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 […]
How customizable skills and identity help districts get traction on 21st century learning portfolios. As the 21st century lurches ever onward, more and more districts are formalizing a core set of cross-grade-level skills to provide a “north star” for assessing student growth and guiding “the adults” in the redesign of the student experience, including the […]
Exciting new partnerships in the deeper learning community of practice The Amplified IT is proud to announce three new strategic partnerships to help us engage and support powerful, existing communities of educator practice around Backpack for Google Drive — our student portfolio solution for 21st century learning and school district transformation built to integrate seamlessly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Part of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), BigQuery (BQ) is one of Google’s petabyte-scale SQL databases, ideal for warehousing lots of data, with lightning fast queries and plenty of ways to access data. One of the most common BQ use cases we see in schools is the storage of large sets of Student Information System (SIS) […]
Since 2016, Amplified Labs has helped more than 800 districts automate their management of Google Classroom and increase its adoption with Little SIS for Classroom. The robust sync features of Little SIS give IT and instructional admins the ability to create Google Classroom classes and automatically maintain rosters throughout the year from local SIS data, […]
At ISTE this past summer, Google announced that they will be releasing locked mode quizzes in Classroom for schools with managed Chromebooks. The response was enormous, and the wait is finally over! Two weeks ago, Google released the beta for this highly anticipated release, and many teachers have already started using it. How can locked […]
Whether your district is new to Google Workspace for Education or you’ve been using it for years, you’ve probably heard some buzz about Google Classroom. A “lite LMS,” Classroom gives your teachers a way to easily create posts and assignments for students, manage student Doc submissions in Google Drive, communicate and share student information with […]
Google released an update in August where all buildings and rooms management features are now consolidated into one location aptly named “Buildings and resources” within the Admin console. What exactly does this mean for K12 Admins? I’m glad you asked…… In short, schools can use this feature to not only manage rooms but also Chromebook carts, lab […]
How Small Tech Departments Can Master User Provisioning and Classroom Rostering in Google Workspace Whether you’re a Tech Director at a small school district, or an innovative teacher who somehow ended up having “Google apps administrator” added to their job description, you know that Google for Education brings your school immeasurable value and cost-savings. But […]