Syncing VSTAR Learn Calendar for VMS1

Introduction

Your school calendar can be easily added to any of your devices.

Windows

  1. Log into VSTAR Learn. If you are not logged in, you will get an error. Make sure it says your name at the top right of the page!
  2. Open one of your courses.
  3. In the “Calendar” widgetn, click the blue icon that looks like three curved lines.
  4. A “Calendar Feed” box pops up. Copy the link.
  5. Open your favorite calendar application, and add a new calendar using this URL.
  6. Click through the dialog boxes to ensure the settings you prefer (this is vague because different calendars have different dialog boxes). Then click ‘Ok’ or ‘Add calendar’ to add it to your client.

Mac

  1. Log into VSTAR Learn. If you are not logged in, you will get an error. Make sure it says your name at the top right of the page!
  2. Open one of your courses.
  3. In the “Calendar” widgetn, click the blue icon that looks like three curved lines.
  4. A “Calendar Feed” box pops up. Copy the link.
  5. Open your favorite calendar application, and add a new calendar using this URL.
  6. Open Calendar (the application on your computer)
  7. In the menu at the top of the screen, click File > New Calendar Subscription
  8. Paste the URL into the textbox, then click ‘Subscribe’
  9. In the next popup, name the calendar
  10. If you are also wanting to push this calendar to all of your iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch), be sure that ‘Location:’ is set to ‘iCloud’ rather than ‘On my Mac’.
  11. Set the auto-refresh to whatever you’d like. We recommend every 5 minutes.
  12. Click ‘Ok’.

iOS

Firstly, if you have a Mac and want your calendar synchronized with it, refer to the section about adding calendars to your Mac. It will automatically add it to your iPhone/iPad/iPod without having to do anything.

If you are adding the calendar to only your iOS device, follow the instructions below:

  1. Log into VSTAR Learn. If you are not logged in, you will get an error. Make sure it says your name at the top right of the page!
  2. Open one of your courses.
  3. In the “Calendar” widgetn, click the blue icon that looks like three curved lines.
  4. A “Calendar Feed” box pops up. Copy the link.
  5. Open your favorite calendar application, and add a new calendar using this URL.
  6. Press your home button and navigate to your ‘Settings’ application
  7. Tap ‘Mail, Contacts, Calendars’
  8. Under ‘Accounts’, tap ‘Add account’
  9. Tap ‘Other’
  10. Under the Calendars heading, tap ‘Add subscribed calendar’
  11. Paste the URL you copied into the text box. Some new options should appear – you don’t need a username or password to add the calendar.
  12. Tap ‘Done’

Android

  1. Log into VSTAR Learn. If you are not logged in, you will get an error. Make sure it says your name at the top right of the page!
  2. Open one of your courses.
  3. In the “Calendar” widgetn, click the blue icon that looks like three curved lines.
  4. A “Calendar Feed” box pops up. Copy the link.
  5. Open your favorite calendar application, and add a new calendar using this URL.
  6. Log into your Google Calendar
  7. In the left menu, under ‘Other Calendars’, click the boxed downward-facing arrow (to the right of the text), then click ‘Add calendar by URL’
  8. Paste the URL into the textbox and click ‘Add calendar’

Windows Phone

  1. Log into VSTAR Learn. If you are not logged in, you will get an error. Make sure it says your name at the top right of the page!
  2. Open one of your courses.
  3. In the “Calendar” widgetn, click the blue icon that looks like three curved lines.
  4. A “Calendar Feed” box pops up. Copy the link.
  5. Open your favorite calendar application, and add a new calendar using this URL.
  6. Log into your Windows Live account and select the calendar
  7. Select the ‘Subscribe’ option at the top right of the screen
  8. Paste the calendar URL and click ‘Okay’ to subscribe to the calendar.
Was this article helpful?

Related Articles