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Google Authenticator App and Password Changes

Happy Friday All! We enforced 2-step for our Staff this school year. Following the "How-to" we made, users were supposed to sign in to the authenticator app itself with a personal account or preferably none at all. Of course, no one reads, so most ha...

eSignature?

Does anyone know when the eSignature feature will be available?    https://workspace.google.com/resources/esignature/ 

Endless Tech in Classrooms Article

Here in the UK, there has been an article in a paper that has gained some traction with our parents. I personally feel from this article that there is a conflation of issues with smartphones, issues with social media, poor implementation of technolog...

dochxp by Contributor
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Resolved! Unable to add hyperlinks to Gmail signature

All,We recently started using Namecoach (tool for recording pronunciation of names), and many of our users are able to add a hyperlink to the pronunciation in their signatures. I've got one user (potentially more) who can add hyperlinks in his signat...

tbrass by New Contributor III
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4 or 8 GB RAM?

Is anyone buying Chromebooks for K-8 students with 8 GB RAM in them?  Just deciding when/if we will need to start doing that.  Thoughts? Thanks!

YouTube settings- Rookie Question

I get some of the YouTube settings confused.  My school would prefer students be able to click a YouTube link and play the video. We do not want a teacher to have to approve that video. We do not want students to be able to start a YouTube channel or...

ctegeler by New Contributor II
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YouTube restricted mode issues?

I have been having issues with getting the restricted block page when Logged in,  OU is set 18+  and Permission level is Can Approve Videos  And still get the restricted page..If I change it to unrestricted YouTube access they can view the video,  Sh...

mfoley by New Contributor III
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Curriculum Mapping for Google Workspace

Hi everyoneDoes anyone have a recommendation for Curriculum Mapping for Google Workspace?I found that one. Does anyone use it before?Thankshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI-JC_HEb60

Osama by New Contributor II
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Resolved! What are apps named "project-" plus 12-digits?

In the Security > API Controls > App Access Control where one can see the lists for configured and accessed apps, there are app names that has the word "project-" and followed by 12 digits. It seems that some are for legit apps, others are quite uncl...

VicGanon by New Contributor II
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Resolved! Calendario Google educativo (y sus imagenes)

Saludos!No es primera vez que ocurre y la verdad desconozco si existe alguna opción para modificar/quitar/corregir/seleccionar una imágen apropiada en el calendario de Google para nuestra unidad educativa.Sub entiendo que Google interpreta el título ...

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YERKO by Contributor
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Expected behavior for password reset

Is this expected behavior for a user to experience when resetting their password?We have an OU for users who authenticate and use MFA via Google (alumni primarily). This OU allows users to recover their accounts and reset their passwords via Google.W...

Directory Sharing suddenly turned Off!

For some unexplainable reason the Directory Sharing setting may have been turned Off for many organisations.You can find it here.https://admin.google.com/ac/managedsettings/986128716205/sharing?hl=enNormally, it is always On, because you want your us...

UK - IT Admin Summit

For those based in the UK:The IT Admin Summit returns to Google London this June. Join us at this free event for network administrators and other IT professionals in education across the UK & Ireland. Topics include: AppsScript, AppSheet,  Admin Cons...

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Third-Party Email Filter?

Hi all.  I was wondering how many in this group use a third-party email filter vs. how many rely exclusively on the Google Spam filter.  Any thoughts on cost savings/security/etc. are much appreciated!Cheers,Scott

Difficulty with backup codes

I'm setting my staff up with 2FA one department at a time. I have some staff who prefer not to use their phone and prefer not to have a yubikey so they generated backup codes to turn on 2FA. It worked for several people so far, then I had two staff m...

Can an extension be disabled by modifying a json file?

I am investigating the possibility that a student is bypassing an extension based web filter by modifying the json file associated with the extension.  Does anyone know if this is possible?  The web filter company is baffled by this one.  Thank you!

jawt by New Contributor
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Restricting App from OU, Allowing for a Group

Hi everyone. I need to block a popular 3rd party app from our Student OU. However, allow it only for a Group of limited students. I'm really struggling trying to get this to work.  Does anyone have any clear instructions?Thank you in advance! 

bcrook by New Contributor
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Resolved! Do Shared Drive total item counts traverse shortcuts?

Long story short, an account was deleted which stored some Drive date in it's My Drive. I restored it and offered to migrate the data in the My Drive to a/the Shared Drive the user uses. Well the Share Drive is at 75% total items (300,000), and movin...

Google Nest Hub on school network

I'm asking this question, although I'm pretty sure I already know the answer. I've got a user with a Google Nest Hub they'd like in their office.  The last time we had a consumer grade smart device (a Google Home) on our network, whenever it played m...

jpark by New Contributor III
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Crear grupos de alumnos en clase de Classroom

Hola !!! Existe la posibilidad que al crear una tarea en Classroom tener grupos de alumnos prexistentes para asignar la tarea? en lugar de tener que ir seleccionando individualmente alumno por alumno

phsosa by New Contributor
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Zona horaria, cambio horario AM y PM en Classroom

Saludos a todas y todosEscribo desde Chile, hace unas semanas nuestro país cambió su hora (restando una al horario que teníamos), y unas profesoras se percataron que hace unos días al publicar una tarea o programar una actividad en Classroom por defe...

YERKO by Contributor
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Gmail Compliance - Objectionable Content Test

Having attended the Google Admin Security workshop a couple of days ago I have set up a gmail compliance rule for objectionable content to test the functionality. If I send an inbound email to the domain from an external user which triggers the rule ...

BobHigham by New Contributor
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