Update your school calendar to keep staff and guardians informed of upcoming events or school closures. Invite specific groups of students, guardians, and staff to an event.
💡 This feature is currently in beta. To report issues or request new features, use the Feature Request button at the top of the calendar page.
View the Calendar
From your Admin Dashboard, click Scheduling and then click Calendar.
Your school's calendar will open to the current week.
Click Month to view the entire month. Use the left and right arrows to view other weeks or months.
Click Options to see the different cards that you can add to your calendar.
Birthdays: view student birthdays
US Holidays: view US federal holidays
Menus: view the menu for each day
Lesson Plans: view lesson plans assigned for a day
Click an event to view its details.
Create an Event
From your Admin Dashboard, click Scheduling and then click Calendar.
Your school's calendar will open to the current week.
Use the left and right arrows to navigate to the month/week of your event.
Click the calendar on the day or time of the event to open the New Event Window in the right sidebar.
Once you click into the calendar, you can change the event day and/or time.
Name your event and verify the day/time.
[Optional] Select All Day if the event is not at a specific time.
[Optional] Toggle on Repeats if the event should recur in the future
[Optional] Add a location and type information in the Event Details.
Manage Invitees: Click Edit next to Everyone is Invited to change who will be invited to the events. The Event Recipients window will open. Select Specific Groups if you would like a certain class, program, listing, or staff member to view the event.
Click the blue Create Event button to add it to your school's calendar.
💡 Events will only be visible to those invited to the event.
Edit or Delete an Event
From your Admin Dashboard, click Scheduling and then click Calendar.
Your school's calendar will open to the current week. Use the left and right arrows to navigate to the month/week of the event you want to edit or delete.
Click the event, and the Edit Event Details window will open on the right sidebar.
Change the desired information and then click the blue Save Changes button.
If you want to delete the event, click the red Delete button.
Sync Playground Calendar to Personal Calendar
If you would like to sync your Playground Calendar to your personal or Google Calendar, follow the steps below. Calendars can be synced on both mobile and web.
Sync Calendar Events on Web
From your Admin Dashboard, click Scheduling and then click the Calendar tab.
Click into the event you would like to sync to your calendar.
Once your event is visible on the right hand side of your screen, click the Add to my Calendar button.
This will download an ICS file to your computer. Open the file up to finish adding it to your personal calendar outside of Playground.
Sync Calendar Events on Mobile
From your mobile app, tap the menu icon (≡) in the top left corner of your screen.
Select the Calendar tab.
Tap on an event you would like to add to your calendar.
Once the event details are visible, click the Add to my Calendar button.
If the event is recurring, you will have the option to add All Instances or just the single event.
Subscribe to Full Calendar on Mobile
From your mobile app, tap the menu icon (≡) in the top left corner of your screen.
Select the Calendar tab.
While your Calendar is visible, select the calendar icon labeled "12" in the top right hand corner of your device.
Select which calendar you would like to sync your Playground calendar to.
After subscribing to the Playground calendar, events will be updated on your personal calendar if they are updated in Playground.
🚨 Subscribing to your calendar will only sync public events. If you would like to sync non public events as well, click here.
🚨 Only subscribing to your Playground calendar allows dynamic syncing—any changes made to events in Playground will automatically appear in your personal calendar. However, if you manually add a single event from Playground to your calendar, it won't update if the original event is later changed in Playground.
Print Your Calendar
From your Admin Dashboard, click Scheduling and then click Calendar.
Your school's calendar will open to the current week. Use the left and right arrows to navigate to the month/week that you would like to print.
Click the white Print button at the top of the page.
Your computer's print options will open. Print or save the calendar.
