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Welcome to the Google Education Admin Group!
Greetings and we are glad that you’re here!In this forum, we’ll focus solely on getting to know one another, making connections, and growing our professional learning networks. All GEAG members (new and current): please create an individual post wher...
Users unable to sign in on google.com or new tab page
For users that are signing into the chrome browser or a chrome OS device for the first time, users are unable to view the "Waffle" as the normally would. It displays "Sign in to arrange apps" and when clicked, gives a 400 error with the url of: ...
Feature Request: Allow Google Workspace for Education Admins to Disable AI Overviews in Search
A teacher at our K–8 school recently brought an issue to my attention that I think raises an important question about AI in education.She is teaching students how to conduct research, evaluate sources, and find reliable information online. However, w...
Sent to "Administrators": [Reminder] Unconfirmed Additional Services will be blocked for U18 users
FYI, we found that this notification went out to anyone with ANY administrative role, not just super admins
Google Drive Shared Documents as a Phishing Delivery Channel
We've had a series of phishing campaigns where Google Drive files (of note, usually .docx files) are shared directly with a subset of our users. These messages are delivered legitimately using the organic Google Drive share process with a sender of d...
ChromeOS always showing the "Managed Guest Session"-Notification
We purchased 26 Chromebooks a few months ago to use them for exams. All of them are booting into managed guest mode but only one ist always showing the notification that it is running in a managed guest session. In my research so far, I haven't found...
Resolved! Situation? Shared files for a suspended ot deleted user
I was wondering how you all handle this. User is employed, shared documents. User leaves. We suspend the account or at some point delete it. Then sometimes months later we get requests I cannot access this shared document etc. Sometimes I can find it...
Resolved! Workspace Feature Ideas: Google Developer Program forums
Now that the Google Cloud Community Site has migrated into Google Developer Program forums, has anyone had success locating where Workspace Feature Ideas can be found?
Trust Rules - External sites.google.com Access
Hi all. I am looking for some clarity on how Google handles access to external Google Sites. The goal is to provide external viewing access to our student OU only when absolutely required, but I'm having some difficulty. Here's what I think I know...
Resolved! [🚀 Launch!] Welcome to the Admin Community
Welcome to the GfE Admin Community! We are a group of people who are passionate about technology in the classroom, and we are here to learn from each other, share our knowledge, and build relationships. Please take a minute to introduce yourself: na...
Proper administration of classroom ChromeBooks?
Please forgive me, for this basic question? Proper administration of classroom ChromeBooks? Due to a number of unforeseen events, staff changes, etc., I am starting literally from scratch, given that I have no legacy information or resources to dra...
Google Classroom To-do Calendar Issue
I wanted to share something I noticed yesterday: If a student goes to the To-Do section of Google Classroom, nothing is listed for a particular class for this week. If the student clicks on the calendar section however, an assignment is listed as bei...
:waving_hand:Lance from Vermont, USA!
Hello I am Lance (he/him)!I am the Educational Software Specialists and a Google Workspace admin South Burlington School District, Vermont, USA My favorite Google Admin Console feature is Global Search—it makes jumping directly to any user or setting...
Transizione da Gems a Skills in Gemini: Novità e risorse operative per gli Admin di Workspace for Ed
Transizione da Gems a Skills in Gemini: Novità e risorse operative per gli Admin di Workspace for Education di ELP Admin Community Emilia Romagna (ITALY)Un saluto a tutti i membri della Google for Education Community! Come molti di voi avranno letto ...
Field Request in Admin Console - Chrome Devices
Not sure where to drop this, but it would be amazingly helpful to have a PO Number field to assist with asset management.
Resolved! Do students have to have full access to Gemini app in order to use Gems/Canvas shares?
We really aren't ready to give students full access to AI, but would like to still offer some curated material via gems or Gemini Canvas creations.Is it possible to limit their Gemini access to Classroom assignments only?
GCDS Filter/Exception to OMIT a Single OU
I'm trying to find the correct way to get this working, and so far I'm not having any luck. Gemini was in full hallucination mode when I asked it. We've got GCDS setup and running on our Windows AD server now for several years. No big issues.However...
Resolved! Chromebook changes preventing College google account login?
We are having an issue with students unable to login to a secondary google account through our community college, On our chromebooks, I did not have any issues last year. It brings up a window saying "chrome-signin is blocked. Your organization doesn...
Can't use recently purchased ChromeOS Education Upgrades
I recently bought ChromeOS Education upgrade licenses, but I can't figure out how to apply them to my organization. I have confirmation of delivery and purchase, but I don't see them anywhere on google admin. None of the google support articles were ...
DLP - or equivalent alerting/blocking
Hey all.I've seen headlines on the built-in DLP setting previously and even dabbled a bit in the pre-made templates. But I recently was looking to add some additional safety/security into our environment. I thought I was going to find what I wanted ...
Resolved! Sharing Gems with Students
Is it possible to allow teachers to share Gems with students, but not allow students to share their own Gems? I've turned off Gem sharing at the student OU level, but now it looks like they can't receive one shared through Google Classroom or directl...
Nasce "Workspace Update & Upgrade": 1 ora al mese per gli Admin dell'Emilia-Romagna (Italy)
Cara Community,oggi in Emilia-Romagna in Italia suona la prima campanella dell'Anno Scolastico 2026/2027: buon rientro a tutti! Sappiamo bene che l'inizio dell'anno porta con sé una montagna di sfide legate alla gestione digitale della scuola: la con...
Resolved! Ask Gemini missing as of 9/11/2026 - anyone else?
We've been happily using Ask Gemini and GenAI within Chrome for several weeks if not a few months. As of 9/11/2026 the Ask Gemini button is gone, and by default apparently the chrome://policy and //flags was blocked by Google (I had to enable that ju...
Resolved! ChomeOS Peer-to-Peer Updates: Looking for insight and impact
Hey everyone,We're currently looking into enabling ChromeOS peer-to-peer (P2P) auto update downloads for the devices in our schools. (Workspace Admin > Devices > Chrome > Settings > Device > Auto-update settings > Peer to Peer). We're trying to unde...
WorkspaceAudit.com
I've been contacted by someone from AppsEDU inviting us to trial workspaceaudit.com. It looks interesting, but its a new product (AppsEDU has been rebranded from Appsevents, which has been a Google Edu partner (apparently) for 14 years prior).Has any...
Hey from Alberta, Canada!
Hey everyone. My name's Dee Abson, and I'm currently an IT Specialist with Red Deer Public Schools in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. I've been with Red Deer Public for a little over 6 months, and having come from more enterprise-y environments in the pas...
Beyond Training: How Do You Know If Professional Development Actually Changes Classroom Practice?
We often measure the success of professional development by attendance, completion, or certificates. But I’ve been wondering: what happens after the training ends?A teacher may attend a Google Workspace or AI training and learn many new tools, but th...
Google Gemini PII Protection
On a call today with my district tech leadership and they are VERY concerned about PII and student data with Gemini. Is there a guide or go-to place or person to address these questions? Ideally, we'd love a person or place to submit these questions.
U.S. Feedback Request for Google Research
Hi there, My name is Sheethal Shobowale, a UX researcher on the Google for Education team. I am interested in speaking with US IT Admins working in K12 schools who manage Google Workspace account permissions and/or digital policies. If you are i...
Join the Google for Education Pilot Program!
The Google for Education Pilot Program is a global program that provides K12 and Higher Education schools and organizations early access to products and features across various Google tools - including emerging AI and generative AI products and featu...
