Scheduling and Sharing Between Campuses


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Scheduling and Sharing Between Campuses

Microsoft Forms currently does not allow sharing with users outside of your own campus.
To share a Microsoft Form with both campuses it will need to be set to Anyone can respond.
Read more about Microsoft Forms sharing…

Email and Calendar

To Look Up Someone from the Other Campus

  1. Start typing their name in the To/Invitee field as you normally would for your campus:

Search Contact screenshot. csum staff typed in and returned person displayed.

To Share a Calendar (viewing only)

  1. The Solano/SLO campus member can go into their Outlook Settings (Gear Icon in top right corner) > Calendar > Shared Calendars, choose Share a calendar and select their Calendar.

    Share Calendar Steps Highlighted on screenshot. Calender, Share calendar, Choose calendar, Share button
  2. Then search for the Solano/SLO campus member they want to share with and share the calendar.

    Share Calendar settings outlined in green mlam at csu.edu
Share Calendar setting outlined in green Can view all details. Share button

The Solano/SLO campus team member should receive an email and be able to access it directly from the message.

IMPORTANT
The Calendar Owner must grant you access to their calendar to add someone's 'Free/Busy' calendar from the other campus.

 

To Schedule a Meeting with Solano/SLO Campus Members

TIP
You’ll achieve the best results by using the Outlook Scheduling Assistant. See steps below…

  1. In Outlook Calendar, select New Event.

  2. Enter the Event Name and Required People.

  3. Select Scheduling Assistant from the menu bar.
    (Outlook Desktop App Looks like this…)

    TEST Event Scheduling screenshot with Test Event, Required participant and the Scheduling Assistant button outlined in green.

    (Outlook on the web looks like this…)

    Outlook web version TEST Event Scheduling screenshot with Test Event, Required participant and the Scheduling Assistant button outlined in green.

On the Scheduling Assistant screen, you can see the free/busy time of your requested participant(s).  You may also add additional required participants and optional participants.

Scheduling Assistant screen
  1. Once you are ready, click Done, then click Send.

 

OneDrive

Sharing a OneDrive File or Folder with someone from the other campus is done the same way as sharing with someone on your campus:

OneDrive-Sahring.png

SharePoint

To share a SharePoint site with Specific People or Groups

 

  1. Submit an IT General Support ticket to request External Sharing for your SharePoint site.
    Please provide one of the following in the ticket:

    1. The Full Name of the site,
      or

    2. The site’s URL

      Once you receive confirmation that the setting has been enabled, proceed to the next steps.

  2. From the SharePoint site, click the Gear menu icon, then select Site Permissions.

    Selct-Gear-Site-Permissions.jpg
  3. From Site Permissions…
    For Team SharePoint Sites, click Add members > Share site only.

    AddPermissions-SahreOnly.jpg

    For Communication SharePoint Sites, click the Share site button.

    Click-Share-Site.jpg
  4. Enter the employee’s name or email address, or enter a group name.

  5. Select the person/group you wish to add.

    SolanoSPshare.png
  6. For each person/group selected, uncheck the Send email checkbox.

     

  7. Also, select Read from the drop-down menu.

  8. Select_Read2.jpg

    Click Add.

 

To share the SharePoint site with all Solano Campus Staff and Faculty

 

  1. Submit an IT General Support ticket to request External Sharing for your SharePoint site.
    Please provide one of the following in the ticket:

    1. The Full Name of the site,
      or

    2. The site’s URL

      Once you receive confirmation that the setting has been enabled, proceed to the next steps.

  2. From the SharePoint site, click the Gear menu icon, then select Site Permissions.

    Selct-Gear-Site-Permissions.jpg

     

  3. From Site Permissions…
    For Team SharePoint Sites, click Add members > Share site only.

    AddPermissions-SahreOnly.jpg

    For Communication SharePoint Sites, click the Share site button.

    Click-Share-Site.jpg
  4. In the Search Box, search for and select the following groups:

    • CPPersonTypeByLoc - SOLA state faculty

    • CPPersonTypeByLoc - SOLA state staff

    • CSUM-FacultyStaff-SharePoint

  5. For each group selected, uncheck the Send email checkbox.

  6. Also, select Read from the drop-down menu.

  7. Select_Read2.jpg

    Click Add.

By including all three of these groups, the Solano Campus staff/faculty will be able to access the site from both their @csum.edu and @calpoly.edu accounts. If the site should be shared with Solano Students as well, replace the group "CSUM-FacultyStaff-SharePoint" with "CSUM-FacultyStaffStudent".

 

If you need help sharing, please contact the ITS Service Desk by submitting a support request or by calling (805) 756-7000.