Calendar Integration Overview:
Did you know that you don’t have to buy a digital planner that has calendar integration built in to it? You can quickly and easily add it yourself to any of your EXISTING digital planners, digital notebooks or digital templates. In this series I will show you how!
The beauty of creating it yourself is that you get to choose what you want to add, where to put it and what it looks like. Plus, it will take you only a couple minutes to set each one up.
Below you will find the links to each tutorial, plus the Free Icons and Storage Template.
I really wanted to create something that would be accessible for everyone. For the people who use an undated planner, bullet journal, or just want these features in their weekly planning template.
You can add an event, a reminder, and add a timer. You can view your events or reminders. You can mark reminders as completed too! I have made combinations of everything too. Plus these can all be put into your dock or home screen, so with the tap of your pencil, it will open up your document and add an event/reminder, etc. Use Google Calendar? There’s a tutorial for that. And then there are the AUTOMATIONS! Which means that you can have an email sent to you every day with your newly created events or reminders, so you never, ever miss things again!
Just pick and choose what you need, follow the instructions and that’s it! 25 tutorials plus free downloads. Have fun with it!
**You will need an Apple Device and the Apple Shortcuts App for these to work. These have been tested and used on Goodnotes, Notability, Noteshelf, Noteful and ZoomNotes
I have put a lot of thought and work into these tutorials to make them thorough and easy to follow. They have been tested and used by people who are not tech savvy or even knowledgable about digital note taking and planners. If they can do this, so can you!
🛑 GOODNOTES USERS 🛑
January 6, 2026
I reached out to Goodnotes and they are actively working on a fix for this.
November 15, 2025
Recent updates to Goodnotes is causing a linking bug. The shortcuts themselves work, but when you go to add the link to your Goodnotes document, the link is not being recognized and being forced into a url and subsequently broken.
This is not affecting any shortcut links you made prior. They all work perfectly.
Here is what you can do in the meantime while we wait for a Goodnotes update:
FOR PRIOR USERS: If you have previously done one of these shortcuts, and it is still working normally, simply duplicate the link in Goodnotes and where it says “name=AddEvent” in the link (AddEvent for example) you can replace the AddEvent with your newly created shortcut name (ViewEvents, AddReminder, etc).
FOR NEW USERS: All of the shortcuts can be added to your dock and run from there. Part 18 of my series will show you how to do this. By keeping it in the dock, you will have access to it wherever you are on your iPad, including all of your Goodnotes documents. (This actually is quite handy and, in my opinion, better than placing the shortcuts in your actual Goodnotes document.)
I will send a ticket to Goodnotes about their link issue, but keep in mind they are quite busy, my last support ticket took over a month to come through with a fix in an update.
I hope this helps!
Erika
Watch the Overview Before You Do Anything
Calendar Events and Reminders
Pt 1: Add An Apple Calendar Event Link To Any EXISTING Digital Planner Or Template Using Shortcuts →
Pt 2: Add Link To View All Calendar Events In EXISTING Digital Planner Or Template Using Shortcuts →
Pt 3: Add Link To View Specific Calendar Events In EXISTING Digital Planner OR Template W/ Shortcuts →
Pt 4: Add Link To Create A Reminder In Any EXISTING Digital Planner Or Template Using Shortcuts →
Pt 5: Add Link To Create Event Or Reminder In EXISTING Digital Planner Or Template Using Shortcuts →
Pt 6: Add A Link To Open Reminders App In Any EXISTING Digital Planner Or Template Using Shortcuts →
Pt 7: Add Link To Open A Specific Reminders List In Any EXISTING Digital Planner Using Shortcuts →
Pt 8: Add A Link To View Reminders In Any EXISTING Digital Planner Or Template Using Shortcuts →
Pt 9: Add Link To View & Complete Reminders In EXISTING Digital Planner Or Template Using Shortcuts →
Pt 10: Add A Link To Either Add Or View A Reminder In Any EXISTING Digital Planner Using Shortcuts →
