Event Attendance - How to Add an Existing Event to a Group

This tutorial will walk you through the process of adding an existing event to a group in the Event Attendance application.
1.) Navigate to the Take Attendance tab. Then click the blue 'Choose Existing Event' button. 
The "Take Attendance" page of Event Attendance. The "Take Attendance" option in the left navigation menu is highlighted, as is the "Choose Existing Event" button in the center of the page.
2.) Click on the event that you want to edit. 
The "Existing Events" page of Event Attendance. One of the events in the list of existing events has been highlighted.
3.) This will bring you to the event page. Click on the 'Advanced Options' link near the top of the page. 
An individual event page in Event Attendance. The "Advanced Options" link at the top of the page has been highlighted.
4.) You will be brought to a page titled Event Settings. You will see a question: 'Is this event for a unit group?' Select 'Yes.' 
The "Event Settings" page for an individual event in Event Attendance. The field "Is this event for a unit group?" is highlighted and has an arrow pointing to it, and the "Yes" option has been selected.
5.) The option to select a unit will appear. Select which unit the group is a part of from the drop down menu. 
The "Event Settings" page of an individual event in Event Attendance. The "Select Unit" field has an arrow pointing to it and is highlighted, and the cursor is hovering over one of the options in its dropdown list of available units.
6.) The option to select a group will appear. Select which group you want to add the event to from the drop down menu. 
The "Event Settings" page of an individual event in Event Attendance. The "Select Group" field has an arrow pointing to it and is highlighted, and the cursor is hovering over one of the groups in the list of groups.
7.) Now click the green 'Update Event' button. 
The "Event Settings" page of an individual event in Event Attendance. The "Update Event" button at the bottom of the page is highlighted, and has an arrow pointing to it.
8.) You will be brought back to the Existing Events page. You should now see your event appear under the group to which you added it.
The "Existing Events" page of Event Attendance. Arrows point to the header of a unit group, and to the newly-added event in that unit group, both of which are also highlighted.
 
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Keywords:
Event Attendance, ATLAS, groups, existing, event, edit 
Doc ID:
91419
Owned by:
Beckett A. in University of Illinois LAS
Created:
2019-04-29
Updated:
2024-09-18
Sites:
University of Illinois Liberal Arts and Sciences