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Right-click on the tabs to choose between 'side by side mode' and 'overlay mode'.

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Enable this and Outlook will update the calendar every time it opens.

You should now see another calendar available on the left hand calendar bar, underneath 'My Calendars'.

Paste in the address you copied from Moodle.

Open Outlook 2007 and go to Tools->account settings->internet calendars->new.

This link will permanently subscribe to the calendar events for the currently logged in user.

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Go to the calendar view in your Moodle install and find the orange ical icon at the bottom and right click it, choosing "copy link location".

If you use an Outlook 2007 calendar, you can have your Moodle calendar events overlaid on top (or placed side by side) by following these steps: Subscribing to a calendar in Outlook 2007 Note: changing an event in Thunderbird/Lightning will not change the event in a Moodle calendar as well, you must do that yourself.

Enter into calendar mode by clicking the Calendar icon at the bottom-right of the client.Importing Moodle calendar into other calendars Mozilla Thunderbird/Lightning This link will compile the icalexport.ics file. Copy and paste the url link into an email or any HTML page. The "Get URL address" button will create a URL address. Either save the file or have MS Outlook open the file directly.Īfter pressing the "Export calendar" button at the bottom of the calendar page, select the events and time frames you wish. Now you have a choice to create an icalexport.ics file or to create a url that will create the icslexport.ics file via a link.Ĭlick on the "Export" button will bring up a "Opening icalexport.ics" popup window. The range can be set from Administration>Site administration>Appearance>Calendar by the page administrator. Select the time frame: "This week", "This month", "Recent and next 60 days" or a custom range.Select "All events" or "Events related to courses".Export options for an ics fileĬlick on the "Export calendar" button at the bottom of a calendar will bring you to the Export page with options. Note: you cannot select individual items to include in the exported file with iCal, all events will be included. Here you can save the file to your local computer or open it with MS Outlook. This can make the calendar easier to read (especially if there are many events on the calendar).Īt the bottom of a calendar page you will see the "Export calendar" and "iCal" links.Ĭlick on the "iCal" link at the bottom of the Moodle calendar to show a "Opening icalexport.ics" popup window. To show the events again, click the Group Events link again.

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This would hide all group events, and the color code would disappear from the link on the calendar. The different types of events can be visually filtered.įor example, if you (as a teacher) wanted to hide Group event dates (events assigned to learner Groups you create), click "Group events" on the bottom of the Calendar. Only users with the capability to manage calendar entries at the system level can add site events.

A Site Event is a "global" event - visible in every course and on the calendar on the home page.

Only users with the capability to manage calendar entries at the course level can add course events.

A Course Event will be visible to participants on the course in question.

The option you’re looking for is “Import calendar.”Ĭlick this and you’ll see a pop-up, in which you can paste any iCalendar URL.Ĭlick the “Add Calendar” button, and you’re done! Your new calendar will show up in the list under “Other Calendars,” and events should show up right away.Group events will display a group icon in the calendar block and in the event page, the name of the group will be visible next to the event title: In Google Calendar, click the down arrow button beside the “Other calendars” section in the left side. You can find and subscribe to hundreds of calendars at, and for this example we’ll be subscribing to webcal:///eventscalendar?format=ical&viewid=4, which highlights events in American history. These web-based calendars are nice because they automatically update, but if you found an iCalendar URL, you might not know what to do with it.

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The iCalendar format isn’t just for offline files: it’s also commonly used to share web-based calendars, generally using a URL starting with webcal://.

HOW TO USE ICAL HOW TO

RELATED: How to Find and Subscribe to Calendars for Just About Anything with iCalShare I’m sure you’ve got equally important and real appointments to keep track. You should see the changes immediately.Īs you can see, I now know about my important business event meeting conference town-which is good, because I don’t want to forget about that. Once everything is set up, click “Import” and Google Calendar will import everything from the file.