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Exporting due dates from Brightspace to an external calendar

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You can export your Brightspace Calendar to another application, such as Microsoft Outlook or Google/Apple Calendar. To do this, copy a link from your Calendar that you can add to your calendar application. This can be useful for viewing your calendar on your smartphone, for instance.

Find Calendar in Brightspace

Open your Brightspace. In the homepage scroll down and you will see the calendar widget.

Click on the Chevron Icon and select "Go to Calendar" Option.

Sharing the Calendar 

Once inside the calendar page , click on the "Settings" button.

In the Calendar Options menu, click the "Enable Calendar Feeds" checkbox. Click "Save".
This will enable the subscribe feature in your Brightspace calendar.

The "Subscribe" button will now appear on the Calendar. Click "Subscribe".

Choose what you want the external calendar to show under Calendar Subscriptions. You can select All Calendars and Tasks, Tasks Only or one of your courses. Then copy the provided URL and paste it into the application you would like to share your Calendar with.

NOTE : Your other calendar application needs to support ics links.

You can also download the contents for offline use.
Click "Download".
You can open the .ics file with most calendar applications.

NOTE: Any changes in the Calendar made after downloading will not be automatically entered.

To add the provided URL in an external application, you need to find the option in that application that allows you to add calendars. From there, you can add calendars from external sources such as Brightspace.

NOTE: If you copy and paste the link, you are subscribing to (parts of) the Brightspace Calendar. This means that updates are automatically synced to your Calendar. By clicking "Download", you are importing the calendar as it is at that particular moment. You will not receive any updates after the time of downloading.

Click "Close" to Save and Exit.

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