Google Calendar & Family Activities

As a parent, you can share calendar events with your linked children — either by connecting your Google Calendar for automatic import, or by creating events manually. Your children see these family activities on their own calendars so they can plan their study time around them.

Connecting Your Google Calendar

Linking Google Calendar lets PlanStudyBoost automatically import your events, keeping your family's schedule in sync without any manual entry.

How to connect

1. Sign in to PlanStudyBoost and go to Family Calendar in the sidebar.
2. Select ○ Link Google Calendar in the calendar toolbar.
3. You will be redirected to Google to sign in and grant permission.
4. After approving, you are returned to PlanStudyBoost. Your calendar events will begin importing within a few minutes.

What permission is requested? PlanStudyBoost requests read-only access to your Google Calendar. It can see your events but cannot create, edit, or delete anything in your Google account.

What gets imported

All events from your connected Google Calendar are imported as family activities. Events are kept up to date automatically — the system syncs in the background every hour.

You can also trigger an immediate sync from Settings > Calendar > Sync now. Note that manual sync is limited to once every 5 minutes.

Visibility: Who Sees Which Events?

You control which of your linked children can see each event.

Visible to all children (default)

When you create an event manually, or when an event is imported from Google Calendar, it is visible to all of your accepted linked children by default.

Visible to specific children only

When creating a manual event, you can choose to restrict it to specific children. Only the children you select will see it on their calendar.

Privacy by design: A child can never see the list of other children who are or aren't allowed to see an event. Each child simply sees the events meant for them.

Manual Events

You don't need to use Google Calendar to add family activities. You can create events directly in PlanStudyBoost at any time from the Family Calendar page.

Creating a manual event

1. Go to Family Calendar in the sidebar.
2. Select + Add family activity in the toolbar, or click any empty time slot on the grid.
3. Fill in:
   • Title — e.g. "Dentist Appointment" (required)
   • Notes — optional description or reminder
   • Start date and time
   • End date and time
4. Select Create Activity.

Editing and deleting manual events

Manual events can be edited or deleted at any time. Click the event on the Family Calendar grid to open the detail panel, then select ✏ Edit → or Delete.

You can also drag a manual event to a new time slot to reschedule it directly on the calendar.

Imported events are read-only. Events that came from Google Calendar cannot be edited through PlanStudyBoost — edit them in Google Calendar and they will sync automatically. You can, however, delete an imported event if you don't want it to appear on your children's calendars.

Study Schedule Conflicts

PlanStudyBoost can detect when a family activity overlaps with a child's planned study time. When a conflict is detected, the child will see a warning on their calendar so they can reschedule their study block before the event.

Conflict detection checks whether the overlap is at least 60 seconds — a family event that starts exactly when a study block ends is not counted as a conflict.

Disconnecting Google Calendar

To remove your Google Calendar connection:

1. Go to Family Calendar in the sidebar.
2. Select ✓ Google Calendar ▾ in the toolbar.
3. Select Disconnect… and confirm the action.

You can also manage the connection from Settings > Calendar.

When you disconnect:

• Your Google Calendar token is revoked and removed from PlanStudyBoost.
• Imported events (events that came from Google Calendar) are deleted from your children's calendars.
• Manual events you created yourself are kept.

You can reconnect at any time by following the connection steps above.

Connection Status

If there is a problem with your Google Calendar connection (for example, if you changed your Google password), you will see a banner on your dashboard prompting you to reconnect.

You can always check your connection status in Settings > Calendar, which shows:

Frequently Asked Questions

Can my child see when their family activity was imported from Google?
No. The is_imported flag is not shown to students. All activities look the same on the student's calendar regardless of whether they were created manually or synced.

What happens if I remove an event from Google Calendar?
The next sync will remove it from PlanStudyBoost and your child's calendar automatically.

Can a child add family activities themselves?
No. Only parents can create or manage family activities.

Does syncing reveal my personal events to my children?
Only the title, description, dates, and times of your events are shared. No other Google account data is accessed or stored.

Related

• Family Calendar — parent calendar page
• Parent Guide