Your school calendar events can be displayed on both PlusPortals as well as RediSite. By managing calendars in PlusPortals, you have the option to manually add events or import them from a Google Calendar or MS Outlook. These calendar events can then be set up to automatically update your RediSite. For more details on managing calendars in PlusPortals, please refer to PlusPortal Calendar .
For information about sharing calendars skip to the bottom of this article.
Calendar events can be displayed in up to four locations. The locations can include:
- Inside the Portal (on the user's Home Page)
- On your portal login page
Calendar events only display here if your school has selected to use the Home Page option under miscellaneous. See Customize the PlusPortals Home Page for more information.
- On your school's RediSite website (IF your RediSite design opted to include it)
- Calendar on the ParentPlus Mobile App
See ParentPlus Portal Mobile App: View Your School's Calendar Events for more information.
Every school website is customized, including the option to show calendar events from your PlusPortals, with variations in where they may appear. If your calendar events are not visible on your website and you would like them to be, please contact us at support@rediker.com with any questions.
Alternately, your events can instead display directly from Google using the Google Calendar Widget. Or embedding a Google Calendar using an HTML widget.
No matter how the events are added and displayed on RediSite, please review the PlusPortals Calendar Feed Settings, and update the Start and End Dates appropriately. These date settings should be updated at the start of each year as part of the New Year Process if you are a PlusPortal and RediSite customer.
How to Create a "Public" Event
For more information, see Create a Calendar Event.
- While logged in as PlusPortalAdmin, or with a created Admin account go Communication > Calendar.
- Create an Event. Be sure to include title, description, and any other essential information. Be sure to set a valid start and end date/time.
- Under Visible To check off Show on Login Page (Public) (include the other appropriate visibility options as desired). This option must be selected to be visible on your RediSite.
The Calendar Category can be a filter option. The RediSite may take up to one hour for updates to populate on the live website.
The calendar event data entered directly to PlusPortals is limited to 18 months of events. Please review the PlusPortals Calendar Feed Settings and update the Start and End Dates appropriately. These date settings should be updated at the start of each year as part of the New Year Process if you are a PlusPortal and RediSite customer.
Create a "Public" Feed from a Google or MS Outlook Calendar
See the following articles for more details on this: Manage Google Calendar Settings & Manage Outlook Calendar Settings
- While logged in as PlusPortalAdmin, or with a created Admin account go Communication > Calendar.
- Select Calendar Feed. Choose to with either Google or MS Outlook.
- Setup your Calendar Feed with the appropriate Platform (Google or MS Outlook)
- Select Edit and set the following:
- Valid start and end
- Color
- Select Visible To option of Show on Login Page (Public)
The Calendar Title, which is set in Google or MS Outlook, will be a filter option on the RediSite as it is on the PlusPortals. The RediSite may take up to one hour for updates to populate on the live website. Please review the PlusPortals Calendar Feed Settings and update the Start and End Dates appropriately. These date settings should be updated at the start of each year as part of the New Year Process if you are a PlusPortal and RediSite customer.
Displaying Events on the RediSite
As you design and set up your RediSite, Rediker will automatically manage the integration and configuration of the widgets that display your events from PlusPortals. We use a specialized widget called the Calendar+ widget, which can present events in either a Calendar or List View.
Calendar View
This Calendar view allows some customization like number (#) of events to show on the day, color, and size of text, as well as many other settings.
On Mobile devices the Calendar+ widget will always default List View.
List View
This view allows for some customization like number (#) of events to show on the day, color, and size of text, as well as other settings.
Options for Sharing School Calendars
The Redisite platform does NOT act as your calendar application nor does it provide live sharing feeds of calendars to other platforms and applications, other than individual events (details below). For sharing your school calendar please review the options below.
Using the Calendar's Source/Platform Sharing Options (Google/Outlook; Recommended)
The ParentPlus APP (Recommended)
PlusPortals ICS Export
Your parents, students, and staff can download/export events from within PlusPortals as an ICS file (snap shot/not live). Which can be added to other calendar applications.
Individual Events
