Google also provides the option to specify appointment length. Like a regular events, you can schedule recurring times every week when you hold office hours. The new feature, dubbed 'appointment slots,' appears when you click on a free time space while viewing your calendar.

Today, Google announced a new feature of their Calendar web app that will seriously simplify office hour scheduling. If you're anything like me, you spend too much time emailing back and forth with students to schedule meetings (and let's be honest - any time that you're spending doing a menial task that could be eliminated with technology is time that you aren't being productive or relaxing).