In early March, with the assumption that schools might be closed in a few regional hotspots in the US, we quietly began offering a Little SIS web promotional license free through July 1st to districts with fewer than 40K students impacted by covid-19. Little did we know, the crisis would result in near-nationwide school closures, […]
Recent events and school closures have brought to the forefront the immediate need for communication between staff, students, and parents. Google Workspace admins from K-12 to higher education are searching for a simple, smart, and scalable phone system to support faculty, staff, teachers, and administrators. Google Voice ticks all the boxes. It provides users the […]
Over the last few weeks, several schools have had to pivot their classroom technology from a cart base or stay at school model to a take home situation. As schools have been doing this, one of the most common concerns that has come up is “What settings should we have in place now that we’re […]
So you’ve made it to this blog post. That means you’re either confused, fed up or interested in what’s been happening regarding Google Workspace apps. Or was it the super unique and clever title that no one else in the blogosphere has ever used? Either way, this post will provide clarity on the different types […]
March 11, 2020 Each year we discover more and more schools are turning to their Chromebook devices to administer state or provincial testing to students. While managed devices can certainly streamline the testing process, they can present a unique set of challenges as well. Below you’ll find 10 tips that can help your school prepare […]
March 10, 2020 Can we turn off apps if teachers/faculty are not on our network? Can we make this only work when students are at school? These sort of questions probably sound very familiar. In education technology, these types of requests are frequent and most settings do have had the ability to be set granularly […]
Whether your district is new to Google Classroom or if you’re veteran power users, inevitably you may be plagued with the existence of student-owned classes on your domain. In fact, much like orphaned Google Classroom classes, most districts don’t know they have student-owned Google Classroom classes unless they become a problem. And like orphaned classes […]
*Cue the sound of Auld Lang Syne and popping corks resonating softly in the background* 2019 was a year of growth at Amplified Labs – we launched some visionary new products, learned new development techniques, gave the people what they wanted – live chat support! – and added three new people to the team. As […]
An often unanticipated result of user account deletion, orphaned classes in Google Classroom keep cropping in Google Workspace forums and support desks across the education ecosystem. Schools likely don’t know they have this problem until it becomes a larger issue. So what are orphaned classes, how can they be prevented, and how can you fix […]
As Summer projects wind down, construction and buildings get built (hopefully) and we start hearing those “I forgot my password” and “I need this right now” comments. We all know what time it is: time to transition from being “summer busy” to “school year busy.” Knowing it’s crunch time, I want to go over 5 […]
With our minds off the summer projects and hopefully user provisioning humming away without issue, School IT administrators attention turns to the next big annual milestone – testing. To assess where students start off at the beginning of the year and to get a baseline for growth throughout the school year. Although all schools have […]
So you’re going 1-to-1? With a new school year quickly approaching, I’ve been talking to a lot of people who are in the process of going 1-to-1 with Chromebooks, or are planning on doing so in the next year or two. In the conversation I always get asked, so what is it really like? I […]