Subscribing to Purdue CS Calendar

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The purpose of this page is to show you how to sync the Purdue Computer Science calendars with your mobile devices and computer. This year, the CS department switched to Google Calendar for this exact reason. They did it for YOU :)

There are two calendars you can subscribe to:

Computer Science Events

• Used for Corporate Sponsor events.
• Google HTML
• webcal
• iCalendar (.ics) **

Department of Computer Science

• Used for departmental events, such as Colloquiums.
• Google HTML
• webcal
• iCalendar (.ics) **

** Static file listing only the currently added events. If a new event is added, you must download the file again

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Notes about Windows

• Windows 8 / Windows RT / Windows Phone
  • The Windows platform by itself does not support webcal URL’s or iCalendar files.
  • If Outlook is installed on the device, it should support webcal URL’s and iCalendar files.
  • The simplest approach is to sync the device with a Live.com. Google Sync with Windows Phone is being disabled December 31, 2013.
• Windows 7
  • If you have Outlook installed and use Outlook, you can use the webcal link.
  • If you don’t have Outlook or you don’t use it, I currently do not know of a convenient way to sync with the computer.

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Directions to sync a calendar:

Windows Live / Windows 8 / Windows RT / Windows Phone

1. Login to Live.com with the account that your device is synced with.
2. In the top left, click the arrow and select Calendar.
3. On the top bar, click Import.
4. On the left, click Subscribe.
5. Copy one of the iCalendar (.ics) links from above.
6. Paste the URL in Calendar URL.
7. Give the calendar a name.
8. Click Subscribe.

Windows with Outlook installed (no promises)

1. Click a webcal link from above.
2. Follow the prompts to subscribe to the calendar.

Android / Google Calendar

1. Using a desktop computer, Click the HTML Link on a calendar.
2. Click the “+ Google Calendar” button at the bottom right of the resulting webpage from step 1.
3. If not signed in, it will prompt you to sign into a Google account. Sign in to your Google account that is you want the calendars to sync with.
   NOTE: If you have an Android device, pick the account that is synced with the device.
4. After sign in is complete, a window will pop up asking if you’d like to add the calendar to your account. Click Add.
5. The calendar is now added to your Google Account, and in turn will be synced to any Android devices that are synced with that account as well.

iOS

1. Click a webcal link above.
2. Click “Subscribe”.
3. Click “Done”.

Mac OS X

1. Click a webcal link above.
2. Click “Subscribe”.
3. Decide if you want it to save locally or on iCloud. iCloud will set this calendar up on your iOS device if both are set up with the same iCloud account.
4. Click OK.

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Any issues should be sent to usb@cs.purdue.edu

Tutorial by Purdue CS USB, but mostly by Tyler Hoffman ;)