Release Date 12 June
This release brings the following enhancements to the how events function within the calendar.
- Calendar Sync Relocation: The calendar sync process is now located under personal integrations in user settings.
- Smarter Event Notifications: Updated wording in multiple event notifications to make it easier to add events to your external calendar.
- Enhanced Sync Options: Additional sync settings for Google and Outlook Calendar to ensure real-time updates from Schoox to your external calendar.
Enhanced Sync Options
Previously, to add your Schoox calendar to your personal calendar, you needed to configure what elements you wanted to share on you personal calendar, copy the URL, and paste (import) it into your personal calendar.
Note: This functionality will remain as is, but will not include the real time updates described below.
Additionally, you also needed to enable the with the external calendar in your personal settings if you'd like to specifically sync your coaching sessions.
In this release, the entire sync setup happens within your personal settings. Hover over Me in the top navigation bar, and select My Settings. Then under Integrations on the left, select your calendar option.
There you can select the calendar elements you'd like to sync from the drop-down menu, and connect the two calendars.
You will then also be able to associate it with a specific calendar if you've subscribed to more than one.
Google and Outlook calendars are officially supported in this release. Apple calendar, unfortunately, is not available currently. However, the Other Training Calendars option has been added, and should work for most other calendar services, including Apple.
Real-time updates
Updates previously synced at intervals determined by the external calendar's vendor. For example, Google may sync once every 24 hours. They did not necessarily update in real time.
This release triggers the sync process, instead, upon changes to the event. This allows for real-time calendar updates in Google and Outlook calendars.
New Notifications
Several notifications have also been adjusted to make adding events to calendars easier for participants.
Selecting one of the calendar options will take the participant into their academy, and automatically add the event to their calendar. If the user has yet to connect that calendar, they will first be asked to do so.
Please Note: This functionality will also work if you connected your calendar but have not set anything to sync.
The following notifications have had this functionality added:
Academy
- [Academy name] has invited you to a training event
- Your participation for a training event has been approved
- Details about your training event have been changed
- You have been registered for a training event
- Your Event registration has been received
- Your training event has been restored
- You have been added as an Instructor to an event
Scheduled
- Notification about upcoming training event
Related Articles
Syncing Your Schoox Calendar with your external calendars (Google, Apple, Outlook, etc)
Importing SchooX iCal to External Calendars