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. 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.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:

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