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By: Blue Folder – October 28, 2011 | Madera Elementary School PTA

Blue Folder – October 28, 2011 | Madera Elementary School PTA — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:30:47 +0000

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By: Terry Mock Noble

Terry Mock Noble — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:12:43 +0000

I absolutely love the addition of the Outlook Calendar. It has literally saved me hours of data entry. I now have my work, Madera and Team Snap calendar in one location (overlay view). The only suggestion I might have is to allow folks to do a bit more than read-only. I don’t want to have permission to change, but I would like to schedule reminders/alarms but am currently unable to. Thanks for the technological update – makes my life so much easier, one less stresser.
P.S. Could we add 6th grade activities to the Madera calendar (field trips, parties, etc.)?

By: David Roberts

David Roberts — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:46:01 +0000

Update on Outlook. I’ve learned that the Option 1) doesn’t work as well because it only really makes a copy of the calendar as opposed to a connection which gets updated. If the Google calendar is changed, you won’t see the updates if you go with Option 1) so I recommend Option 2) for everyone.

By: David Roberts

David Roberts — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:39:46 +0000

Outlook Sync Update:

Using the similar logic of the iPhone, I found two simple solutions for Outlook users.

Option 1)
1. Click this link from the computer
https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/madera.elem.pta@gmail.com/public/basic.ics
2. It should prompt to save, you can open it using Outlook. You should see the Calendar appear in your list.

Option 2)
1. Access Account Settings
(Outlook 2010) Open File > Info > Account Settings
(Outlook 2007) Open Tools > Account Settings
2. Select the Internet Calendars tab
3. Click New
4. Enter into the New Internet Calendar Subscription field
https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/madera.elem.pta@gmail.com/public/basic.ics
5. Click Add

You should see the new Calendar appear and can click the check box to see it side-by-side or right click on it and choose Overlay to see them merged.

By: David Roberts

David Roberts — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:00:49 +0000

After working with a friend’s iPhone, I discovered much simpler steps to add this calendar:

From your iPhone…
1. Access Settings > Mail Contacts and Calendars > Add Account
2. Select ‘Other’
3. Select ‘Add Subscribed Calendar’
4. Server: https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/madera.elem.pta%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics
5 Save

Give it a few minutes and you should start seeing the events in your calendar app.

By: Yuki

Yuki — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:49:51 +0000

I used to manually input all the Madera events to my Google calendar. The Madera Google calendar saves a lot of my time! It was very easy and straightforward to synchronize with my iTouch. Great job!!

By: David Roberts

David Roberts — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:39:13 +0000

A question was asked about syncing with Lotus Notes. The only solution I found is http://www.awesync.com/. It costs $20 and there is a 30% discount for educational uses so anyone would get that. Keep in mind you would need to be able to install their application on the system running Lotus so if it’s your work computer, make sure that’s allowed.

By: Esteban

Esteban — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:29:10 +0000

The Madera Google Calendar is a great feature for those who use Google calendars and/or smartphones. I own an android phone and it was very easy to add the Madera Calendar to the calendar application on my phone (the instructions are very clear). Now I can see all the upcoming events on my phone. I highly recommend it. Great work and thanks!