You may sync your SchoolSpeak calendar with one or more of your Android/iPhone devices. Events that are listed in the SchoolSpeak Calendar may be copied to your devices’ calendar.
To Sync to a device:
- Click Sync To Device at the top-right.
- Follow the instructions listed for the device that you wish to download the information. When ready click on the Generate button to create the URL required within the instructions.
Syncing Google Calendar to Your SchoolSpeak Calendar
You may sync your Google calendar with one or more SchoolSpeak calendars. (This is a sync from Google to SchoolSpeak.) Events that are in a Google calendar may be copied into your SchoolSpeak calendar. This is helpful for schools that may have already published a google calendar or perhaps you share a calendar with another organization.
There are a couple of considerations to consider before you start your calendar sync.
Changes Summary
- The request to sync from a Google Calendar must be authorized. This is needed for both Public and Private Calendars.
- You will need the Google Calendar Id to sync.
To Sync from a Google Calendar
- Click More at the top-right.
- Click Google Calendar from the drop down.
Please Note: If you had the SchoolSpeak google sync working already in your SchoolSpeak account, by clicking Sync, it will attempt to access the XML address you have used in the past. You may see an error based on when the last sync took place due to changes in the Google calendar. If this occurs, you will need to enter the Google Calendar Id. - Enter the Google calendar ID and choose the best option for your calendar.
- All Events – Considers all the events of one year starting from the date of the sync
- From – Considers events from the specified date
- Last Sync – Considers events from the last sync date.
To retrieve the Google calendar id, go to your Google Account
- Click the Apps icon.
- Click the Calendar icon.
- Click the My Calendar folder or the arrow adjacent to the folder where you have your calendar.
- Click the specific calendar that you want to sync and mouse over the calendar name. Google will display the options icon next to the calendar.
- Click Settings and Sharing.
- Scroll down to the Integrate calendar section of the page.
- Copy the Google calendar ID to the Calendar ID field of Sync Options pop-up box of the SchoolSpeak application.
- Click Sync in SchoolSpeak.
- Click OK in the warning message dialog box.
Please Note: If you have not logged into your account in the same browser as that of SchoolSpeak application browser, the system will prompt you to log in to your google account.
You will be asked to log in to your Google Account to authorize the request. Select the account you want to login with and enter your credentials.
Once you login, you should see a screen like this so that the SchoolSpeak Calendar will request for a Read-only access to your calendar. - Click Allow.
The Google Calendar entries get synced to SchoolSpeak Calendar.