Late in July I set up Google Calendars for all my online classes, with reminders of posting and quiz dates. I said I’d see how it worked. The button was this:
Apparently it doesn’t work, at least not the way it was set up. A student contacted me a couple of days ago saying it wouldn’t go into her calendar. I sent her the direct link to the calendar, though, and it worked fine.
The URL for that was:
https://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=dXE0cW5hYTFhZmxlMjFsYWJxNml2M2M5c2dAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ
So now I’m going to go back, and using Google’s button image, but not its code. Instead, I’ll just link the image directly to the calendar. I tested it by logging out of Google, logging in under a different address, and adding it to my new calendar. Seems to work, but I’ll check with the students…
