Overview
Typically, Outlook calendars can only be viewed by people with a USC Outlook account, and only by busy/free status. However, if you need to make a calendar visible to students, or to non-USC individuals, you can publish an Outlook calendar. Once published, the calendar can be viewed by anyone with the link.
A note about the calendar name
Be aware that published calendars display the name of the calendar creator, not the name of the calendar itself. If you want the name to be more generic (for instance, to display your department's title rather than your name), one workaround is to create and publish the calendar under a shared org account rather than your own account.
Publishing an Outlook calendar
Quick guide
- Go to https://usc.edu/office365.
- Click the Settings
icon in the upper right.
- In the left menu, select Calendar. Then, select Shared calendars.
- Under "Publish a calendar," select a calendar and then select the permissions you want to grant.
- Click Publish.
- Scroll down, and copy the HTML link. You can now paste this link wherever you want to share the calendar.
Detailed guide (with screenshots)
- Go to https://usc.edu/office365.
- Click the Settings icon in the upper right.
- In the left menu, select Calendar. Then, select Shared calendars.
- Under "Publish a calendar," select a calendar and then select the permissions you want to grant.
- Click Publish.
- Scroll down, and copy the HTML link. You can now paste this link wherever you want to share the calendar.
Adding an Outlook calendar to WordPress
You can add the Outlook calendar link directly to a website page or you can embed the calendar using the iFrame component:
Quick guide
- Open the website page in the WordPress editor.
- Add the Full-Width iFrame Embed component.
- Add a title. In the Code Embed field, paste the following, and replace the properties indicated below:
<iframe src="Calendar link goes here" title="Title goes here"></iframe>
For example:
<iframe src="https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/3913e7e7fae9451bbf1a0937bab13011@usc.edu/26efc6967dd4458ea37e0742ea9fd6163835343725783093890/calendar.html" title="DTS Events Calendar"></iframe>
- You can now save and preview the page.
Detailed guide (with screenshots)
- Open the website page in the WordPress editor.
- Add the Full-Width iFrame Embed component.
- Add a title. In the Code Embed field, paste the following, and replace the properties indicated below:
<iframe src="Calendar link goes here" title="Title goes here"></iframe>
For example:
<iframe src="https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/3913e7e7fae9451bbf1a0937bab13011@usc.edu/26efc6967dd4458ea37e0742ea9fd6163835343725783093890/calendar.html" title="DTS Events Calendar"></iframe>
- You can now save and preview the page.