Students can sync the Canvas calendar to multiple external calendars

The Canvas calendar iCal feed is located in the right sidebar of your Calendar in Canvas. After clicking this, copy the iCal feed link and go to the external calendar of your choice.

You can import the iCal feed using the URL for this internet calendar to subscribe to any calendar app that accepts the iCal format, such as Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and Outlook.com; these links provide guidance on setting this sync up.

Since Canvas course calendars are subject to change during the course, we do not recommend you downloading and uploading the iCal file since that is static and won't update as needed.

External calendars such as Outlook periodically updates but may take up to 24 hours to sync with the Canvas Calendar; therefore, a Canvas update may not be immediately visible. However, in apple products you can set the iCal feed to auto-refresh at various intervals, including every 5 minutes. You can also download the calendar feed as an ICS file however, this will not update.

The iCal feed will contain events and assignments from all of your Canvas course calendars. Please note that the iCal sync does not include to do dates associated with pages in Canvas although these dates do appear on the Canvas calendar. For this reason, School of Medicine courses avoid using to do dates associated with pages.

Copying the iCal feed for the Canvas calendar

iCal feed

Setting the Apple calendar to auto-refresh every 5 minutes

View of iCal feed set to auto-refresh

Canvas Resources

How do I view the Calendar iCal feed to subscribe to an external calendar?

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Student-Guide/How-do-I-view-the-Calendar-iCal-feed-to-subscribe-to-an-external/ta-p/331

How do I subscribe to the Canvas calendar feed using Outlook.com?

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Student-Guide/How-do-I-subscribe-to-the-Calendar-feed-using-Outlook-com-as-a/ta-p/285

How do I subscribe to the Canvas calendar feed using Outlook?

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Student-Guide/How-do-I-subscribe-to-the-Calendar-feed-using-Outlook-as-a/ta-p/531

Note: if using the Outlook App for Mac, you will need to subscribe to the iCal feed via Outlook.com (see guide above), then the iCal calendar will be visible in your Outlook App.

How do I subscribe to the Canvas calendar feed using Google?

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Student-Guide/How-do-I-subscribe-to-the-Calendar-feed-using-Google-Calendar-as/ta-p/535

How do I subscribe to the Canvas calendar in the student app?

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Student-iOS-Guide/How-do-I-subscribe-to-the-Canvas-calendar-in-the-Student-app-on/ta-p/1894

School of Medicine Resources

Contact the School of Medicine Education Technology Specialist, Julia Conrad Fisher jec98@duke.edu and include screenshots and background information related to your question or concern.

For support related to your Apple hardware, please visit the School of Medicine Helpdesk on the 4th floor of the Trent Semans Center, Room 4074, email at mededit_helpdesk@duke.edu or call at 919-668-6212.