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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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    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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    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 […]

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    3rd Party App Security with App Access Control

    The longer a district has been using Google Workspace for Education, the larger becomes the looming elephant of 3rd party application use. How do you know what apps on the internet your staff and students are using via their Google Workspace accounts? The amount of applications and sites out there is staggering, and by default, […]

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    Google Voice: Learn More

    Starting With Google Voice Billing FAQs Service FAQs Amplified IT and David Rosenthal from the Google Voice team recently presented an overview of Google Voice, reasons why we recommend it, and best practices for education. Watch the recording here. How to Buy Voice Roadmap

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    Google Voice for Education

    Ready to get started? Request a Free Trial Get a Quote You always get more when you purchase through Amplified IT Get a Quote Google Voice Features Amplified IT and David Rosenthal from the Google Voice team recently presented an overview of Google Voice, reasons why we recommend it, and best practices for education. Watch the […]

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    Google Meet and the Remote Classroom

    September 2020 Over the past several months, school IT Administrators have had to do a lot of thinking on their feet. Nearly overnight in some cases, dependency on technological resources became exponentially important as cities and states went into lockdown, and schools were put into remote learning situations. Technology departments went into overdrive to get […]

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    Keeping your Admin Console Healthy and Secure

    September 9, 2020 One of the most popular questions I get after completing the audit process with our customers is “We are trying to figure out your accent, where are you from?” Well, I am from Rhode Island, so my accent is a mash-up of Staten Island and Boston with a hint of Jersey Shore. […]

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    Little SIS Sync Agent

    If your SIS program is not finalized until after the start of school or have teachers creating Classroom classes over the summer, aligning your SIS data can quickly become difficult. A powerful add-on to the Little SIS web app, the Little SIS Sync Agent is a desktop or server application that automates Google Classroom classes, rosters, and guardians from any […]