Google CalendarDitch the old newspaper calendar. Information technology's fourth dimension for the tech in your pocket to simplify your schedule and streamline your family unit's life.

Google Agenda is a costless browser-based app that mum, dad, the kids, and even the extended family can employ to go along rail of everyone's work and schoolhouse obligations, appointments, parties, extracurricular classes, sporting events, family activities, and more. The app will sync everyone's calendars, and automatically alert those involved of a cancelation or change of plan.

What's So Good About Google Calendar?

Here are ten quick reasons you and your family unit should start using Google Agenda:

  1. Gratuitous to use
  2. Works on any internet-continued device
  3. Alerts family members of changed plans
  4. Automatically syncs on all devices
  5. Allows you lot to create multiple calendars, one for each person
  6. Fix recurring events, such as weekly music lessons or birthdays
  7. All family members tin can add events
  8. Includes a job-list
  9. Import calendars from other programs, such as iCal
  10. Piece of cake to setup

Ready to setup your family unit's Google Agenda? Permit's get started.

ane. Create a Google Account

You and your family unit members will each need an account with Google to utilise Google Calendar. If you already accept a Google account, skip this step.

Signing up with Google is fast and complimentary. But visit accounts.google.com/signup and fill out the form (you lot'll need to cull an email address).

Once your account is created, stay signed in.

2. Create a Calendar

Now, head to google.com/calendar. You should encounter a calendar prepare to weekly view.

Google Calendar

Y'all can modify the view to mean solar day, week, calendar month, year, 4-day and agenda.

To start with, yous'll have two calendars. One chosen 'Your Proper noun' and the other labeled 'Tasks'.

Google CalendarYou lot'll want to create a new calendar for each member of your family. To practise this, click the downwardly arrow adjacent to 'My Calendars' in the card on the left hand side, then click 'Create new agenda'.

On the adjacent page, you lot'll be able to add details about that particular agenda. You tin give it a proper noun, a colour, and make up one's mind whom yous'd like to share it with.

Repeat these steps to create a new calendar for each family member. I suggest assigning each person a different colour. This volition go far easier to everyone's split schedules at a glance.

3. Add Events

Google CalendarTo add an event, click the ruddy 'CREATE' push in the top left corner. Then, you can proper noun the effect, set a fourth dimension, place, and whether you lot'd like it to repeat daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, yearly, or not at all.

You suit the alert characteristic too, which will notify your family via email or pop-upwardly closer to the date, or if at that place are changes to the time or place of the event.

4. Share Your Family Calendar

In one case everyone has his or her agenda, it's time to share. Just a reminder, your family members will need their ain split up Google account.

To share a agenda, hover over the calendar name and click the downward arrow. This should pop up.

Google Calendar

From here, you an edit, delete, add notifications, add events, change the assigned colour, and share the calendar. To share, click 'Share this calendar'.

You and then enter the email address of those you'd like to share the calendar with. Remember, this needs to exist a Gmail address. You can also set the calendar to public, so anyone tin run across it. This probably isn't a great thought for a family unit calendar.

Google CalendarYou tin can also conform the 'Permission Settings' for those you invite. For example, you may wish to give your partner the power to edit, delete and share events. And, you lot might want your daughter to be able to edit her events, but non share the calendar with others. Tailor these settings for each member of the family. But don't worry; you change them later, too.

five. Sync Family unit Calendar to Mobile Devices

One of the best things about using Google Agenda is having access to your whole family's schedule anywhere, someday. You can sync your Google Calendar quickly and easily to your smart phone and tablet.

Visit Google'due south Calendar support folio for step-by-step instructions.

My Kid is As well Immature to Apply Google Calendar

CoziYous need to be 13 or older to create a Google Account. If you take kids younger than that, but still want to use Google Agenda to organise your family, I advise checking out the costless family-friendly app Cozi.

The app is available on Android and iOS devices. You tin import your Google Calendars into the app, so your child can access them without creating a Google Account.

Get Help

If y'all'd like to first using Google Agenda in your family, but need help with the setup process, don't hesitate to get in contact. I'd be more than happy to ready a calendar for each family member, and sync it beyond all devices. Give me a telephone call on 1300 553 166 , or fill up out the form on this page.