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You can now set a real photo as your profile!
Since I've lost 25 kg in the last year (50+ pounds for you yanks ), I opted to upload a new image.
[resolved] Weird login discrepancy for users behind sso
So I'm doing some cleanup in AD and our SSO platform and I've stumbled across something that I find weird. Perhaps I'm not fully awake yet but here is the info I have:AD - find a user that lastlogin is neverSSO Platform - same user never logged inGoo...
Scanners for Chromebooks
Greetings, We have a project coming up where parents are going to come to one of our schools and will be using chromebooks to register their child. However we need to scan in some documents while the parents are on location and wondering has anyon...
PDF preview in Gmail broken
Is anyone else seeing issues with clicking on a PDF in gmail and only the first page (or nothing) will load? It's been going on here for a few days. If you download the PDF, it's fine.
Timeline/location history changing
Many of you probably also received this update regarding changing Timeline/location history settings. I must be missing something as I cannot locate these settings in the admin console. Also, what is everyone doing with this setting on your studen...
Search for Welcome message that gets sent when new account is created
Hello all.Is there a way to search the (any) audit log in admin console (using investigation tool) to get visual proof that the initial welcome message gets sent when a new account is created?Not sure what criteria to look for using the investigation...
Settings Block?
So I'm kind of stuck in a loop here. heres the situation. For our content filter they say to block the setting under "Disabled system features" for students of OS settings. So we do this now I have comeplaints that the studdents cannot plug a Chromeb...
chromebook policies not updating
Our network guys recently updated our district firewall. Seems ever since they did it, our chromebooks have stopped getting policy settings when we move them to other OUs with different polices. Does anybody know what ports need to be open on the f...
GEG newsletter 93
Check out the most recent newsletter from the Google Educator Groups from around the world!This time with some references to the BETT #edtech fair in London just a short while ago.https://sites.google.com/view/educatorgroups/newsletters/newsletter-93...
organizing OUs
Happy Friday! I have a question about organizing OUs and the impact on settings. If I have an OU with some non-inherited settings, and I move it underneath a different OU, will the non-inherited settings remain in place or will they inherit from th...
Additional screens during student login?
Why am I seeing these additional four screens during a student login??????????Did I miss a new switch to suppress these somewhere?????
Coming Soon: Your New IT Admin Program - The Google Education Admin Group (GEAG)
Hi everyone,We are excited to announce the launch of our updated education program for IT Admins, the Google Education Admin Group (GEAG)! This community remains focused on IT Admins who work in the education sector and offers a variety of resources,...
Anyone experiencing latency across Google products this morning?
Anyone experiencing latency across Google products this morning?Specifically docs and sheets?
Resolved! prevent students from requesting apps
Can somebody refresh me (again) as to where the controls are to prevent students from being able to request 3rd party app access via their Google account?
¡Hagamos magia! Colaboremos para potenciar el aprendizaje.
I am Mayra Rico, a technology consultant with extensive experience in the business and educational sectors. In my role as Training Project Manager and Google Champion Certified Trainer, I have successfully led the conception, development, and impleme...
Google’s use of student data could effectively ban Chromebooks from Denmark schools
Interesting (concerning)?Google’s use of student data could effectively ban Chromebooks from Denmark schoolshttps://www.theverge.com/2024/2/7/24065332/denmark-google-student-data-collection-privacy(It’s also interesting that The Verge doesn’t appear ...
Product Training Series 2024
Definitely worth relaying to your staff.This series is in English, and sometimes Google also run series in other languages, but I haven't seen anything about that yet.Hello!The Google for Education team is just back from attending BETT 2024 where we ...
Admin Meetup at IDEAcon?
Hi Admins!Anyone heading to Schaumburg, IL for IDEAcon 2024 (2/19-2/21)? I'd be happy to arrange for a meetup where fellow admins can gather, network, chat, etc. We might even get a special guest Googler. Reply if you're attending and we'll see if we...
More inSecurly and other mischievous stuff
Some or all of these you may already have blocked one way or another.https://www.disablesecurly.com/https://insecurly-vercel.vercel.app/https://discord.com/invite/unblockhttps://ading.dev/blog/posts/securly_bypass.htmlThis next thing looks to be a wa...
Resolved! Check for Updates button missing
Ever since OS version 115, when we go into the settings/About page, there used to be a blue button for Check for updates. It has now disappeared. We have our devices set for auto update to latest Stable channel, but sometimes when chromebooks fall ...
Resolved! Mail relay and SPF issue
Hello all! Our school district uses the Follett Destiny library manager product.They host this system for us in their cloud, and have spun up an SMTP server for communications from the system to parents and students.For SPF authentication , I have a...
Any Canva Users?
Hi all, A random one that I apologise is not Google related but a bit desperate for an answer. We are new to Canva, and on set up believed there would be some teacher control of who could access slides, It seems that the students can just share as th...
Chromebook Accents
Hi all. A potentially random one that I fear may put me forward for the silliest question award. I have a French teacher with the following issue, and I have to say that I am experiencing the same issue. Any thoughts? I could sort languages on Keyboa...
For those that use Android apps, I have some questions.
Are the android apps pushed to the users or is it just a list that they may install? Or do we decide if they are pushed or available.Do you have any issues with drive sizes? Ours are only 32 gigs.Are all android apps backupable by the user for when y...
Does your new admin user, app or service really need superadmin access? Short answer is, NO!
Just posted my first Community Guide over in the Google products support forums. Does your new admin user, app or service really need superadmin access? Short answer is, NO!Hopefully some will find it interesting and educational.Since it's going to s...
How many extensions do you push?
Do extensions use a tremendous amount of resources on chromebooks? Or does it depend on which extension?We just picked up a bunch of new extension based products (Co-Writer/Read&Write for Google Chrome/OrbitNote, etc).If I push these extensions to a...
Resolved! Report
Is there a report I can run to find out if a device has been powerwashed?
Gmail DMARC questions
I need to make some changes to our gmail to prevent spoofing. However, in my testing when I did this our own accounts that are used for voicemail to email relay and our scan to email addresses were blocked. We're having issues atm with people who hav...
Google Meet Mic disabled by system
Does anybody else have this issue? If so, do you have a solution? Many of our staff are getting the orange exclamation mark on their microphone when in Meet. The error says that the microphone is disabled by the system and they have no Mic. When ...
