Handouts for teacher training at College of Foreign Languages, Częstochowa, Poland.

1. DOODLE
Tomasz Walasek Doodle - easy scheduling
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2. Doodle
MUTUALLY AGREE ON A TIME … BUT NOT ONLY
WHAT IS DOODLE?
Doodle lets you easily schedule any meeting. It can save you a lot of time and energy when you‟re trying
to find a time suitable for a number of people to get together. In Doodle you can propose several dates
and times and the participants can mark their availability online with just a tick. Immediately, you‟ll be
able to see what the best time for the meeting is.
WHY DO I NEED IT?
To find the time for a get-together which suits everyone
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3. HOW TO USE IT?
1. Create an account – just fill in all the fields (you need to have an active e-mail address) and
accept the Terms of Service.
2. Now you can schedule your first meeting. To do that follow Easy scheduling instructions.
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4. 3. Now define your meeting - give it a title, location and description. Sign it with your name and
email address. And move forward.
4. You need to give the date or dates to choose from for your attendees (friends, colleagues…).
Just click on the desired day. If you make a mistake – do not panic, click the day again . When
you‟re done – go to the next screen.
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5. 5. After setting up the days it‟s time to decide when the meeting should start and end. You don‟t
have to write a full hour format (10:00). Doodle will change a simple “10” to “10:00”. There are
more tips here:
A. If you do not enter the time – Doodle will show your meeting as an all-day event,
B. Look a little bit lower – you can add further time slots if you need more than three,
C. You can copy and paste the first row.
6. You click on „next‟ and then skip “3. Settings” step (select Basic Poll) by clicking on „next‟ again.
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6. 7. Congratulations! You have created your first online poll – now there is only one thing left: you
must invite people to respond to your poll. You can do that in two ways:
A. You can send an invitation by yourself – using your e-mail account or
B. You can type e-mails of your friends in Doodle and Doodle will send invitations for you.
You can even compose your own message to your friends
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7. 8. If you decided to invite your friends by yourself, Doodle offers you two different links: the first
one – you copy and paste the e-mail to your friends; the second one is for you to change, close
or delete the poll.
ASSIGNMENTS
Assignment 1: Schedule an event
You are going to have lunch this week with three of your friends. Try to learn when it is possible. Luckily
you are free every day this week (Monday-Friday, 12:00-13:00, 13:00-14:00).
The last time you had lunch with your friends was at a small Polish restaurant “Jadłodajnia Grzegorza
Brzęczyszczykiewicza”. It was great so you suggest the same place.
Schedule your lunch
Assignment 2: Invite your friends and see what happens
Having prepared the poll, invite three of your friends to the lunch. See if it is possible to find a time
which suits everyone. Send an invitation to your tutor as well.
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