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downgrade Workspace edition?

If a school has Workspace Fundamentals and they upgrade to Education Plus, what happens if, after a year, they decide it is not worth the cost and downgrade back to the free version?  What are some considerations when downgrading?  Obviously, they wo...

kmcmahon99 by New Contributor II
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Intermittent Connection Errors in Chrome OS 130?

Hi there.  We've received some reports today of students not being able to continue working in a particular software program (i-Ready).  The vendor support just mentioned the following:We are aware of an issue with this month's Google Chrome OS 130 r...

[Update!] Education Navigator now available in 18 languages

Dear Admins!  Have you seen the Education Navigator? The Google for Education team is excited to share that Education Navigator is now available in 18 languages.  You can now find free of charge resources on Google for Education tools like Google Cla...

Kristal by Community Manager
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Resolved! ❓ PD for GEAG Members ❓

If Google for Education were to provide a full day workshop for GEAG members, what topics of professional development opportunities would be most helpful to you in your role? 

Kristal by Community Manager
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Looker Studio -adding data sources

I am trying to help out our data person whom uses Looker Studio all day everyday for her job and is now having issues on her account. If anyone can give me ideas of how to help her it would be great. -Nadine Gilkison Google Super Admin I use a progr...

Defender for Cloud Apps

Does anyone have any experience using microsoft defender for cloud apps in your google workspace?  Things you like, things you hate,  giant red flags?  

smac by New Contributor
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multiple desks on chromebooks

Hello.  Do we have a way to prevent students from opening multiple different "desks" on chromebooks?I get the idea of what they are used for, but some students are maxing out to 7 desks, and then opening dozens of tabs each.Just curious.

2025 Community Content Request

We're gearing up to plan amazing content for 2025!  To make sure it truly benefits this community, we need your input. A big thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts on professional development topics last month. We're taking those ideas seriousl...

Kristal by Community Manager
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Base64/UTF encoding of From in email header

We just got an user impersonated email from a consumer gmail. Wondering if anyone has seen where they use an encoding of the From header as shown below. Google shows this as "From: Impersonated User <random@gmail.com>"This is completely new to me, an...

AI

What do you know about Pi AI?  Pro/Con--is it appropriate for school use including student use?

Metz49 by New Contributor II
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Youtube - Account verification when scheduling an event

We have a user who is getting a "verify account" when trying to schedule a youtube event. They're logged into the youtube account already as the account, but when they go to create a scheduled event, it prompts them to verify the number they see on s...

Google Sheet not showing forumla results

I have user with a pretty involved Google spreadsheet of budgeting figures that has multiple formulas that are not displaying any results in the cell, where there should be.The formula is there, and is referencing dollar amounts in other cells that a...

Disable Global Directory for an OU

We have an OU in google that houses terminated users temporarily, and I am wondering if there is a way via the Dashboard to remove these accounts from the GAL. We would like all other users not to be able to see these users in this specific OU as the...

Prevent PWA installs?

I've been dealing with trying to successfully block a couple specific "gaming" websites from our students using our web filter (Securly).  Students are on Chromebooks.I've got the domain(s) blocked currently, but have learned that some students did t...

Justin_W by Contributor II
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KnowBe4 in Education

Hi,I was wondering if anybody uses KnowBe4 in their school district.User education is very important and it is something we lack. I used KnowBe4 at my old job and I thought it was amazing!I know one big turn-off for some districts (like mine) is the ...

mgoller by New Contributor II
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GEAG Feedback Request

Your opinion matters! Every 6 months, Google asks us to gather user feedback. I'd be grateful if you could take 5 minutes to complete this form. I understand how busy you are but we value your opinions and want to ensure they are captured to improve...

Kristal by Community Manager
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strange additional profile issue

Hello.  Get a load of this one.Windows 11 Pro workstation, and Windows 11 Pro laptop.  Both at version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.4317).Both using Chrome browser version 130.0.6723.59 (Official Build) (64-bit).I have two student "test" accounts I have crea...

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Dynamic Groups and external members

The question:  Is it possible to add external users to a Dynamic Group?  If so, how?I have looked everywhere that I can think of, and I can't find a clear answer.  We have certain Dynamic Groups that are very widely used, and these have worked like a...

JRogers by New Contributor
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Managing User Generated YouTube Content?

Does anyone know of any way for us to enumerate or control the Youtube content created by our users in our Google Workspace tennant?Can we control them in any way, so if we spot some content that we don't want there, remove it?Or look at when somethi...

JL by New Contributor
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Custom admin roles

Hello,I am trying to figure out how, and whether it is possible, to create a custom role to grant a user visibility to the following areas within my admin console:Apps/Google Workspace Marketplace appsSecurity/Access & Data Control/API controls/App a...

classroom

I would like to have a page in Google Classroom that allows teachers to switch to a mode where students can upload and submit assignments. 

lcswater by New Contributor
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missing Google Classroom emails

I have a student who was receiving email notifications from Google Classroom and they stopped a few weeks ago.  I searched the Email Log in GAC and there have been no emails from Google Classroom to her for the last few weeks.  I also checked her Gma...

Google Profile Pic requirements?

I have successfully updated our SIS and Destiny systems with our recent school yearbook photos. However, I ran faculty accounts first in Google with the same jpg files and everyone is stretched out and out of focus. This is a new photography company ...

MaryGrant by New Contributor II
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Google calendar event notifications on a chromebook

Hello.We are wanting to have calendar events for students throw up a pop up reminder message about upcoming events.Under the Google calendar notification settings there are two types.  Alerts, or desktop notifications.Alerts are quite useless as they...

Blocking Google Translate for students

Has anybody been directed to block students from using Google Translate lately?The way I see it, Google Translate actually lives within three different spaces.1). The actual website: https://translate.google.com2). An admin workspace setting3). A sim...