Canvas: iCal Calendar Feed

Summary

This article describes the various ways to subscribe to the Canvas iCal feed using common applications (Google Calendar/Outlook.)

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Task: This article describes the various ways to subscribe to the Canvas iCal feed using common applications (Google Calendar/Outlook.)

Instructions:

Subscribing to the Feed:

It is easy to subscribe to your Canvas calendar using Google Calendar and Outlook for PC (see the articles below for additional information). Outlook for Mac does not support iCal feeds at this time, but Mac users can use iCal itself as well as the Outlook Web App (exchange.unh.edu). 

Note:  The updates from Canvas calendar to another calendar do not happen instantaneously, there is approximately a 1 hour response time for the updates to be pushed from Canvas calendar.

Here are links to additional details about subscribing to the calendar feed using different application.

Outlook (for PC).

https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-2645
 
Outlook Web app.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Open-an-Internet-calendar-in-Outlook-Web-App-5DE44446-AA16-4E8F-9DDD-84F170446226
 
Google Calendar.
https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-2638
 
iCal
https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-3127

 

Outcome:

Users will know how to subscribe to the Canvas iCal feed using different applications.

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Article ID: 932
Created
Fri 7/19/19 5:43 PM
Modified
Wed 6/5/24 3:07 PM
Applicable Institution(s):
Keene State College (KSC)
Plymouth State University (PSU)
University of New Hampshire (UNH)