Calendar export

Moodle allows administrators, teachers and students to easily export calendars for backing up or syncing with other calendar software.

There are two methods for exporting a calendar in Moodle.

== To back up a calendar ==

Moodle Calendar "Export calendar" and "iCal" buttons

click the "Export calendar" button located on the bottom of calendar page
select the items you wish to back up (select "All events" to back up the entire calendar)
click "Export" when you are ready to export

Note: you can only export calendar events up to the next 60 days.

To copy a calendar

For use on a device such as a PDA, or to import a Moodle calendar into software such as Apple iCal, Microsoft Outlook, or Mozilla Thunderbird:

click on the orange "iCal" button located on the bottom of the calendar page
alternatively, when using "Export calendar" clicking on "Get calendar URL" will provide you with a URL which can be used with other calendar software to sync with a Moodle calendar

Note: you cannot select individual items to include in the exported file with iCal, all events will be included.

You can then import the exported calendar into your desired software.

enter into calendar mode by clicking the Calendar icon at the bottom-right of the client
click Calendar -> Import... then locate the exported iCal file

Note: changing an event in Thunderbird/Lightning will not change the event in a Moodle calendar as well, you must do that yourself.