CDW is a technology provider on a mission to further expand into the education industry and to more effectively serve Google Workspace customers. As a company that knows Google and education on an expert level, CDW acquired Amplified IT to further its mission in the education sector. Since publicly announcing the acquisition in March 2021, […]
March 2021 – last updated on 3/17 Hi, my name is Melissa Benson and I’m the Google for Education Technical Collaborative Lead at Amplified IT. Today, I will be reviewing the recent Google Meet changes and updates. Some of these will be coming later this year and some are rolling out as we speak. Let’s […]
3/17/21 Are your end users reporting no access to Google Workspace for Education Plus features including Originality Reports in Google Classroom or no Enhanced Meet features (breakout rooms, Q&A, Polls, Noise Cancellation, Attendance Reports)? Your first step in troubleshooting should always be to ensure the user has a license assigned to them. It’s a great […]
3/10/21 The team at Amplified IT is committed to your success. To that end, we’re excited to announce the launch of our Support Stacks to help you plan how you will use your support hours. For Google admins, it is easier than ever to plan tangible projects around your support hours. Support hours have long […]
3/10/21 In 2018, Google released G Suite Enterprise for Education (GSEfE). All of the paid features were bundled together in GSEfE, without the ability to parse features organizations were truly interested in adopting. In 2020, 93% of customers purchased GSEfE for the enhanced Meet capabilities, which comes as no surprise due to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
February 25, 2020 This training session on Google Workspace for Education Security and Compliance best practices kicked-off with Tom Woods, Amplified IT’s Lead Google for Education Training Consultant, going over how to leverage settings for ensuring security within a Google environment. Through the session, Tom specifically covered key settings, core applications, and 3rd party applications […]
February 2021 Wisconsin-based Tiffany Wilson, Technology Director at Kewaskum School District, recently shared more about the way she innovatively used the Amplified IT labs tools to solve top challenges in her district. Tiffany Wilson has been using Google for Education tools, as both a teacher since 2002 and as an IT Administrator since 2015. Her […]
These updates and timeline are written as of 2/17/21 Having information about users’ Google Workspace storage is helpful to determine how much storage each user is using, but there will be times you will need to be able to see more than analytics or even take action. At the time of this writing, there is […]
These updates and timeline are written as of 2/17/21 Google Workspace will stop unlimited, free storage starting July 2022 During the Learning with Google Event on February 17th, Google Workspace announced significant changes coming to unlimited cloud storage. Unlimited cloud storage was previously available for G Suite for Education organizations. Starting in July 2022, schools […]
These updates and timeline are written as of 2/17/21 Starting in July 2022, schools will be given 100TB of combined Drive, Gmail, and Photos storage for free. After you’ve reached the max storage allocation per domain (100TB), you will need to curb your cloud storage usage or procure a paid Google Workspace edition. Since the […]