Add iCal, website, or PDF calendars to your district or school mobile app in Settings > App Config > Calendars — designate each as a standard school or cafeteria calendar, and optionally attach surveys or documents.
💡Quick answers
- What calendar formats can I add to the mobile app? iCal, website URL, and PDF (URL required) formats.
- How do I add a calendar? In Settings > App Config, select your organization, open the Calendars tab, click the calendar icon, enter the URL, and click Add — then configure the name, type, and options.
- What is the difference between Default and Cafeteria calendar types? Default is a standard school events calendar; Cafeteria is specifically for lunch and cafeteria menus.
- How do I remove an old calendar? Open the Calendars tab, select the calendar name, and click Delete.
Bring your mobile app to life!
You can bring in the following types of calendars for the district or school mobile app:
- iCal
- Website
- PDF (URL needed)
From this section, you can learn how to manage calendars including whether the calendar is a standard school calendar or a cafeteria calendar.
You can manage the calendars for your district and school mobile app.
Add a calendar to the mobile app
- From the Communications HQ interface menu, select Settings > App Config.
- Select the organization Name to update the information.
- Select the Calendars tab to manage the mobile calendars.
- To add a new calendar, select the Calendar icon.
If you are integrated with a Web Community Manager site, you can also connect to the calendars available on that site. Select the website icon to select the calendar.
- Type the URL address of the calendar.
- Select Add. After you add the calendar, you can update the information.
- Select the Name of the calendar to update:
- Change the format of calendar as iCal or Web.
- Select the calendar type as Default or Cafeteria.
- Select whether or not to attach a Survey to a calendar.
- Select Show Documents to allow documents to be included in a calendar.
Attach a document to a calendar event!
- Select Save when finished.
You can remove any calendars that you may have used in previous school years.
- From the Communications HQ interface menu, select Settings > App Config.
- Select the organization Name to update the information.
- Select the Calendars tab to manage the mobile calendars.
- Select the Name of the calendar to remove.
- Select Delete to remove the calendar.