Setting Up: Google Calendar

Setting Up: Google Calendar

Overview

This article details how admins can sync your organization-wide Google Calendar(s) to ReachWell in order to share with contacts and families.
Don't use Google Calendar? Visit Setting Up: Outlook Calendar.

Instructions

Please follow the instructions below to sync your organization-wide Google Calendar to ReachWell.


  1. Open your Google Calendar Settings by logging in to Google Calendar. If you don't already have a family-facing calendar, follow the next few steps to set one up, and then continue with the remaining steps.
  2. To create a family-facing calendar, go to the right side of your calendar and click the plus icon next to Other Calendars.
         
  1. Select Create new calendar.
         
  1. Name the calendar and make sure the time zone is correct.
  2. Navigate back to your calendar view to locate the calendar from the left-hand column.
       
  1. Make sure your calendar is public.
      
  1. Select Integrate Calendar (red arrow) and the copy the Calendar ID (blue arrow).
       
  1. Navigate to your ReachWell Dashboard > Organization > Schools/Orgs page.
  2. Select Update Under the Calendar column.

         

  1. Scroll down to Calendar and check the Activate Google Calendar box and paste the Calendar ID into the text box.


  2. Click Save at the bottom. Now check out the app! You should see all your calendar events feeding into ReachWell (assuming you have events in your calendar).
For additional questions, please reach out to support@reachwellapp.com. We are happy to help! 
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