Connect SP_CE and Google Calendar to manage space meetings in your calendar. Easily set it up the first time you invite participants to a meeting or download the add-in from Google AppStore (if you for some reason don’t want to connect your calendar directly to SP_CE).
Connect SP_CE and Google Calendar
- Create a meeting in space
- Add meeting details (title, date, time, meeting participants)
- Connect your calendar by flipping the the switch in the top right menu (you only need to do this once)
- Follow the steps to finalize the connection
- Click the “INVITE” button to preview the meeting invite
- In the preview you can modify the description of the invite (if needed)
- When pressing send a calendar invite will go out to all meeting participants and a calendar event will be created in everyone’s calendar
- Easily update the invitation in your calendar or in the space
Watch the short demo below to see it in action.
Install the SP_CE calendar add-in
Please note that this is an alternative to the full SP_CE and Google calendar integration above.
- Go to the Google Calendar page [https://calendar.google.com]
- In the upper right corner, click on the Google Apps icon
- In the popup, scroll down and click on the button “More from Google Workspace Marketplace”
- In the search field, type in “SPCE”
- Click on the SP_CE card in the search result
- Follow the step to install the SP_CE calendar app
Log in to your SP_CE account
- Find the SP_CE icon in the right menu bar and click to open the login panel
- In the login box, click the login button
- You will now be taken to the SP_CE login page
- Log in with your SP_CE credentials
Create a meeting
- Click the “Create” button in Google Calendar
- Select “Event”
- Give the meeting a title, set date and time, add meeting participants
- Move to the SP_CE panel to the right and select which space and meeting template to use
- Click “Add to meeting”
- Click “Save” to send the invite
- A meeting will be created in the space with the selected meeting template
Please note that if you want to update the invite, open the SP_CE add in and press “save” to have the changes reflected in the space meeting.
Find the space meeting in the timeline
Find the event you created in Google Calendar reflected as a meeting in the timeline in the space. In space you can start (or join) the meeting and customize the meeting agenda.
Please note that to update the meeting with a two way sync between space and the calendar, you need to head back to the calendar and use the add-in.
