web cam failures on HP chromebook 11G8
Just curious if anyone has experienced an unusually high rate of failure of web cameras on HP chromebook 11 G8 EE devices. My devices are about 2 years old and I'm seeing a failure rate between 30-40%!
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Resolved! Testing Trust Rules
Hi all, Is there a best practice re: testing out trust rules in Drive? It seems as though it's all or nothing; turn on trust rules and boom, they are applied, and the old sharing settings are knocked out. Is there a way to create trust rules witho...
Whitelist domains for Spoofing and authentication
We have the Gmail -> Safety -> Spoofing and authentication -> Protect against spoofing of employee names setting set to ON and quarantine. Periodically, we send emails from our student information system from employees to groups of students. The doma...
Having to clear cache too often for users
We have some users on a MAC where their google classroom submit button dosn't work. The solution seems to be just do the below but it keeps happing. Is there any way of in chrome just having it not keep cache? I think this would cut down 25% of our ...
What is Google EDLA for Interactive Displays?
[nowhere in the Events pod to report 404 on trying to use their link]Maybe it's just me.
Question about standard Sims and it’s integration with Google
Hi everyone! I'm searching for anyone who has experience integrating SIMS with Google Classroom/GfE. It would be especially good to hear from someone who has used Lightspeed, SIMS, and Google Classroom together, especially with SIMS as the primary...
No files in My Drive from Google sheets import
Not sure if this is supposed to be a new behaviour but before when our teachers go into Google Sheets, the My Drive was filled with their documents but now all they are seeing is below. It is not until they filter for files do the files show up. An...
Auto-Update Settings During State Testing Window
Hi all. I feel like there was a post or three in the old Currents forum about this, but I didn't find anything here after a quick search...Where do we stand as far as pausing Chrome OS updates at the current 123.* version during the state testing wi...
Can students use Google Earth Studio by their school accounts?
Hey, Admins?I'm Nori.Could somebody tell me about activating accounts of Google earth studio by school account?I couldn't log in by student account right now.The message was shown like ask google workspace admin. I'm actually the admin... It's OK to...
Local data recovery on ChromeOS devices, now possible (under the correct circumstances)
I figured this might be an interesting topic to discuss.Support article.https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/14539268?hl=enAdmin setting.https://admin.google.com/ac/chrome/settings/user/details/recovery_factor_behavior_setting_group?hl=enBackgr...
Resolved! Chromebook refresh
We’re coming to the end of a 4-year lease and are planning to refresh our 1:1 Chromebooks in grades 6-12 for students and teachers. We need devices that fold flat into a tablet (2 in 1) as well as have active styluses. We use Kami with Google Classr...
What is Google EDLA for Interactive Displays? - event
[nowhere in the Events pod to report 404 on trying to use their link]Maybe it's just me.
Subscriptions dropped
I just realized that I hadn't seen anything from this community in months. For some reason, my email subscriptions turned off.
Gmail trash retention?
It seems that when emails are deleted they stay in a user's Trash in Gmail indefinitely. Is there a setting for Gmail trash deletion in the admin console? Thanks!
permisos de envío de correo a grupos específicos
Hola,Quisiera restringir el envío de correo a los estudiantes, ellos no deben poder enviar correos a ciertos grupos. ¿Existe forma de hacer eso?*Actualmente, lo que tuve que hacer es cambiar la configuración de esos grupos y configurar que solo los p...
Resolved! Terima Kasih
Terima kasih telah menyetujui permintaan saya. Saya adalah seorang pendidik di SD Negeri 070995 Hiligodu Tanoseo dari Indonesia. Saya harap saya dapat membantu komunitas hebat ini.
Login with Google
At some point in the past, I turned the ability for my teachers to use SSO with ChatGPT off. I have forgotten how to get to the place where I can change that. Any help would be appreciated! I know how to change it for apps, but it is not the same p...
Bienvenida
Buenos días,Gracias por aprobar mi solicitud. Soy Director TIC de una escuela (Instituto Veritas) en Madrid (España).Espero poder ayudar a esta gran comunidad.....¿Feliz Martes!...
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...
Resolved! Sorry, the items were successfully shared but emails could not be sent to
We had a user share a presentation with some people and they got the following message, it shared with all but one user. The username was a valid email address. I was trying to find out why they got this message but had problems searching for and f...
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...
Can't see in admin panel what devices a user has sign into on.
Please upvoteI would like to propose a feature idea in the admin panel that would show you by user, the devices that have been sign in by that user. Right now the only way to do this is by having the user be signed in and ask them to show you under M...
Trust Rule issue- User recieving the shared file doesn't get banner.
Please upvote thisThis is in regards to trust rules. Currently you can set a trust rule that will give a warning but only to the shareer of that file gets it. This is the message they see: "When you select Allow with a warning" users will see a warni...
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!
[Action Required] Update your users’ institution department to prevent showing duplicated names
(Full title of the email here.)[Action Required] Update your users’ institution department before May 27, 2024 to prevent showing duplicated organization namesDear Edu Administrator,You are receiving this notification because you have set both instit...
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...
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...
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
