1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,428 When project deadlines and personal appointments share one calendar, the 2 00:00:03,428 --> 00:00:05,437 view can become hard to scan. 3 00:00:05,437 --> 00:00:09,790 Google Calendar lets you create another calendar for a separate category of events. 4 00:00:09,790 --> 00:00:13,138 We will make a fictional Harbor Workshop calendar, place one 5 00:00:13,138 --> 00:00:17,156 draft-review event on it, then hide and show that calendar to 6 00:00:17,156 --> 00:00:19,835 prove the event is in the right place. 7 00:00:20,435 --> 00:00:22,500 Open Google Calendar on a computer. 8 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:26,285 Next to Other calendars on the left, select the plus control 9 00:00:26,285 --> 00:00:27,662 and Create new calendar. 10 00:00:27,662 --> 00:00:31,792 Google's help says new calendars are created from a browser, even 11 00:00:31,792 --> 00:00:34,889 though they can appear later in the mobile app. 12 00:00:34,889 --> 00:00:38,331 Name this one Harbor Workshop Milestones and add the fictional 13 00:00:38,331 --> 00:00:40,051 description from the practice file. 14 00:00:40,651 --> 00:00:44,807 After creation, return to the calendar list and look under My 15 00:00:44,807 --> 00:00:47,073 calendars or the available calendar list. 16 00:00:47,073 --> 00:00:51,607 Choose a distinct color so a practice event is easy to identify. 17 00:00:51,607 --> 00:00:56,895 A new calendar is not automatically public or shared just because you made it. 18 00:00:56,895 --> 00:01:01,051 Leave sharing settings untouched for this exercise; the only purpose is 19 00:01:01,051 --> 00:01:03,317 to separate and inspect project dates. 20 00:01:03,917 --> 00:01:07,901 Create an event called Draft review for May third, 2027, from 21 00:01:07,901 --> 00:01:10,437 ten to ten thirty in the morning. 22 00:01:10,437 --> 00:01:14,421 Before saving, click the calendar name beside the event type, open 23 00:01:14,421 --> 00:01:19,492 its down-arrow list, and choose Harbor Workshop Milestones rather than the primary calendar. 24 00:01:19,492 --> 00:01:20,578 Leave guests empty. 25 00:01:20,578 --> 00:01:24,924 Google's event help documents that calendar selector; the event's title 26 00:01:24,924 --> 00:01:27,822 alone does not determine where it is stored. 27 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:32,398 Open the saved event and inspect its calendar name or color. 28 00:01:32,398 --> 00:01:34,928 It should point to Harbor Workshop Milestones. 29 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:38,903 If it landed on the primary calendar, edit the event and 30 00:01:38,903 --> 00:01:41,072 change the calendar field, then save. 31 00:01:41,072 --> 00:01:45,771 Keep the practice date and time intact so the answer check is unambiguous. 32 00:01:45,771 --> 00:01:50,469 A successful title with the wrong calendar is still a failed organization step. 33 00:01:51,069 --> 00:01:55,229 In the left calendar list, turn off the project calendar's visibility. 34 00:01:55,229 --> 00:02:00,429 The Draft review event should disappear from the current view while primary-calendar events remain. 35 00:02:00,429 --> 00:02:03,549 Turn it on again; the fictional event should return. 36 00:02:03,549 --> 00:02:06,669 Hiding a calendar is a display choice, not deletion. 37 00:02:06,669 --> 00:02:10,829 If the event does not return, check the event's assigned calendar 38 00:02:10,829 --> 00:02:12,562 and the displayed date range. 39 00:02:13,162 --> 00:02:17,399 The expected exercise outcome is a secondary calendar with one fictional 40 00:02:17,399 --> 00:02:20,480 milestone that you can hide and show independently. 41 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,717 This makes project dates easier to scan without inviting anyone or 42 00:02:24,717 --> 00:02:26,257 changing the primary schedule. 43 00:02:26,257 --> 00:02:30,494 The practice answer check records the name, event, date, assignment, and 44 00:02:30,494 --> 00:02:33,575 visibility result to verify in your own copy. 45 00:02:33,575 --> 00:02:37,812 Keep future events on the intended calendar when you create them.