A staff member has several private Google Calendars. They want to make a public calendar where guardians can view the details of school events. Which Google Calendar feature would the staff member use?
To make a public calendar where guardians can view the details of school events while keeping other calendars private, the staff member should use the Create new calendar feature.
Mixing personal appointments with public school schedules creates a significant privacy risk. If an educator already relies on Google Calendar for private meetings or personal reminders, simply changing the sharing settings on their primary account could accidentally share sensitive information with families.
To keep everything secure and organized, the best approach is to build a dedicated space strictly for community use. By selecting “Create new calendar,” the staff member generates a completely separate, blank schedule. They can fill this specific calendar with open houses, field trips, and sporting events. After adding the school activities, they can adjust the sharing settings for this new calendar to “Public.” This allows parents to easily view all upcoming school events, while the educator’s original, private calendars remain completely hidden and secure.