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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...

Google Workspace Update & Upgrade (2/10) - ELP Admin Community Emilia Romagna

Gentili Membri della Community, dopo il primo incontro di ottobre in cui ci siamo aggiornati e confrontati nel nostro spazio mensile, è quasi ora di ritrovarci per il secondo appuntamento del percorso Google Workspace Update & Upgrade! Quando: Mercol...

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: ...

Zero-Trust District Defense: Context-Aware Access for Classroom and Automated Drive Protection

Balancing Robust Student Data Privacy with Frictionless District Access Securing a K-12 district requires enforcing strict data privacy standards (FERPA, COPPA, CIPA) while ensuring teachers and students enjoy uninterrupted access to learning tools....

🇧🇷 ELP - Uso do Workspace Estudio na pratica

Olá comunidade ELP!Dando continuidade à nossa jornada de aprendizado, a sessão de outubro será muito "mão na massa". Vamos explorar o uso do Workspace Studio na prática, mostrando como essa ferramenta pode otimizar processos, melhorar na organização ...

🇧🇷 ELP - Mais Tempo, Zero Distrações: Gestão de Sala com Class Tools e ChromeOS Flex

Pessoal, boa tarde!Amanhã, o nosso encontro do ELP (Ed Leader Program) será um pouco diferente. Atendendo a muitos pedidos de vocês, faremos uma alteração na agenda para trazer uma sessão extra prática sobre ChromeOS Flex e Class Tools (Ferramentas d...

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...

[Webinar Recording] ELP-Admin Webinar: Security, Phishing, and Risk Mitigation

Join Googler @TomWoods as we take a look at the growing concerns and defenses utilized for security, phishing, and risk mitgation, all in the Google Admin Console.  Slidedeck available here. Full recording with Transcript available here.  

[Webinar Recording] ELP-Admin Webinar: ELP-Admin Webinar: Back to School Admin Session

Please join Googler @TomWoods as he covers best practices for setup, resources for new admins, and recent updates. Just in time for back to school! This session will be mostly a repeat of the August 19 webinar for those returning later in the year.  ...

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...

ELP-Admin Webinar: Security, Phishing, and Risk Mitigation

Join Googler @TomWoods as we take a look at the growing concerns and defenses utilized for security, phishing, and risk mitgation, all in the Google Admin Console.  ELP-Admin Webinar: Security, Phishing, and Risk MitigationWednesday, October 21 · 12:...

Gemini and Assessment

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...

Google Workspace Update & Upgrade (1/10) - ELP Admin Community Emilia Romagna

Primo appuntamento della community ELP Admin Community Emilia Romagna

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...

La rete ELP di Google dà AIuto alle scuole

Come nasce e cosa fa l’ELP IT Admin Circle – Centro Italia, la comunità territoriale degli IT Admin che operano nelle scuole e che fa parte dell’Ed Leadership Program di Google for Education.Un incontro per conoscere una rete nata per favorire il con...

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.

🇮🇹✨ELP Admin SUD Italia 🚀 - Q&A - Cambio Anno su Google Workspace ✨🇮🇹

Save the Date: Venerdì 16 ottobre (18:30 - 19:30)Ci vediamo in diretta per una sessione di Domande & Risposte sulle procedure da fare in console Admin per il cambio anno! ️A breve invierò l'invito su Calendar. Cerchiamo co-host! Tra di noi ci sono t...

Domain Rollout Guide: Gemini in Google Meet and Admin Data Controls

The Administrative Challenge: Workspace Admins are tasked with driving AI innovation while managing domain complexity and security. How can we ensure we are deploying the newest Gemini features safely and that our domain's data governance is strictl...

ELP-Admin Webinar: Back to School Admin Session

Please join Googler @TomWoods as he covers best practices for setup, resources for new admins, and recent updates. Just in time for back to school! This session will be mostly a repeat of the August 19 webinar for those returning later in the year.  ...

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...