Yes, you CAN share your Schoology Calendar with Google Calendar……AND with the built-in Calendar on the iPad…… AND you can share your Google Calendar or iPad Calendar with your Schoology Calendar. Essentially you need to get the iCal link from one and add it to the other. Details are below.
Which route to choose? Decide which calendar you would like to spend the most time in, and link the others to it.
WHY do this? You will have ONE place to check for calendar items, instead of two or three. It really is handy to have your Schoology due dates pop up in your iPad calendar.
How to put your Schoology Calendar into your Google Calendar:
- In Schoology, first go to Account Settings [top right, click on your account icon, select Account Settings]
- In the Account Settings tab, scroll down to the “SHARE YOUR SCHOOLOGY CALENDAR” section. Click the ENABLE button.
- Copy the iCal link from the resulting dialogue box to the clipboard.
- In another tab, surf to calendar.google.com. Make sure you are logged into the correct Google account. [You can also use the Google Calendar App
- On the left side, click the plus sign next to “Other Calendars”, then select “FROM URL”
- Paste that iCal link into the box, and click the “ADD CALENDAR” button. Do NOT “make the calendar publicly accessible”.
- You should now be able to see all of your Schoology events in Google Calendar. [ The Google Calendar app is available in the MDS App Portal].
How to put your Schoology Calendar into your iPad Calendar:
- On your iPad, open up Schoology [LMS.mountdesales.net]
- In Schoology, go to Account Settings [top right, click on your account icon, select Account Settings]
- In the Account Settings tab, scroll down to the “SHARE YOUR SCHOOLOGY CALENDAR” section. Click the ENABLE button.
- Copy the iCal link from the resulting dialogue box to the clipboard.
- Open up the iPad Calendar. In the bottom right, click “ADD CALENDAR”, then “ADD SUBSCRIPTION CALENDAR”
- Paste the iCal link you copied earlier, then click the ADD button.
- Nor your Schoology dates will appear on your iPad automatically.
How to put your iPad or Google calendar events into your Schoology calendar
If you live in Schoology, it might be handier to put your Google Calendar or iPad Calendar events onto your Schoology Calendar.
- Get the iCal link from your iPad Calendar or your Google Calendar
- iPad Calendar:
In the iCloud section in the list of calendars, pick which calendar you would like to access.
Click the I button.
Make the calendar Shareable.
Click the SHARE LINK button, and COPY.
- iPad Calendar:
- Google Calendar:
Click the name of the Calendar you’d like to share [bottom left corner].
Click the 3-dot menu, and select “Settings and Sharing”
- In the Access Permissions for Events section:
Click the “Get Shareable Link” button.
Copy the link to the clipboard.
Now that you have the link from the original calendar, import it into Schoology:
- In Schoology, click the calendar icon at the top to access your Schoology Calendar.
- At the bottom click the link IMPORT.
In the dialogue box, click the URL tab, and paste the Link into the box.
Click the IMPORT button.
Now events from your other calendar should appear in Schoology.
