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Overview
The Berkeley Lab Google Calendar Chrome Extension adds two links the "Make it a Zoom Meeting" button to Google Calendar invites which have conference rooms assigned to the meetings. The links appear as blue clickable boxes. One says "map" and the other says "info".
- Link to a Commons page which displays information about the conference room (Example: 50-Auditorium-CR)
- Link to the map of the building where the conference room is located (Example: Building 50 Auditorium)
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and a scheduler icon in the top right corner of your Chrome browser. This tool is helpful when adding a Zoom meeting to a calendar invite. To download the plug in, follow these steps:
- Go to Zoom.LBL.gov
- Click on Downloads
- Scroll down to Zoom Extension for Browsers
Installation (Chrome)
To use the Berkeley Lab Calendar extension:
- Install the Chrome Browser (this extension only works on the Chrome Browser)
- Navigate to the Chrome Store and click on the For lbl.gov link (make sure you have logged in using your Berkeley Lab Enterprise credentials)
- Click on the Berkeley Lab Calendar Extension
- Click on the Add to Chrome button
- Click on Get from Chrome Web Store, you should see this page
- Click on the Add to Chrome button on the right side of the page
- Close and restart Chrome Browser
- Now click the Zoom icon in the upper right corner of your browser window
- Select "Sign In with Google" and enter your Berkeley Lab credentials
- Now click the Zoom scheduler icon again
- Click the gear icon in the upper right corner to reveal the Zoom Scheduling Options window
- Important: Select "Allow me to specify meeting options each time"
- Now open Google Calendar and click "Create" to schedule a new meeting
- You will now see the "Make it a Zoom Meeting" button
- Important: click "More options" in the lower left corner
- From this page, you can click "Make it a Restart Chrome Browser and login to Google Calendar
Installation (Firefox)
This extension can also work with most recent versions of Firefox.
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4. Find the file on your computer (probably in "Downloads") and select it.
5. You're done!
How to Use
To use the functionality of the Berkeley Lab Calendar extension, assign a conference room resource to a meeting. The links will be visible to anyone with access to the invite and who have installed the extension.
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