Here is a list of the most common asked questions regarding UCSC Google Calendar.

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Getting Started

• Subscribing to the UCSC Campus Holiday Calendar
• Subscribing to the Academic and Administrative Calendars
• Your First Days Using UCSC Google Calendar
• Can I manually transfer CruzTime meetings to Google Calendar?
• Can I set a specific work schedule in my UCSC Google calendar?
• What are Google calendar Labs?
• How do I sync my UCSC Google calendar with my phone/mobile device?
• How can I transfer a calendar from a non-UCSC Gmail account into my UCSC Google Calendar account?

Accessing Google Calendar

You may access your Google Calendar two ways: 

• https://calendar.google.com/a/ucsc.edu (bookmark this link)
• or via email at: http://email.ucsc.edu (click on "Calendar" on the top banner)

Login with your CruzID and Blue password (same password you use for email). ITS recommends that you always access your UCSC Google Calendar via a secure web browser such as Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Internet Explorer

Viewing & Subscribing to Calendars

• Do I need to view my UCSC Google calendar in a web browser, or can I use a desktop application like iCal?
• How can I view another person’s UCSC Google calendar?
• How can I view a Resource (room) calendar? 
• What does it mean to “subscribe” to a UCSC Google calendar? 
• Can I subscribe to a non-UCSC Google calendar?
• Can I view multiple calendars at once in UCSC Google calendar, like CruzTime’s group view?
• How do I add the Campus Holiday schedule to my UCSC Google Calendar?

Resources (Rooms) & Secondary Calendars

• If I reserve a resource (room) on my UCSC Google calendar, will I be able to see it on my calendar?
• How do resources work in UCSC Google calendar? 
• How can I view a Resource (room) calendar? 
• What are secondary calendars in UCSC Google calendar? 
• How can I create a new secondary calendar?
• What’s the difference between a secondary calendar and a resource calendar?
• How can I share my secondary calendar with other users?
• How do I add a room/resource to a meeting in UCSC Google calendar?

Contacts, Groups, Attachments

• How can I add a group of people to an event in my UCSC Google calendar?
• Can I add attachments to a meeting in my UCSC Google calendar?

Printing, Short Cuts, Tasks, Time Zones

• Can I use keyboard shortcuts in UCSC Google calendar?
• How do I print my UCSC Google calendar?
• How do time zones work in UCSC Google Calendar?

Creating Meetings

• Can I see the creation date of a meeting in my UCSC Google calendar?
  
• How does the “Find a time” feature of UCSC Google calendar work?
• How do repeating meetings/events work in UCSC Google calendar?
• Is there a way to “check conflicts” in UCSC Google calendar like there was in CruzTime?
• How do I add a room/resource to a meeting in UCSC Google calendar?

About Meetings

• Will CruzTime color coding be automatically moved to UCSC Google Calendar?
• What information about an event appears on my UCSC Google calendar?
• What does the “map” feature do in UCSC Google calendar? Will it auto-populate with campus locations?
• Does UCSC Google calendar allow double booking?
• How does a tentative meeting appear in UCSC Google calendar?

Notifications & Invitations

• Can I invite any UCSC user to an event in my UCSC Google calendar?
• Can I modify the email notification that UCSC Google calendar sends out when I create a new meeting?
• Will UCSC Google calendar notify me when I have a meeting? 
• Can I invite someone to a meeting in UCSC Google calendar if they don’t have an @ucsc.edu email address?
• Is there a maximum number of people I can invite to a meeting in UCSC Google calendar?

Sharing (Access Rights)

• How do you share your Google Calendar with others?
• How do designate calendars work in UCSC Google calendar?

Privacy Settings

• Can an attendee change the privacy settings on a UCSC Google calendar meeting?
• Is my meeting info secure in UCSC Google calendar?

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