Announcements & Google Calendar Sync

Post announcements to your calendar and sync Vega events with Google Calendar.

Calendar Admin Dashboard 2:58

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0:01 This tutorial guides you through managing your groups, making

0:03 announcements, adding group

0:04 administrators, and syncing a group

0:06 calendar to your own external calendar.

0:09 You will learn how to create group

0:10 announcements, manage admins, and

0:13 connect your Google account for seamless

0:14 group calendar synchronization. Click

0:16 groups to view and manage different user

0:18 groups within the calendar.

0:21 Click admin to view only the groups that

0:23 you have control over.

0:25 Click on any of the groups to start

0:27 managing their details on the right

0:29 side.

0:30 Click announcements to view and create

0:32 announcements for the selected group.

0:34 Click here to start creating a new

0:36 announcement for the group.

0:38 Click here to open the announcement

0:39 editor interface.

0:41 Fill in the title of the announcement to

0:43 give users a preview of what the message

0:45 is about. Click in the announcement

0:47 field to start typing.

0:49 You can also use the text editor tools

0:51 above the box to customize the layout of

0:53 your message.

0:55 Click publish to make your announcement

0:56 visible to the group members.

0:59 Click admins to see the current

1:00 administrators of the group.

1:02 Click new admin to add a new

1:04 administrator to the group.

1:06 Click cancel or add selected admins to

1:08 finish your action and go back to the

1:10 group page.

1:12 Click on the members tab to check the

1:14 current members of the group.

1:16 Click here to access the group's sharing

1:18 options. In here, you will find

1:20 shareable links for members to join and

1:22 QR code options.

1:24 Click here to view the QR code you can

1:26 share with people you would like to have

1:28 join the group.

1:29 Here you can download the QR code or

1:31 link. If members follow this from their

1:34 phone or computer, they will be

1:35 subscribed to the group and see group

1:37 events and announcements.

1:39 Click here to close the sharing options.

1:42 Click calendar to go back to the main

1:44 calendar interface.

1:46 Click subscribe to calendar to view

1:48 calendar subscription methods.

1:50 Select the type of calendar you would

1:52 like to subscribe to these events.

1:54 Click Google Calendar to proceed with

1:56 Google Calendar subscription setup.

1:58 Click here to connect an existing Google

2:00 account or connect a different account

2:02 based on your preference.

2:04 Follow the instructions on the pop-up

2:06 window from Google to select the account

2:08 you wish to connect.

2:10 Click here to continue the Google

2:11 sign-in process.

2:13 Click the checkbox on the right to give

2:15 Vega permission to keep the group events

2:17 synced to the calendar.

2:19 Click here to complete granting access

2:21 to your Google account.

2:22 Switch back to admin.Vega Events.com

2:26 to continue managing your calendar

2:27 settings. You will now see a green

2:29 synced status on your Google Calendar

2:31 row.

2:33 Click close to exit the calendar

2:34 settings interface after completing your

2:36 tasks. This group's events will now sync

2:39 with your personal or other selected

2:40 calendar going forward.

2:43 You have successfully managed group

2:44 announcements, configured group admins

2:46 and members, and integrated your Google

2:49 Calendar with a group.

2:50 Next, explore advanced calendar settings

2:53 or invite more users to your groups for

2:55 enhanced collaboration.

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