Mark+The+Day

[|Mark The Day]


 * Description:** Mark The Day is a website that allows you to manage your personal calendar. The site also provides a date reminder, which sends an e-mail to you to notify you of an upcoming event.

1. It's FREE. 2. When creating an account, the user can select religious holiday reminders, so they do not have to add each holiday on their calendar. 3. When creating an account, the user can select a nation for reminders of national holidays. 4. Different types of notifications are highlighted in different colors. For example: appointments are pink, occasions are blue, and holidays are yellow. 5. You can add different times (and time frames) of events added to your calendar. 6. You can add more details about your event, such as: people involved with the event, when you want a reminder, personal notes, etc. 7. You can request a reminder at different times such as 10 days prior to the day of the event. You may also set no reminder. 8. You can remind a friend about an upcoming event. (Can remind up to 9 people) 9. You may choose an option to repeat the event annually so that you do not have to keep adding it to your calendar each year (especially useful for birthdays and anniversaries). 10. You can choose to view the calendar by year, month, week, or day. 11. You can connect and share your calendar on Facebook, Twitter, G-mail, Google+, and more. 12. Search for a reminder option.
 * Strengths:**

1. Not every religion is shown to add holiday reminders when creating an account. 2. Not every nation is shown and you are only allowed to select one nation for national holiday reminders. 3. Reminders are sent to your e-mail, so if you do not check your e-mail you will not receive the notification. 4. The calendar has limited settings to personalize it how you want. (No color options, layout, style, theme, pictures, etc.) 5. The website is not very attractive. 6. Advertisements and links to other pages surround your calendar. 7. Need to have an e-mail address in order to receive reminders and access some content on the site. 8. Site appears relatively outdated.
 * Weaknesses:**

1. Applet option to share holidays not listed with other users. 2. You can connect and share your calendar on Facebook, Twitter, G-mail, Google+, and more. 3. No minimum age requirement so students can create their own calendars. 4. Teachers could send out notifications to students.
 * Opportunities:**

1. Not much content for students to work with. 2. If a teacher were to send out reminders, it could only be done for select students. 3. Links and ads around the calendar can be confusing to students. 4. Other site do similar actions and are better known, such as Google Calendar
 * Threats:**

1. Teachers can use Mark the Day to keep students informed of when assignments are due. 2. Students can use Mark the Day as a way to keep track of their upcoming assignments. 3. Teachers can use Mark the Day to keep track of student birthdays. 4. Students can use the calendar to log historical events on the days they occurred (create a modified timeline of events). 5. Teachers can use the calendar to inform students of important days/holidays in other cultures.
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