Before you start scheduling, we recommend you establish your preferred account settings. To access your account settings, click on the dropdown menu with your initials on the top left of the screen and select ‘Account Settings’.

From your profile settings, you can make changes to your:

Your default profile identifier is your initials. Your name setting will influence your default profile initials. You can replace your initials with a profile photo.

Doodle natively supports the following languages: English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish.
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Your default time zone is automatically matched to your computer and browser settings. We recommend confirming your default time zone prior to scheduling with Doodle.

When you create a Doodle event, it will be matched to your default time zone. When you send a Doodle invitation to someone in a different time zone from you, Doodle will automatically convert the invitation to their time zone based on the difference between their browser settings and your default time zone.

We highly recommend connecting your calendar to your Doodle account, though it is not required to use Doodle. With you calendar connected to Doodle, you can:

The Doodle dashboard is organized into three main sections:

You can create a Doodle event from the new Doodle dashboard by clicking on the meeting tiles. Simply pick the Doodle that best suits the type of event you are organizing.

My Doodles are defined as invitations that have links you can share. This includes:

Upcoming Events are defined as events you have scheduled using Doodle. This includes:

Doodle's support widget is your main resource for news, guidance, and more. From the support widget, you can:

To access our support widget, simply click on the question mark icon on the bottom left of your dashboard. Please note that you must have cookies enabled to use the support widget.

Group Poll is Doodle’s first and most popular scheduling feature, and we are happy to welcome you to the scheduling solution trusted by millions of people every year.

Creating your group poll is easy and only takes a couple of minutes! There are three main steps:

Let your audience know about the event by providing a name for the event, a brief description of the event, and the location. You can even meet virtually using Google Meet or Zoom!

First, choose how long you want the event to be, then click into the calendar grid to set the times you will propose to your audience. You can even integrate your calendar to show when you are busy and when you are free. Connecting your calendar will always be totally free. Click 'Create and share' when you are done.

With your poll created, you are now ready to share the link. Click the ‘Copy link’ button and paste the poll link into an email or share it via text, WhatsApp, and more!

The people you invite to participate in your poll will click on the link you provide and vote for the dates and times that work best for them. Responding to a group poll only takes a few seconds, so you will quickly learn the best time to bring everyone together.

This is an example of the group poll participation experience:

Once you receive enough votes to know the best time to bring everyone together, simply choose your preferred date and time and click the ‘Book it’ button.

Once you click ‘Book it’, your group poll participants will automatically receive an email with all the event information. And if you connected your calendar, they will also receive a calendar invite they can use to quickly add everything to their own calendar!

Sign-up Sheet is Doodle’s newest scheduling feature. In this chapter, we will cover the basic steps for creating, sharing, and tracking your sign-up sheet.

Creating your sign-up sheet is easy and only takes a couple of minutes! There are three main steps:

Let your audience know about the event by providing a name for the event, a brief description of the event, and the location. You can even meet virtually using Google Meet or Zoom!

Indicate the session details, like the date, start time and enrollment cap, repeating the process for each session you want to offer. Apply any special settings you might need, such as limiting how many sessions they can choose. Click 'Create and share' when you are done.

With your sign-up sheet created, you are now ready to share the link. Click the ‘Copy link’ button and paste the sign-up sheet link into an email or share it via text, WhatsApp, and more!

The people you invite to participate in your sign-up sheet will click on the link you provide and sign up for the session(s) that work best for them. Responding to a sign-up sheet only takes a few seconds, so you will quickly see your sign-up sheet fill up!

This is an example of the sign-up sheet participation experience:

You can quickly and easily track your sign-up sheet enrollment by each available session directly from your Doodle dashboard. Click into a session to manage it.

Each person who signs up for a session will automatically receive an email with all the information they need to show up on time and prepared. And if you connect your calendar, we will send a calendar event invite that they can add to their own calendar.

1:1 is Doodle’s person-to-person meeting scheduling solution. In this chapter, we will cover the basic steps for creating, sharing, and tracking your 1:1 bookings.

Creating your 1:1 is easy and only takes a minute! There are four main steps:

Let your audience know about the event by providing a name for the event, a brief description of the event, and the location. You can even meet virtually using Google Meet or Zoom!

First, choose how long you want the event to be, then click into the calendar grid to set the times you will propose to your audience. You can even integrate your calendar to show when you are busy and when you are free. Connecting your calendar will always be totally free.

Need crucial information prior to the start of your meeting? Ask custom questions and get the information you need the moment your meeting is booked so that you can arrive prepared and ready to start. With your 1:1 now set up, click 'Create and share'.

With your 1:1 created, you are now ready to share the link. Click the ‘Copy link’ button and paste the 1:1 link into an email or share it via text, WhatsApp, and more!

The people you invite to participate in your 1:1 will click on the link you provide and choose the date and time that works best for them. Responding to a 1:1 only takes a few seconds, so you will quickly end the email back-and-forth and get the right time booked the first time.

This is an example of the 1:1 participation experience:

You can quickly and easily track your 1:1 enrollment directly from your Doodle dashboard.

Each person who signs up for a 1:1 will automatically receive an email with all the information they need to show up on time and prepared. And if you connect your calendar, we will include a calendar event invite that they can add to their own calendar.

Booking Page is Doodle’s most advanced person-to-person meeting scheduling solution. In this chapter, we will cover the basic steps for creating, sharing, and tracking your booking page.

Creating your booking page is easy and only takes a minute! There are four main steps:

Let your audience know about the event by providing a name for the booking page, a brief description of the event, and the location. You can even meet virtually using Google Meet or Zoom!

Booking Page works by scanning your connected calendar for the available time slots that match the rules you set. In this section, you define how long the meeting will be, how far in advance your calendar will be scanned for available time slots, which days of the week you are available, and the timeframe your calendar will be scanned on individual days of the week.

Need crucial information prior to the start of your meeting? Ask custom questions and get the information you need the moment your meeting is booked so that you can arrive prepared and ready to start!

With your booking page created, you are now ready to share the link. Click the ‘Copy link’ button and share the booking page link with your audience. Some popular choices for booking page link placement are:

The people you invite to participate in your booking page will click on the link you provide and choose the date and time that work best for them. Responding to a booking page only takes a few seconds, so you will quickly end the email back-and-forth and get the right time booked the first time.

This is an example of the booking page participation experience:

You can quickly and easily track your booking page enrollment directly from your Doodle dashboard.

When an appointment is booked with your booking page, the meeting will automatically be added to your calendar and the person who booked the meeting will receive a calendar event invitation via email, ensuring they have all the information they need to show up on-time and prepared.

The free version of Doodle already is a powerful scheduling solution, but there are many additional features that Doodle Professional as to offer to give you and your meeting participants a smooth and polished experience.

If any of these features will help you bring your scheduling to the next level, upgrade to Doodle Professional! We have affordable annual and monthly subscription plans.

Not ready to upgrade just yet, but curious to see more about how these features can help you? Join our “Getting Started with Doodle” webinar. A Doodle expert will guide you through how to use the Doodle Professional product so that you can confidently schedule anything with Doodle.

Thank you for choosing Doodle and we wish you happy scheduling!