30 minutes apiece. You can change this timeframe, or you can also choose to have the whole block of time be a one-time slot by clicking Slots with duration and choosing Single slot.
- Set the duration you want your time slots to be, enter a title for the appointment slot block, and choose what calendar you want your appointment slots on (the default is your personal calendar).
- Click More options to set up recurring time slots and add more information such as location or description. Then click Save.
Invite others to reserve an appointment slot
- Once your appointment slots are saved, click on the block of time again to see the event detail pop-up.
- In the pop-up, click the link that says Go to appointment slot page for this calendar.
- A new page will open in another tab in your browser. That new page is what others will use in order to schedule one of those slots you just created.
- Copy and paste the appointment page URL link from your web browser.
- Share the URL link for that page with anyone you want to reserve an appointment slot.
As a note: when you look at the appointment slot page for your calendar, you will also see all of your other appointments and events - that is because you are the calendar owner. Others will only be able to see what they have been given permission to see, which may only include the appointment slots you've created.
Tips and helpful information
- More than one person will be able to reserve a single block of time if it has not been approved by you yet.
- A scheduled time slot is only officially approved when you respond yes to the meeting request.
- Both you and the individual can change your meeting response to no, or delete the meeting, at any time.
- This removes the time slot for the individual you are meeting and opens that time slot back up on your calendar.
- You can edit appointment slots at any time the same way you edit events on your calendar.
- All edits made to your appointment slots are automatically reflected on the appointment slot page for your calendar, so you do not need to re-share the link to your potential attendees.
- Parent teacher conference sign up times
- Parent volunteer sign up times
- Meeting times for student led conferences
- Office hours/drop in times for high school teachers
- Office hours for guidance counselors to meet with older students
- Office hours for administrators to meet with teachers for pre and post observation meetings
- Appointment times for staff development specialists and instructional coaches to meet with teachers
- Meeting times for building administrators to schedule time with teachers
- Scheduling therapy times for related service providers
- Student sign up time slots for stations or events
How To Add Appointment Slots To Google Calendar
Here are the steps to create an appointment slot calendar
- Open your Google Calendar
- Click on the date
- Choose “appointment slots”
- Set the time frame for the appointments
- Choose the duration of each appointment (i.e. 30 minutes)
- Click save
- Once the event is created, you can click on it and you will see this preview.
- Click on “This calendar’s appointment page”.
- That will bring you to a new link. This is the link you will share with the people you want to sign up for appointments.
- You can copy and paste this link into a website, an email, anywhere where you are sharing information.