How do I schedule appointments with students (Appointment Group)?
You will learn how to add a group of time slots to your course calendar which will allow your students to sign up for an appointment with you.
1. Within your course, click on View Calendar.
![course home page](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/370/original/56aae6eb-ea2c-4fe0-a8d8-9196114cc5c8.png)
2. Note that only this one course is selected to display.
![Calendar](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/372/original/8026a6ba-c932-4801-975c-03e16b570de0.png)
3. Click on the + sign.
![+ sign icon](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/374/original/321266fb-b6eb-4fe1-a08f-7dfd573e1a27.png)
4. Click on the Appointment Group tab.
![Appointment Group tab](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/376/original/ec23b875-e8d1-4ee4-8b4a-ce577b0aaa59.png)
5. Type a title for the series of sign up appointments.
![Name field selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/380/original/5bfb504c-08b1-475a-b2cc-cbf0e3ec0267.png)
6. Select the Calendar icon and click on the date of the first meeting.
![February 14 selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/382/original/9cba1fc9-2f70-456d-8829-8071f0e6c6f1.png)
7. Type the time range.
Note: Unlike most of the time parameters for Canvas, this Calendar uses a 24-hour clock.
![Time Range](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/417/original/62ad03f2-38d9-4c57-990b-fc34eaff5e1c.png)
8. Add in the remaining dates and times.
![additional time ranges added](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/419/original/2aa2b253-a1a0-4f4a-90ca-f9b8b34f2418.png)
9. Select the correct number of minutes for each appointment.
![Divide into equal slots of field selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/421/original/be9e800b-4408-4aa4-b73d-ca9aeece7f21.png)
10. Click on Go.
![Go button](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/423/original/278fb961-c684-45b1-9eaa-af768f510f5c.png)
11. Notice that your timeslots are now segmented.
![segmented time slots](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/433/original/fd73661a-761a-4bd8-afc0-e82c438940c6.png)
12. Type a location.
In this example, a Zoom link is posted but as the meeting location.
![Location field selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/435/original/04367aa8-9d8c-4ef0-b3a6-2e7f20b85bdd.png)
13. Click on Select Calendars.
![Select Calendars button](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/490/original/99ee99cb-79a5-46f6-8fbd-c6d9d8b41c06.png)
14. Tick the box for the correct calendar.
![Course calendar selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/492/original/cf93e06b-728b-4f61-b13d-938904b4c9a5.png)
15. Click on Done.
![Done button](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/494/original/1558a449-f9b6-4fed-b135-31c04bf176a8.png)
16. Tick the box if you want to limit the number of students who can sign up.
![Limit each time slot to field](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/667/original/01812b0e-87de-4356-83e6-aa6dbc7e05cf.png)
17. Decide whether to tick the box to allow other students to see who signed up.
![tickbox for allowing other students to view the sign up.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/669/original/98f5b27d-e0a7-4810-a3eb-4aeddcd5a045.png)
18. Types some details if desired and click on Publish.
![Publish button](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/671/original/d3a56251-b12f-47b6-967a-f3f09ee5d740.png)
19. Your Calendar now displays your time slots.
![Calendar showing time slots](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/066/732/original/b3719aa5-4a27-45da-8bca-389603e16e64.png)
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Article Summary
You have now learned how to set up sign ups on your course calendar for your students to schedule appointments with you.