This article explains the iCal link: a personal calendar link that keeps your classes, course sessions, events and appointments from Zenamu in your own calendar. It isn't the Continue with Google sign-in, which doesn't add anything to Google Calendar.
This works not only with Google Calendar but also with Apple Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and any other calendar that can subscribe to a calendar by URL.
The iCal link isn't available on the free Getting Started plan and the Lite plan. On those plans, the iCal box shows information about upgrading instead of the link. All other plans have it, including the trial.
The integration is one-way — it only syncs from Zenamu to your calendar. If you create a new class or cancel one in Zenamu, it will be reflected in your personal calendar. However, changes made directly in your personal calendar won't affect Zenamu.
Getting the iCal URL for Your Calendar
1. Obtain the iCal URL from Zenamu
Go to Settings › Schedule page and open the Public schedule tab.
Scroll down to the iCal box (Google/Apple Calendar integration), below Widgets for your website with the codes for embedding the schedule into your own webpage.
Click How do I do this? and copy the link with the copy icon.
The link is personal. It contains only the sessions you teach yourself: classes and course sessions where you're the instructor, events you lead, and appointments where you're the specialist. The Schedule page is available only to users with the Administrator role, so each administrator sees their own link there.
Need the link for an instructor who isn't an administrator? Write to us in the chat with the instructor's name and we'll send you their personal link to forward.
2. Add the iCal URL to Google Calendar
Open your Google Calendar.
In the left menu under Other calendars, click the plus button "+".
Select From URL from the options.
Paste the iCal URL that you copied from Zenamu into the provided field.
Click Add Calendar and wait a few seconds for synchronization to complete. The Zenamu calendar should now appear among your other calendars. If your classes are not visible immediately, try refreshing your browser.
On an Android phone, the new calendar may not show up in the Google Calendar app right away. Open the app, go to Settings, tap the Zenamu calendar and turn on Sync.
Add the iCal URL to Apple Calendar (iPhone, iPad)
Open Settings › Calendar › Accounts.
Tap Add Account › Other › Add Subscribed Calendar.
Paste the iCal URL, tap Next and then Save.
On a Mac, open the Calendar app and choose File › New Calendar Subscription.
Add the iCal URL to Microsoft Outlook
In Outlook on the web, open the calendar and click Add calendar.
Choose Subscribe from web, paste the iCal URL, give the calendar a name and click Import.
How quickly changes show up
The iCal link always contains the current data. As soon as you add, change or cancel a session in Zenamu, the change is in the link. Your calendar app, however, only checks the link from time to time, and you can't make it check sooner:
Google Calendar usually refreshes subscribed calendars every 12–24 hours.
Apple Calendar refreshes according to Settings › Calendar › Accounts › Fetch New Data. If it's set to Manually, the calendar only updates when you open it.
Outlook usually refreshes every few hours.
It's normal for a new session to appear in your calendar with a delay of up to a day.
My calendar isn't updating
If new sessions don't appear in your calendar even after a day, check the following:
The calendar was imported instead of subscribed. If you downloaded the file from the link and imported it (for example via Import in Google Calendar, or by opening the file on your phone), your calendar only holds a snapshot from that moment and will never update. Delete that calendar and add the link again using one of the steps above (From URL, Add Subscribed Calendar or Subscribe from web).
The session isn't assigned to you. The link only contains sessions where you're set as the instructor. Check that you're assigned to the session in Zenamu.
The session doesn't exist yet. If your studio adds the schedule week by week, next week's sessions only appear in the calendar after they're created in Zenamu and the calendar app refreshes.
Sync is turned off on Android. In the Google Calendar app, go to Settings, tap the Zenamu calendar and turn on Sync.
What's Included in the iCal Sync (and What's Not)
The iCal feed contains the sessions of the person whose link it is. Here's what it includes:
Item type | In the iCal feed? |
Classes you teach | ✓ Yes |
Course sessions you teach | ✓ Yes |
Events you lead | ✓ Yes |
Booked appointments where you're the specialist | ✓ Yes |
Sessions taught by other instructors | ✗ No |
Cancelled sessions and cancelled appointment bookings | ✗ No |
Appointments appear in the feed once they're booked. Your free appointment availability isn't exported.