Share Your Calendar
This feature enables users to easily share their WiscCal calendar (including resource calendars) with those who do not use an online calendar or with users of other popular calendaring systems. It works by generating a unique “Share URL” that displays WiscCal calendar data as a simple Web page (sample).
The feature also allows users of other calendar systems, including Google Calendar, Mozilla Sunbird, Apple iCal or Windows Vista Calendar, to read WiscCal calendar data using iCalendar format, the Internet standard for calendar data exchange. This means, for example, that parents who are Google Calendar users can configure their calendar to read the Share URL provided by their student in order to have access to his or her WiscCal calendar.
The Share feature is viewable as a link in the WiscCal module in the My UW-Madison portal, and a variety DoIT Help Desk documents are available to help users understand this new feature and its applications.
The Share feature was created in response to requests from campus.
The other applications mentioned (Google Calendar, Mozilla Sunbird, Apple iCal, Windows Vista Calendar) are not suitable replacements for using the Native client or the web client. "Your mileage may vary" with the ability of 3rd party applications to be able to parse the iCalendar data properly. You won't be able to create new events in the WiscCal account associated with the share via this mechanism either. That said, our experience with those 4 applications has been positive, with very few issues with a wide variety of example data.
For more information, see How to Share Your Calendar.
Please Note: If there is ANY sensitive data (e.g., personal, financial, medical information) in a WiscCal calendar, users should not share their calendars using this feature.
Enhancements:
- Resource shares can now be created
- A resource share form that uses easily bookmark-able URLs
- A resource lookup form that has an "auto-complete" option
- An HTML view for Shared Calendars that now shows Daily Notes and Day Events in chronological order with Appointments
- A new iCalendar compatibility option for calendar clients that have trouble with Recurring Appointments (e.g., Apple iCal, Mozilla Sunbird/Lightning)