12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 PRESENTS Meeting Notice feeds and iCal Functionality

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Table of Contents Upcoming Meetings for an organizational unit View Feeds - IEEE vTools Meeting System Feeds for a particular user (e.g. R3, Alabama section volunteer) Upcoming R3 Meetings (RSS) HTML View of Upcoming R3 Meetings HTML Source of Upcoming R3 Meetings XML List of Upcoming R3 Meetings 2

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Table of Contents Text View of IEEE_meeting_feed.ics made from Upcoming R3 Meetings Google Calendar –Region 3 Calendar after linking Region 3 Upcoming Meetings ical feed (Week View)Region 3 Calendar after linking Region 3 Upcoming Meetings ical feed (Week View) –Click on eventClick on event –More detailsMore details 3

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Upcoming meetings for an organizational unit The search tool is used to get a visual representation of scheduled meetings. Feeds are directly related to this information. 4

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 View Feeds - IEEE vTools Meetings System If you choose to log in, click on the “View Feeds” link. 5

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Feeds for a particular user (R3, Alabama Section Volunteer) See the links for reports, upcoming meetings, and virtual meetings. vTools meeting queries can be highly specific but as an example, we will focus only on upcoming meetings. 6

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Upcoming R3 Meetings (RSS) Note that the meetings are shown in descending order based on the date published. This is a good way to keep up with activities of units but not necessarily for getting to the meeting! 7

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 HTML View of Upcoming R3 Meetings Note these are in ascending order (asc). 8

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 HTML Source of Upcoming R3 Meetings Note that html IDs and classes are used to differentiate content sections. These can be used with CSS (cascading style sheet) selectors to customize the look of meeting data. 9

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 XML List of Upcoming R3 Meetings 10

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Text View of IEEE_meeting_feed.ics made from Upcoming R3 Meetings This Meetings feed can be used to populate dynamic calendar and event applications on the web. Entering the feed’s url into an application will provide periodic updates without the need to manually update events. Different ranges may be selected to enhance readability. 11

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Google Calendar You can import the Meetings feed into Google calendar 12

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Google Calendar 13

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Region 3 Calendar after linking Region 3 Upcoming Meetings iCal feed (Week View) 14

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Region 3 Calendar after linking Region 3 Upcoming Meetings iCal feed (Month View) Upcoming meetings are included in Google calendar 15

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Google Calendar - Click on event Details can be viewed by clicking on event listed in calendar 16

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Google Calendar - More details 17

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Thank you! Thank you for viewing the tutorial. Please remember to visit vTools’ site ( to learn more about our projects. If you have any questions regarding vTools.Meetings, please us at: Thank you! 18