{"id":264,"date":"2026-07-14T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=264"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:15:03","slug":"importing-courses-via-ical","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/docs\/studifoca\/using-studifoca\/importing-courses-via-ical\/","title":{"rendered":"Importing Courses via iCal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your school publishes an iCal calendar feed \u2014 Canvas and Brightspace both do \u2014 StudiFoca can pull every course, meeting time, assignment, and assessment from it in one pass, rather than adding each course and its work by hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding your feed URL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From a term&#8217;s <strong>\u2026<\/strong> menu, choose <strong>Import from iCal Feed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"308\" class=\"wp-image-305\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_02_ical_url-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_02_ical_url-scaled.png 1248w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_02_ical_url-146x300.png 146w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_02_ical_url-499x1024.png 499w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_02_ical_url-768x1576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_02_ical_url-749x1536.png 749w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_02_ical_url-998x2048.png 998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br>Paste the calendar feed URL. In Canvas: Account \u2192 Settings \u2192 scroll to Calendar Feed \u2192 copy the link. In Brightspace: Calendar \u2192 Settings \u2192 Enable Calendar Feeds \u2192 Subscribe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tap <strong>Fetch Calendar<\/strong> once you have the URL in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The free-tier limit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the free tier, only the first two courses in the feed import. The rest are visible but locked until you unlock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/docs\/studifoca\/welcome\/full-load\/\">Full Load<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"308\" class=\"wp-image-306\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_03_fullload_gate-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_03_fullload_gate-scaled.png 1248w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_03_fullload_gate-146x300.png 146w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_03_fullload_gate-499x1024.png 499w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_03_fullload_gate-768x1576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_03_fullload_gate-749x1536.png 749w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_03_fullload_gate-998x2048.png 998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br>CHEM 151 and ENGL 102 unlocked; HIST 277, PHIL 260, PSYC 101, and SOC 101 waiting behind Full Load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Full Load unlocked, every course in the feed is available to import.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"308\" class=\"wp-image-307\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_04_all_courses-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_04_all_courses-scaled.png 1248w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_04_all_courses-146x300.png 146w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_04_all_courses-499x1024.png 499w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_04_all_courses-768x1576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_04_all_courses-749x1536.png 749w, https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imp_04_all_courses-998x2048.png 998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br>All six courses unlocked. From here, the process continues into the shared review step \u2014 see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/docs\/studifoca\/using-studifoca\/reviewing-an-import\/\">Reviewing an import<\/a> for what happens next, whether you got here from a syllabus or from an iCal feed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":155,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_is_vendor_doc":"0","footnotes":""},"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-264","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341,"href":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/264\/revisions\/341"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/155"}],"next":[{"title":"Importing Courses from Syllabus","link":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/docs\/studifoca\/using-studifoca\/importing-courses-from-syllabus\/","href":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/342"}],"prev":[{"title":"Courses","link":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/docs\/studifoca\/using-studifoca\/courses\/","href":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quixoticraindrop.com\/software\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}