- Engage C&M
- Brand
- Campus Communications
- Media & News
- Social
- Web
- Events Calendar
Using LiveWhale
SFU uses the LiveWhale platform to manage listings on the SFU Events Calendar. Use it to create listings for your events and share the details and links to them on the main SFU Events Calendar, your website and social media.
Need help?
For content questions or strategy consultations, contact digital@sfu.ca. To request an account or receive technical support, please .
Create a New Event
Once you have your account:
- Visit /sfu-community/events.html
- Log in using the SFU computing ID associated with your calendar account and the corresponding password on the CAS page. If you don't know your Computing ID, contact its-help@sfu.ca.
Add a new event
On your main events page, click 鈥�+ Add new鈥�.
Add images
All events must have images. Please don鈥檛 use random web images. If you don鈥檛 have an image for your event, use one from . Avoid images with text as the additional information is not accessible and can distract your audience.
Image specifications:
- Image dimensions: Use at least 2160 x 1080px (2:1 ratio) image. A 2:1 ratio image is a horizontal image twice as wide as it is tall.
- Accepted file types: JPEG, PNG or BMP
- Image file size: Up to 10MB
To add an image, follow these steps:
1. Click inside the 鈥淎dd/change images鈥� widget to upload an image. Your images will be added to a gallery that is unique to your department.
2. Select 鈥淒ecoration only鈥� if you don鈥檛 need your image to convey any information
3. If you want this image to appear only as the thumbnail and not in the main event description, select 鈥淯se for thumbnail only鈥�
4. Save all changes
5. To create an event title, replace the red text with a concise and informative title
