Embedding and Linking your Google Calendar to OU Campus:

1) Navigate to the page you wish to add the calendar to. In the main area (center) of the

page, click the green “Edit Content Area” button. Once the text area has appeared, click

the “Insert Snippet” button on the WYSIWYG toolbar.

2) Select “Video / Embedded Media” from the Category drop-down menu and select one

of the choices, except “YouTube Gallery.” “Wide in blue frame with caption” will be

used for this tutorial. Once selected, click the blue “Insert” button in the bottom right.

3) When the frame has appeared on the OU Campus screen, add a title and description to

the calendar via the text in the frame if needed, then click the grey video box. (The one

for this tutorial is in a blue frame.) Next click the “Insert/Edit Video” button in the

WYSIWYG toolbar.

4) Click the “Embed Code” tab in the pop-up window, and paste the code copied from the

Google Calendar you want to embed into the textbox. (For more information, look at

the "Finding the Google Calendar Embed Code” in our tutorials section.) Click the blue

“OK” button in the bottom right-hand corner of the window.

5) Click the Save button in the WYSIWYG toolbar to see a preview of your calendar. If you

are happy with the results, click the green “Publish” button in the OU Campus toolbar.

*** Important ***

6) For students to be able to click the link from the description, you must let them know to

click the event and click the “more details” button to receive the direct URL to the

webpage or form.

Embedding and Linking Google Calendars to OU Campus Sidebar:

1) On the page you wish to place the agenda. In the OU Campus editor, click the green

“Edit Side Bar” on the page’s left or right side.

2) Click the “Insert/Edit Video” button in the WYSIWYG toolbar.

3) Click the “Embed Code” tab in the top toolbar, and paste the code for the agenda into

the textbox. (For further information about which code to paste into the textbox, see

the “Linking Calendars to OU Campus Sidebar” tutorial.

a. ** This tutorial uses a 270x350 dimension for the agenda.

4) Save the layout. If the preview is good, click the green “Publish” button at the top of the

OU Campus screen.