To make a To-Do private, open the To-Do and then click on the Edit button which is on the top right as the pencil icon. Scroll down to just above the Notes section where it says Make Private: Visible Only to Me. Select this and save and it should ...
On the dashboard, on the top right, there should be a Calendar icon with a + sign on it. Once that is selected, the first option is Calendar Entry that is selected by default. From here, the calendar entry can be created.
To create a To-Do, go to the Menu and then select the + icon on the right side to the To-Do module and it directly creates a new To-Do right from the dashboard. This avoids the extra step of going to the To-Do module first and then creating a To-Do ...