Introduction
In Outlook, you can subscribe to your Canvas calendar feed. Once subscribed, all events and assignments from your courses will appear in a view-only format, along with any appointment slots reserved by students. This allows you to see your upcoming Canvas events alongside your regular Outlook calendar items.
Find Your Unique Calendar Feed
To sync your Canvas calendar to Outlook, first navigate to the Calendar page in Canvas. On the right-hand side of the page, choose the Calendar Feed option.
This will bring up the Calendar Feed box. Copy the text in the URL field – you will need this for the next step.
Syncing the Calendar Feed with Outlook
Sign in to your university account on Outlook: University of Manchester Outlook
On the calendar page, choose Add Calendar.
In the box that opens, choose Subscribe from Web. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the box – you can now give your calendar a name, colour and icon, if desired. You may also select which of your calendar folders to import this calendar too.
Once happy with your choices, click Import.
The Canvas calendar will now be integrated and available in Outlook, including in the desktop app. The calendar will update when new events are added in your courses (NB: this may take up to 24 hours to sync).
The Outlook integration is a helpful tool that makes your Canvas calendar accessible and viewable from Outlook. However, for full functionality and access to all features, such as viewing which students have booked appointments or accessing full assignment details, we recommend using the calendar directly in Canvas.