Calendar Subscriptions in the Veracross Portal

Students: Watch this video on how to subscribe to your Daily Class Schedule.

 

You can subscribe to any of the Veracross calendars using a variety of applications, and they will be automatically updated. A few examples of iCal enabled applications are Google Calendar, Apple (Mac) iCal/Calendar, Microsoft Outlook for the Web, and mobile devices such as iPhone and iPad.

1. Log in to the Veracross Portal at https://portals.veracross.com/blake.
   
2. Using a laptop/desktop web browser, Select Calendar from the top menu bar, then Calendar Subscriptions.
   
   
3. For Blake parents/guardians, you have several calendars to choose from:

My Calendars

• • • • My Household (events specific to your grade and campus)
      • All Schedules (daily schedules, if you have more than one MS/US students) 
      • Class Schedules for your student (daily schedules for MS/US students)
      • Faculty/Staff Calendar* (events specific to your grade and campus)
        Note: The faculty/staff calendar is available for employees only. 

School Calendars

• • • • All School Events (all non-athletic events across all campuses)
      • Athletics (practices/games by sport/team)

4. Click Subscribe to add a specific calendar to your default calendar application.

5. Entering iCal Feeds into Your Calendar Client. As each calendar client accepts iCal feeds differently, instructions provided by a few of the most popular calendar clients are linked below including Google Calendar, Apple (Mac) iCal/Calendar, Microsoft Outlook for the Web. 

 

Google Calendar

Check the box below to have all subscription links use Google Calendar automatically.

Note: Google may take up to 12 hours to update Google Calendar subscriptions. For real-time information, go to your myBlake Portal. (It is recommended to bookmark your myBlake portal in your web browser.)  

More information on Customizing Calendar Subscriptions in Google Calendar

More information: Google Support - Add someone else's Google calendar

 

Apple’s iCal/Calendar

iCal will open and ask you to confirm your subscription. Click Subscribe.

More information: Apple Support - Subscribe to calendars on Mac

 

Microsoft Outlook for the Web

1. Sign in to either the Microsoft 365 sign-in page or to Outlook.com.
   
2. At the bottom of the page, in the bottom left navigation, select Calendar to go to Calendar.
   
3. In the navigation pane, select Add Calendar
   
4. Select Subscribe from Web
   
5. Hover your mouse over the appropriate Subscribe Button, and then, right-click, to Copy Link Address.
   
   
   
6. Paste the URL for the linked calendar in Outlook.
   
7. Under Calendar name, type the name you want to use for the calendar (e.g., Blake Calendar).
   
8. Select the Import button.

Note: Whenever events change on an iCal feed, it can take more than 24 hours for Outlook on the web to update your calendar. For real-time information, go to your myBlake Portal. (It is recommended to bookmark your myBlake portal in your web browser.)

More information: Microsoft Support - Subscribe to a calendar in Outlook on the web

 

Additional Articles:

Customizing Calendar Subscriptions in Google Calendar

Creating a Homepage Link (App Button) on your iPhone

Subscribing to Calendars using Google Calendar