Google Services Offer – Frequently Asked Questions
January 2021
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10 Key Google Updates from 2020
These updates and timeline are written as of 1/13/21 To say that 2020 brought a lot of change would be an understatement. Typical years are tough enough to try and keep up-to-date with Google and Chrome changes. How could you prepare for a health crisis that threw your plans, roadmaps, and goals out the window? […]
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Sticky Settings for Google Meet
January 13, 2021 Google is changing the behavior of a few Google Meet settings in Google for Education. Specifically, there are now certain settings that are “sticky,” which means that if they were turned on or off during a meeting, that setting would be saved for all future meetings using that same meeting code. Prior […]
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Everything You Need to Know About Education Plus Licenses
Here is everything you need to know about Google Workspace Licenses. In this post, you’ll get answers to questions including: What do they do? Who should get them? How do you assign licenses? What are some best practices? We’ve got you covered in our comprehensive guide to licensing. The value of Workspace for Education Last […]
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Youtube Restricted Mode: Managing Access
December 10, 2020 Given all the feedback to Google from schools, an important change has been made to Youtube Restricted Mode. Join Tom as he walks us through various Youtube settings and how this latest update could change your view on using this in your schools.
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Google Classroom Cleanup: Archiving and Deleting Classes and Users
December 15, 2020 2020 has been a remarkable year for education. Moving from in-person instruction to remote learning is a huge change. You’ve taken amazing steps to ensure your students and teachers have uninterrupted learning. Congratulations on a job well done. As the calendar year and semester are about to change, it’s time to look […]
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Best Practices for Chrome and Device Management: Session Recap
December 8, 2020 This training session on Chrome and device management best practices kicked-off with Tom Woods, Amplified IT’s Lead Google for Education Training Consultant, going over best practices for Google Workspace for Education management. Tom walked through admin console settings and approaches for Chrome management and device settings where he explained the importance of […]
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Google Meet Roadmap
November 11, 2020 In this video, Tom Woods goes through the most recent updates with Google Meet as well as what’s coming on the Google Meet roadmap.
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Migrate your On-Prem Data to Google Drive
November 9, 2020 Are you stuck fighting with VPN connections to allow off-campus access to your on-prem file storage systems? Do you have aging server hardware and facing a costly upgrade? Or perhaps you have been a target of expensive ransomware attacks? If your school is using Google for Education, you already have access to […]
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Replacing Cloud Print
November 10, 2020 Last November, we published a blog post outlining Google’s announcement that Cloud Print would be deprecated by the end of 2020. Unbelievably, that is just around the corner! If you are still wanting to print from Chrome OS you will need to move to Google’s Native printing, CUPs, or explore Google’s printing […]
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Transformation Reports
As a former technology director, I was always looking for ways to find the ROI on the many initiatives and projects that we instituted around the district. Adding further complexity, Education IT tends to have different goals than a “traditional” IT department would. In education, we look for transformational changes in learning. Specifically, many schools […]
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Optimizing SSO on Chromebooks
October 2020 Setting up Chrome Devices to sign-in using an established Single Sign-On (SSO) platform is often desired by schools that are leveraging SSO to simplify user management. Whether wanting to audit sign-in activities through Active Directory Federated Services (ADFS) or using badges for younger students, SSO offers an alternative to the standard Google sign-in […]