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Managed Guest session? Keyboard input
So,we are using chrometablets (basically a chromebook) in managed Guest session mode for out timeclocks. its still working but after the last update I guess as I have no other explanation when a user clicks in the field its taking it as a right click...
Chrome Updates Setting (GAC: CrOS)
What's everyone using for this "Chrome Updates" setting?We tried (unsuccessfully) to apply these settings:336 (Valid range is 1-168)7216:00- (Required field)
Google Translate and Google Lens apps
Hello all. I wanted to bounce this off of this community to see if anyone has any answers/suggestions.My district is grades K-8, where K-2 use iPads and 3-8 use chromebooks.We have a lot of non English speaking students in our district and we have b...
"Something" is freezing up printing for students
Hoping someone can help me here. I've been going back and forth between Papercut and Google support. So about 6 weeks ago, we started to see that students were having issues printing. They rarely print anymore so we chalked it up to a one-off issue b...
NEW LAUNCH: Classroom Analytics
From Google for Education Marketing: Hi Admin community, We’re excited to officially bring Classroom analytics to you! Educators and designated education leaders and support staff can now access Classroom analytics for direct visibility into studen...
Resolved! Is there any way to block the sign in with Google popup that shows up on top right of all web sites?
I feel like every website I visit now shows a popup to sign in with Google on the top right.Is there any way to disable this? Not finding anything in console.
Fingerprint Login settings?
Hi all,We're looking at letting staff use fingerprints for authentication.Our current CB model has a fingerp rinter reader/scanner built in, and we also have mice with a reader built-in for Windows use (we haven't gotten Windows configured yet to wor...
GoGuardian on chromebooks
I have been using the GoGuardian product on our student chromebooks for 4-5 years now. For the most part it has been a pretty solid product.I still encounter issues at times where student devices show up as "offline" when teachers have active sessio...
MFA on primary admin account
We am unable to add Google authenticator app as a 2fa method on our primary domain admin account. As a matter of fact, we cannot add a phone number for text verification codes either. The only option that seems to be available is to use a Google pr...
Google Colab
I think there was a post about providing access to https://colab.research.google.com/ from the Google+ days.Any advice/info on providing students access to this service?
Resolved! new touchpad options and display options
Ever since we updated to OS 117, our students have started getting this option when they sign into a chromebook for the first time. Since we have enabled clearing of local data on our elementary students, this happens everytime. Does anybody know i...
Google MFA for external logins
I was in a meeting today and someone mentioned that they had MFA set up for students through Azure, but they didn't need to use it when on-site, only external connections. Does anyone know if something like this is possible with Google MFA without u...
weird url to bypass filtering
We have been seeing an uptick of student users fnding ways to access otherwise blocked gaming websites while at school (no way, right!).Most recently, I have noticed url look like this example: https://9pbkvq3vc4bauslnloca9t4bllk816a4-a-sites-openso...
gam command to remove acl "visible to anyone in "domain name"
Does anyone know if (what it is) there is a GAM command line to remove "visible to anyone in "domain name" "?
Admin Controls for Improved Suggestions
We recently brought Hapara into our enterprise. One of its features is a "focus session" that a teacher can "limit" the web activity of a student to specified URL's. Pretty brilliant. It's like a mini-lockdown. However, one math teacher discovered t...
Resolved! Network SSO?
We've come across a growing issue for sites using sign in with google. We are in the US and our firewall is set to only allow connections to US sites. And this as always been fine but in the past few weeks we cannot sign in as google to may sites ev...
Classroom Analytics rolling out
Requires creating and assigning an admin role, just like with Classroom Visitor at the beginning of the school year.Make more informed decisions using Classroom analytics Did anyone get any takers for Classroom Visitor? Nobody has asked for it yet he...
Google Classroom Email Issue
For a while now, and I have tried Google Support who seem equally flummoxed, when we try and use the email people from Google Classroom option, we get the below email-quarantine message. Yet, our actual gmail DOES work. So it is very strange. I wonde...
Account recovery feature
So one of the things that I think is really great is getting emails whenever my account is logged into on a new device. I think it is a great security feature, so I recommended it to other staff. Then I found out that because we are a "Primary/Secon...
Android VPN app
A few years ago I used a fortigate VPN app on a chromebook and it worked. But now we went to try it again and it does not. I vaguely remember some VPN settings in Gsuite admin but now I cannot find them. Does anyone know if they removed that setting?
Introducing the Google for Education K-12 Cybersecurity Guidebook for K-12 IT administrators
Google for Education is excited to announce the launch of the K12 Cybersecurity Guidebook (goo.gle/k12-cyber-guide), a free, external-friendly resource for K-12 institutions globally to help them improve their security posture and better protect thei...
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Chrome remote Desktop help
Hi All,Does anyone have this running successful so that you can connect to a student's chromebook to assist them. We have enabled port 3478 for UDP and TCP. 443 is already enabledWe enabled Remote desktop Additional apps for our admin accounts.When I...
Chromebook Recovery issues
Anyone having issues recovering Chromebooks? I have an Asus CR1100 which a powerwash was not able to fix and also now the USB recovery also won't work. We just keep getting a "Error recovering device" or "Something went wrong" error.
Resolved! Global Announcement about Verifying Teachers
This is a message from Google's Marketing Team: Hi GfE Admin Community, For teachers to benefit from shared resources in Google Classroom, like practice sets, video activities and classwork, they must be verified teachers. We’ve clarified the steps t...
WPA3 in Google Admin Console networks
This is an FYI for everyone looking to update/upgrade WiFi to WPA3 and AES for security reasons. Unfortunately, Google does not have WPA3 as an option yet in the networks section for WiFi. I opened a ticket with them since there are support document...
Suppress the AD choice in Chrome
I've raised a ticket with Google about this - and I might be missing a policy settings somewhere, but is it possible to suppress the super annoying first start prompt in Chrome:Particularly difficult for very young pupils on shared Chromebooks. Have ...
Accessibility features reset after every logout/shutdown
We use Classlink as our SSO so when students turn on their chromebooks they authenticate through Google on a Classlink login page, that takes them directly to their SSO portal once authenticated. As part of that deployment, Classlink recommends we en...
Resolved! Report or investigation to find what shared drives someone has access to?
I know there are lots of different ways to collect data in Google and I'm trying to figure out a path to find what shared drives a user account has access to. In my new role when someone shifts positions or gets demoted, I need to find a way to make...
