Google has released new changes on how some Admin console settings can be applied. Here’s a chance to catch up with Google for Education Training Lead, Tom Woods, to find out which ones you should know about and what flexibility these granular settings will provide. Google’s recent addition of granular settings adjustment by Group membership […]
For students and teachers, summer means time off, but school IT departments take this time to perform significant infrastructure changes. Minimal staff and students on site is a chance to do the things that they won’t have the opportunity to accomplish when school is in full swing. Management of end-user devices is often a focus […]
Like a medieval city, the structure and options contained within Google Groups settings have clearly had to serve many masters and live through many different phases of redesign over their long and storied history, leaving behind a bit of a hot, tangled mess. As part of modernizing this somewhat-stinky corner of Google Workspace, Google […]
In more and more districts, we’re seeing a shift towards the adoption of Google Classroom as the Learning Management System, or LMS, of choice. Owing to its lightweight price tag (spoiler alert: free), its minimalist and effective user experience, and the fact that it streamlines a teachers’ management and feedback on Google Drive based student […]
Now that Google NEXT19 is officially in the rearview mirror and our twitter feeds are no longer inundated with constant photos, videos, and updates from the event, it is time that we consider the impact that those changes may have on our Google environments. Ultimately, like any live event, a lot of the excitement was […]
Google Workspace Calendars have a surprising variety of uses and types. When creating a new Calendar, you should consider the desired ease of discoverability, ultimate use case, and the desire to limit user ability to create new events. Each calendar type has advantages depending on the desired end-user experience. Let’s go through the options around […]
The vision Once upon a time, a high school senior at a small Kentucky school district walked across a stage to accept a diploma, turned his tassel, and smiled for the camera–happy to have served his high school sentence with passing grades. Similar events led Dr. Carmen Coleman — then Danville’s district superintendent — to […]
For teacher appreciation week, we want to recognize how far teachers go in order to support the needs of each of their students and to ensure they offer the best possible educational experience – through any means they can. This past holiday season, Amplified IT decided to give the gift of education and opportunity. Each […]
The hundreds of Google Workspace features, changes, and updates annually released by Google for Education will greatly impact how you, your staff, and your students function within the Google environment of a school or district. If a school district’s Google Workspace domain was not initially set up to EDU best practices when they originally went […]
YouTube is an incredible resource in K12 for learning opportunities. It hosts a plethora of excellent content available for educating users on any range of subjects. It can also be a wonderful resource for wasting time if not kept in check. Let’s take a look at the confusing waters of YouTube settings, what the settings […]
Keeping email correspondence ‘hush-hush’ between parties never sounded so easy with the release of Google’s Confidential Mode in Gmail for Google Workspace customers and Google for Education users. To ensure we are all on the same page – Confidential Mode is a setting within Gmail that allows emails to be sent and then automatically deleted from […]
It’s never too soon to start thinking of ways to make your life easier this summer! If your district has been using Chromebooks for more than three years, you’ve probably gone through a device refresh already, and you know how daunting it can be. If not, and you’re preparing to do so for the first […]