Getting started
Setup walkthrough: Google Calendar
Share your school calendar with our service account so tours and meetings booked in the chat land on it — with live availability.
When a family books a tour or meeting in the chat, Elira checks your real availability and puts the appointment straight on your school's Google Calendar. One share makes that work.
Step 1 — Pick (or create) the calendar
Decide which Google Calendar should hold Elira's bookings — most schools use the main office calendar, or create a dedicated "Tours & Family Meetings" calendar in the same Google account.
Step 2 — Open sharing settings
- In Google Calendar, find the calendar in the left sidebar under My calendars.
- Hover it → click the three dots → Settings and sharing.
Step 3 — Share with the service account
- Scroll to Share with specific people or groups → + Add people and groups.
- Paste the service-account email shown next to the Google Calendar step on your dashboard checklist (it ends in
.iam.gserviceaccount.com). - Set permission to Make changes to events — Elira needs to add bookings, not just read.
- Click Send.
Step 4 — Confirm on the checklist
Back on your dashboard, click Mark shared next to the Google Calendar step. We double-check the connection together during your go-live review.
Sharing with a
gserviceaccount.com address is Google's built-in way to let software manage one specific calendar — it has no access to email, files, or anything else in your Google account.Was this helpful?
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