Connecting Google Calendar lets LessonLoop see your existing commitments, so it can warn you before you book a lesson on top of one. You can also push your LessonLoop lessons out to Google, and there’s a separate read-only feed for Apple Calendar, Outlook and other apps.
Where to set it up
Google Calendar lives under Settings → Integrations → Google Calendar. Each teacher connects their own calendar — it’s a personal link, not an organisation-wide one.
| What it does | Direction |
|---|---|
| Your Google busy times feed into clash detection | Google → LessonLoop |
| Your LessonLoop lessons appear in Google | LessonLoop → Google |
| A read-only feed for any calendar app (iCal) | LessonLoop → your app |
Connect your Google Calendar
- Open Settings (the gear in the left sidebar), then choose Integrations.
- On the Google Calendar card, select Connect Google Calendar.
- Sign in to Google and grant access when prompted. Google handles this securely — LessonLoop only reads your busy times and writes the lessons you choose to sync.
- Once connected, the card shows your linked account. Your external busy times now feed into LessonLoop’s clash checks.
Good to know This is a per-teacher connection. Each teacher who wants their own commitments to count towards clash detection links their own Google account from their own Settings → Integrations.
What clash detection does
Once your Google busy times are pulling in, LessonLoop flags an attempt to book a lesson over an existing commitment — yours or another booking — so you don’t double-book yourself. See avoid clashes for how the warnings appear on the calendar.
Sync your lessons out to Google
With the connection active, you can have your LessonLoop lessons appear in your Google Calendar too, so your full week sits in one place. Changes to a lesson — a reschedule or cancellation — flow through automatically.
Subscribe from Apple Calendar, Outlook or another app
If you’d rather not connect Google, LessonLoop also offers a read-only calendar feed (an iCal / ICS link). Copy the feed URL from Settings → Integrations and add it as a subscribed calendar in Apple Calendar, Outlook, or any app that supports calendar subscriptions.
Worth knowing The iCal feed is read-only: your lessons show up in your other app, but edits there don't come back into LessonLoop. To make changes, use LessonLoop's own calendar.
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