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This article will walk you through connecting your Google Calendar with your Signera Adaptive Module (Custom Slideshow Module) via the "Web Snapshot" feature with the intention of showing your Google Calendar events on your Signera sign without the need of manually syncing or importing or adding of events. Once you go through this article and get it setup correctly, the import/sync function will happen automatically between Google Calendar and Signera. You should not need to repeat these steps unless you make changes to your Google Calendar (changing Calendars, removing Public Access, changing Public Access Web link, etc).

Step 1) Open Google Calendar and login to Google if needed.

Step 2) Click 3 dots next to Calendar name and select "Settings and Sharing"



Step 3) Scroll down to the section called "Access permissions" and look for the box labeled "Make available to public". Make sure this check-box is checked and the setting says "See all event details"



Note: If your "Access Permissions" only allows you to set "See only free/busy (hide details)" (See below) then you'll need to create a new calendar. This option needs to be able to be changed to "See all event details"



Step 4) Scroll down to the "Integrate calendar" section and copy the link in the "Public URL to this calendar" box.




Step 5) Go to Adaptive Module (Custom Slideshow Module) where you want the Google Calendar to show. Click on the "Add Web Snapshot" button under the "Add Content to Adaptive Module (Custom Slideshow Module)" section.



Step 6) Give your new Web Snapshot slide a name (anything you want) in the "Name" box and hit "Save"



Step 7) Go back into your newly created Web Snapshot slide (click on whatever name you selected in Step 6) under the section "Manage Existing Content in Adaptive Module (Custom Slideshow Module)"

Step 8) Scroll down to the box labeled "Web Snapshot Full Web URL (begin with http:// or https://)" and paste the link you copied in step 4 above.



Step 9) Click "Save/Preview" and confirm under the section "Web Snapshot Preview" you see your Google Calendar correctly.



Note: If you see a Login box for Google, this means you didn't make your calendar publicly available in Step 3 or didn't select the option "See all event details" from Step 3.

Note: If you see your calendar but cannot make out the picture (it's too small) you may wish to move your Web Snapshot slide to a Adaptive Module (Custom Slideshow Module) that is larger. The Web Snapshot feature will always fit within whatever side Adaptive Module (Custom Slideshow Module) it is in.

Optional Step 10) If you want your Web Snapshot to "automatically" update, then set the setting "Web Snapshot Update Frequency" to your desired setting.




You may also be interested in adding your Google Calendar to an Event Scheduler module. An article on that process is here: How to show a Google Calendar on a Signera Event Scheduler Module?

You may also be interested in learning more about Web Snapshot (and specifically the "Cropper" feature). An article that goes further into Web Snapshot can be found here: How to Show Web Page, Nest Camera, etc. on a Adaptive Module (Custom Slideshow Module) using Web Snapshot?

If you need further help, please reach out to Signera Support at 301-714-0110 x1 or support@signera.net