topic Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation? in Peer-Peer Topics

Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

ddelboccio — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:11:22 GMT

Under account settings, personal info, name and pronunciation, there is an option to RECORD your name.

I can't find an admin control setting to turn this off for students.

Did anyone else know this option was even out there?

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

icrew — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:22:31 GMT

It’s very new—it was announced last Friday: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/08/release-notes-08-30-24.html?m=1

(And isn’t recording how to pronounce your name a fundamentally good thing?)

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

alexgrutza — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:25:03 GMT

Its pronounced "Buttkiss" lol...😅

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

ddelboccio — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:39:29 GMT

I will definitely have students who will not actually record their names, and use it as a way to goof off and record inappropriate things.

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

sampapa — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:49:25 GMT

I did not know this was possible. Kids are definitely going to abuse the recording feature. I sure hope this can be disabled centrally.

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

ddelboccio — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:06:01 GMT

URL blocking this link prevents them from getting to this page, but this SHOULD be an admin console setting

myaccount.google.com/profile

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

betchaboy — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 23:34:26 GMT

The announcement says it's OFF by default, so I assume there is a way to toggle it? But I've just spent some time looking in the console and can't seem to find any setting for it.

Re it being "fundamentally a good thing", yes, but there will always be those few students who abuse it and record not-their-name. Personally though, I'd still turn it on for everyone, and deal with the exceptions. We already live in a world where "the few" continually ruin things for "the many", so maybe the few just need to be pulled into line.

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

mickiemueller — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:25:33 GMT

According to this Help article, name pronunciation is not available is not available for Google Workspace for Education.

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

ddelboccio — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:42:54 GMT

According to my own two eyes and testing with a chromebook in my Workspace for Education Plus domain, students most certainly CAN record their name.

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

sampapa — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:46:42 GMT

I can also confirm from my testing that staff and students are able to record their name in our Google Workspace for Education Plus domain.

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

mickiemueller — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:48:20 GMT

Wow, my apologies for sharing.

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

ddelboccio — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:57:19 GMT

No apology needed, I can take that help article back to Google support and tell them they are wrong. Thank you!

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

ddelboccio — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:33:21 GMT

To all interested, I created and summitted a ticket to Google Workspace Support (#53405949) in regards to this issue.

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

sampapa — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:37:15 GMT

Thanks

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

ddelboccio — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:23:00 GMT

So somehow (magically) the option is no longer there for me since I created the support ticket. Can someone with an EDU domain confirm the same?

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

sampapa — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:32:29 GMT

Yup, it's gone from our domain now as well.

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

ddelboccio — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:33:44 GMT

I don't think I've EVER had that quick of a resolution from Google support.........................EVER.

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

Kim_Nilsson — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:55:14 GMT

There is now an admin setting for Name Pronunciation.

https://admin.google.com/ac/directory/profileediting?hl=en

Re: Can we restrict students from recording the name pronunciation?

PieMan — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:45:17 GMT

And this can be set on a group level, which could be useful to stop/prevent abuse by students.