This guide will help you to sync your NTU timetable with your Apple device, allowing you to view your timetable on the device’s own calendar.
To begin, in your Apple device select the Safari browser, navigate to your NTU Timetable either in NOW or on the Staff Portal, and select “Subscribe to iCal”.
If you are brought to the NOW Sign-on screen, enter your NTU username and password as normal.
You will then be taken to the following screen
Tap and hold on the “Access Calendar feed” link, this will bring up the following dialogue window
Select Open in Calendar
Tap on “Subscribe”, a dialogue window informing you that the calendar has been added should appear
If you then tap on the “View Events” option, you will be taken to your calendar screen, which should now show your NTU timetable as well as any other calendars you may have set up on your device.
Setting refresh period
To ensure your device is always showing your current NTU timetable, please check how often your device is checking for updates.
To do this go to:
Settings the Mail, Contacts, Calendars or Accounts and passwords for iOS 11
Tap to select Fetch New Data
Tap to select NTU timetable
Under select schedule make sure that ‘Fetch’ is selected.
Go back to the Fetch New Data page
Scroll down to the Fetch settings
Select one of the schedules listed
If ‘Manually’ is selected, your NTU timetable will only update when you open up the Calendar app
That is the setup complete.
You can also add reminders for events e.g. lectures. To do this:
Open Settings and tap on Mail, Contacts, Calendars
Set your default alerts for each of the types listed
Select Events and then choose your reminder time
PLEASE NOTE:
This service is a subscription to your NTU timetable. This means that you will be dependent on how often your Apple device will update your Calendar, and your connection to the Internet or a 3G network.
If you are in any doubt about the accuracy of your NTU Timetable, please consult your timetable directly within NOW.
Very geared towards iphones, not macs. Mine would only download as "empty ntu file"
Same problem as Nicola, except mine is downloaded to iPad. Any news on a fix?
Mine wouldn’t even get me to the “access calendar feed” page
Tried downloading on iPad and experienced the same problem :-(
This doesn't work at all with an iPad. Will it be being fixed at any point?
Yeah all I get on my Iphone is "empty NTU file"....
Same with me, I keep subscribing to "Empty NTU icalendar file"
I've got the same problem. I keep getting subscribe to empty ntu icalender. I get this on my iPhone & MacBook
Same problem on my iPhone...
Same problem on my iPhone too :(
Doesn't work with my iPad, is there a way to fix it?
Getting empty ntu icalender when i try to sort this out. Can't work it out
Same thing has happened to me. It's just downloaded an ''empty file'', will this be sorted in time for uni?
Same problem with my iPhone, from comments not looking too promising for iPad either! Is there a fix?
Hi all,
Apologies for the issues with syncing your NTU timetable to your device. We are currently looking into whether this is an issue with timetabling or the system itself, and will hopefully have a solution soon.
Same problem with me for my iPhone - empty NTU file, kinda need my timetable :( hope this gets sorted ASAP!
Same problem on my iPad will this be sorted in time for the new term..?
Same problem! Would be good for some1 @ NTU to feedback!!!
Note from Service Desk: Please see 3 posts above for NTU feedback
An unexpected issue arose which wasn't seen during initial testing. That issue has been resolved and your application should pick up the corrected version when it next updates which is usually every 2 hours. Please force a refresh if you are still not seeing your timetable.
Service Desk
"Cannot subscribe" On the iPhone, yet to try it on my iPad! But if there is a way to have it work on my phone it would be very helpful!
This still isn't working for me. It seems I've now been unsubscribed and it won't let me access the calendar feed at all.
I get the following message:
Cannot Subscribe
Could not subscribe to the calendar
"ttredirect.asp" from
"elearn.ntu.ac.uk"
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
That's on iPad by the way
I'm now getting the ttredirect.asp message
Also getting the ttredirect.asp message im afraid.
Also getting the ttredirect.asp message im afraid.
All fixed. Thanks!
Yay! Worked Well on Mac and Iphone :D Thanks
It works well on my mac and iphone, brilliant!!
my iphone is not coming up with the subscribe to calender notification :/
Hi all,
Most of the timetabling issues should now be resolved. If you are still having difficulties with syncing your timetable to your device please use the "Submit a Request" form at the top of the page. When filling out this form please give exact details of your issues to help our team in finding a solution as quickly as possible.
Cheers,
Degan