Pt 11: Add Link To Add / View A Reminder & Mark It Complete In EXISTING Digital Planner w/ Shortcuts →
Pt 12: Add Link To Add / View An Event Or Reminder In Any EXISTING Digital Planner Option #1 →
Pt 13: Add Link To Add / View An Event Or Reminder In Any EXISTING Digital Planner Option #2 →
Pt 14: Use Google Calendar To Link & Add / View Events In EXISTING Digital Planner With Shortcuts →
Automation
Pt 15: Seamlessly Connect Your Calendar, Reminders & Digital Planner Using Shortcuts With Automation →
Pt 16: Create A Shortcut And Automation To Send A Recurring Email Of Open Reminders →
Pt 17: Create A Shortcut And Automation To Send A Recurring Email Of Newly Created Events →
Dock / Home Screen
Pt 18: Learn How To Add All Digital Planner And Calendar Shortcuts To Your Dock And Home Screen →
Pt 19: Create Shortcut Menu & Open Your Favorite Goodnotes Digital Templates From Dock / Home Screen →
Pt 20: Create A Shortcut To Open Your Goodnotes Digital Planner From Your Dock Or Home Screen →
Extras
Pt 21: Add A Link To Start A Timer In Any EXISTING Digital Planner Or Template, Using Shortcuts →
Pt 22: Download A Free Template For Your Frequently Used Shortcuts →
Resources
Pt 23: Add Calendar & Reminder Shortcut Links To EXISTING Noteshelf Or Notability Digital Templates →
Pt 24: Using Calendar And Reminder Shortcut Links In Goodnotes On A Mac, Plus Other Tips →
Pt 25: Troubleshooting Solutions For Calendar And Reminder Shortcuts And Automations →
Updates
July 2024 – No current updates.
January 2025 – I want to remind you that when you are using your Apple Calendar on your iPad, other calendars (Gmail, Outlook, etc) can be imported into your iPad settings and then you would select that calendar’s name in the corresponding tutorials. This is an image of Adding a Calendar Account looks like on your iPad. This is under Settings / Calendar / Add Account
November 2025 – With the new ios26 windowing system, apps are not sliding over like they used to. You used to be able to toggle a button to have an app “slide over” and sit on another app. You may need to look at the settings in each shortcut to determine a particular placement of your window. This will really only apply to specific shortcuts that you create. All of the calendar reminders above do still work the same. however, if you ever run into an issue with windowing, that setting would be the place to look. See examples below.
January 6, 2026 – I reached out to Goodnotes and they are actively working on a fix for this. see below. Shortcuts continue to work on Notability, Noteshelf, Noteful and ZoomNotes
🛑 GOODNOTES USERS 🛑
January 6, 2026
I reached out to Goodnotes and they are actively working on a fix for this.
November 15, 2025
Recent updates to Goodnotes is causing a linking bug. The shortcuts themselves work, but when you go to add the link to your Goodnotes document, the link is not being recognized and being forced into a url and subsequently broken.
This is not affecting any shortcut links you made prior. They all work perfectly.
Here is what you can do in the meantime while we wait for a Goodnotes update:
FOR PRIOR USERS: If you have previously done one of these shortcuts, and it is still working normally, simply duplicate the link in Goodnotes and where it says “name=AddEvent” in the link (AddEvent for example) you can replace the AddEvent with your newly created shortcut name (ViewEvents, AddReminder, etc).
FOR NEW USERS: All of the shortcuts can be added to your dock and run from there. Part 18 of my series will show you how to do this. By keeping it in the dock, you will have access to it wherever you are on your iPad, including all of your Goodnotes documents. (This actually is quite handy and, in my opinion, better than placing the shortcuts in your actual Goodnotes document.)
I will send a ticket to Goodnotes about their link issue, but keep in mind they are quite busy, my last support ticket took over a month to come through with a fix in an update.
I hope this helps!
Erika
Free Downloads
In the videos I talk about having a place to store your shortcut code and icons, so I made you a handy template. The template is in black, gray or blissful. You can also download black and white icons to use to cover up the shortcut links. I have put more colors of the icons on my Free Sticker page, but remember the free stickers are for customers only and do require a password. Enjoy!