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🤖AI and Learning: Keeping Humanity at the Center of Innovation
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⛱️*****CERTIFICATIONS ARE READY TO GO....**** SUMMER ALERT!☀️
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How do you share a Workspace NotebookLM with hundreds of users?
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Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC)
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Gopher for Chrome- Worth it?
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Gemini Saved Info "Your instructions for Gemini" in Google Workspace
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Partner Webinar Pt.2:From Breach Response to Cyber Readiness: Building a 30/60/90-Day Hardening Plan
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Partner Webinar Pt.1: The Breach Aftershock: Vendor Risk, Relationship Data, and the Phishing Surge
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NEW: Google Workspace for Ed IT Set-up Guide
We are pleased to announce an important update? Here is the new Google Workspace for Education IT Setup Guide. This revision clarifies that organizations can establish school-issued Google Accounts for access to Gemini for Education and NotebookLM, ...
Gopher for Chrome- Worth it?
I'm doing a lot of device and user cleanup this summer, and Gopher would really help me move faster and at scale. Does anyone have pricing or privacy info on this tool? Anecdotes welcome too.
⛱️*****CERTIFICATIONS ARE READY TO GO....**** SUMMER ALERT!☀️
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE! Calling all Google Technical Administrators, Systems Administrators, and Educational Technology Teams! Summer is the perfect time to sharpen your skills, explore emerging technologies, and strengthen the systems that suppor...
🤖AI and Learning: Keeping Humanity at the Center of Innovation
a moment ago One statement from Ben Gomes, Google's Chief Technologist for Learning & Sustainability, stood out to me: "The fundamental reason we learn is not because of technology. It's because of human beings." To read more, click...
GCPW when Google is authenticated behind an SSO provider
Has anyone experienced or worked with this scenario:We have an SSO provider that apps authenticate to (SAML, etc.)Google authenticates (and password management) through this SSO providerHow would installing GCPW work (or not work, or difficulties) wh...
Gemini Saved Info "Your instructions for Gemini" in Google Workspace
Our EDU Plus Staff users are not able to browser to this page.I can reach it using my standard consumer GMail account.This appears to be separate from this similar feature in Docs. Are you able to reach this, or aware of any settings or documented li...
Microsoft and Google
HelloSo lots of us have to deal with 2 systems. Microsoft and Google. For the people who are mainly Google apps shops how do you handle authentication to Microsoft? Do you have your users maintain 2 separate 2 factor/account configurations? Do y...
Partner Webinar Pt.2:From Breach Response to Cyber Readiness: Building a 30/60/90-Day Hardening Plan
ELP-Admin Partner CTL is providing a timely 2 part course on handling cybersecurity incidents. Check out the details below and sign up via the registration link. Moving past the "Vendor Breach Awareness" phase to actual K-12 Cyber Readiness Recent K-...
Partner Webinar Pt.1: The Breach Aftershock: Vendor Risk, Relationship Data, and the Phishing Surge
ELP-Admin Partner CTL is providing a timely 2 part course on handling cybersecurity incidents. Check out the details below and sign up via the registration link. Moving past the "Vendor Breach Awareness" phase to actual K-12 Cyber Readiness Recent K-...
Who has moved to Chrome devices for some or all staff
Just wonder who has decided to Move to Chrome devices for some or all of their district teachers. What issues have you had? Have you moved any others to Chrome devices? Currently we have smartboards with smart software installed for teachers. What a...
Google Workspace Updates: Progress on Sharing, But Key Admin Controls Still Missing
While the recent Google Workspace update allowing Gemini Conversations to be shared via Google Drive is a positive step, it is disappointing how long it takes for specific Admin Console requests to be addressed. Two critical updates that remain overl...
Is there no way to 100% block AI Overview in search for students?
AI mode is blocked by our filter but students still get AI overview any time they search.
Device Specific Pin and / or Password on a Chrome OS Device?
Hi all. I have some accounts that are only used during end of year exam time. I decided to double check that they were still working correctly since Google is forcing Gemini down our throats and into every crevice of the OS and browser. Before I coul...
Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance Workshop
Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance Workshop In an era of rapid technological change, institutional leaders are moving beyond reactive rules and toward a strategic roadmap that firmly prioritizes learning and cognition. Discover how t...
Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance Workshop
Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance Workshop: In an era of rapid technological change, institutional leaders are moving beyond reactive rules and toward a strategic roadmap that firmly prioritizes learning and cognition. Discover how...
Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance Workshop
Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance Workshop: In an era of rapid technological change, institutional leaders are moving beyond reactive rules and toward a strategic roadmap that firmly prioritizes learning and cognition. Discover how...
Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance Workshop
Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance Workshop: In an era of rapid technological change, institutional leaders are moving beyond reactive rules and toward a strategic roadmap that firmly prioritizes learning and cognition. Discover how...
Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance Workshop
Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance Workshop: In an era of rapid technological change, institutional leaders are moving beyond reactive rules and toward a strategic roadmap that firmly prioritizes learning and cognition. Discover how...
Resolved! Including "Knowledge" in a Gem, prohibits saving Classwork in Google Classroom
I apologize for the rather long post, but the details are important for the issue at hand.We are trying to use the "Add Gem" feature in Google Classroom, but when we include a Gem in any of the Assignments there's a constant graphical, and logical, e...
Here's how accessibility tools and Gemini are helping students find independence
To learn more about this innovative approach, click here This is a powerful reminder that technology innovation is at its best when it increases access and opportunity for all learners. Google's new Face Control feature for Chromebooks allows user...
Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC)
HelloI am kind of curious to find out if other IT administrators have thought or have already enabled evice Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) for there schools? I know that this is not just about enabling it to work that you also have to setup rules f...
How do you share a Workspace NotebookLM with hundreds of users?
Apparently NotebookLM can't be shared with groups because it's considered external sharing. How are organizations adopting this so massively then? I have to put in 100 individual emails? Just wondering if I missed a better way to do this...
Google I/O: Workspace (Discord) Live Demo Event 5/27 2:30pm Eastern
The Workspace team has been hard at work adding useful, powerful features to Workspace in time for Google I/O, and we're bringing the demos live to our Discord community in an exclusive event!We're happy to announce our first-ever Workspace Discord c...
Resolved! Graduation banner in Gmail for staff..
This is a first for me. I know sometimes a personal gmail has ads in it's gmail inbox, but this is new to me. We're higher ed and so I'm curious where this banner message setting is set? We don't really use Classroom, and the user who brought this to...
[Webinar] - Protecting Data with DLP and Classification Labels
Thanks again to ELP-Admin Partner, AppsEDU, for sharing this informative webinar (recorded on May 6, 2026). You have thousands of users and millions of files, and you can’t monitor them all manually. This session shows you how to put Google Workspa...
ChromeOS Flex to block updates for devices with legacy processors
Release NotesCertified device date commitments
Default context-aware access for all SAML applications
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/05/default-CAA-for-SAML.html
GAM - Comandos uteis para organização e limpeza de contas de usuários inativos
Oi pessoal, espero que estejam todos incríveisEstava conversando com um amigo que ainda não tem nenhuma integração para atualização de contas de usuários e essa ação é realizada manualmente, acho que seria interessante compartilhar alguns materiais ...
Googlebooks
There's a lot going on in this announcement!https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/google-unveils-googlebooks-a-new-line-of-ai-native-laptops/
Display assigned user on login screen
Using the AssetID field you can enable this Admin Console device setting to show custom information (student name/email address/etc) on the login screen.AssetID can also be updated directly using the GUIGAM command to bulk updategam csv devices.csv g...
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