Google Apps Admin Corner: August 2015
As always, here is a digest of the key updates Admins need to be aware of that Google has released last month for those of you hanging out in the ‘Admin console’. Some of the key changes includes new Chrome policies in Google Apps, ability to white list specific Google Apps domains, and so much […]
Early Bird Offer Flying Away Soon for Belgium Summit! [PLS SHARE]
Just a quick reminder that our early bird promo for the upcoming Belgium Summit will be ending soon. The Summit will be an exciting two day event taking place at the University College West Flanders on Thursday, September 11 until Friday, September 12, 2014. We have some truly world-class speakers who will be joining us […]
Google Story Builder, Get notified about Google Form submissions, and more
Gone Google Story Builder – docsstorybuilder.appspot.com Cool way to make a digital story, just like a GAFE commercial. h/t +Chris McCaffrey Hangouts now supports any Google Apps customer account – plus.google.com Hangouts video meetings now support any Google Apps customer account (http://goo.gl/L5xha4), including those without a Google+ profile. Google Apps customers can start or join a […]
Grading Questions By Hand, New Add-On to Keep Google Sheet Tabs Organized, and More
Great resource links, tips, news, and updates shared by our Google+ community members from July 27 – Aug 2, 2015. Grading Questions By Hand – www.flubaroo.com A Flubaroo update! The popular Add-on for grading just got an update in time for fall. A newly added feature lets you assign questions your own score with the […]
Nexus International School to Host the 1st Google for Education Summit in Singapore!
Nexus International School Singapore in cooperation with AppsEvents is proud to be hosting the first Singapore Google for Education Summit on October 3 – 4, 2015. It will be a truly world class PD event. Google Apps for Education is a powerful suite of tools that can enhance and support 21st century learning and the […]
July 2014 Google Apps Admin Newsletter: Key Updates and Information for Administrators, Management and Key Users
Welcome to the AppsEvents Google Apps Admin Newsletter. Inside is a digest of key updates and information to efficiently and effectively manage your GAFE domain. This month sees a major new release to the Google Apps Directory Sync, designed exclusively for schools, the new School Directory Sync is going to save Google Apps Admins a […]
Using Google Keep to raise questions to teachers (instead of hands), Google Classroom API Update, and More
Great resource links, tips, news, and updates shared by our Google+ community members from July 20 – 26, 2015. Using Google Keep to raise questions to teachers (instead of hands) – plus.google.com +Melissa Valence shared: Google Keep is one of my favorite tools. In my classroom (no access to hangouts with kids) we use it as an […]
Google Now Reminders Right from Search, Google Story, and more
Google begins allowing you to create Google Now reminders right from its search engine – thenextweb.com One favorite feature of Google is getting instant responses from search results — it massively simplifies currency conversion, for one thing. So it’s interesting to see that the company now lets you create Google Now reminders right from its […]
Google Docs Text Highlighter, Find Recently Opened Files in Chromebook and more
Texthelp’s Highlighting Tools add-on in Google Docs – plus.google.com Texthelp’s Highlighting Tools add-on in Google Docs lets you highlight key areas of your document to collect, group and learn from later. By “collecting highlights” you can extract them into a new document for students or educators to review. http://goo.gl/qfvyrb h/t +Bjorn Behrendt Learn the Latest Classroom […]
New Content Notifications in the Classroom App, Whitelist Domains for Classroom, and More
Great resource links, tips, news, and updates shared by our Google+ community members from July 13 – 19, 2015. Google partners with Khan Academy, NASA, more to teach kids science via a 4-week summer camp – venturebeat.com Emily Stiebel, product marketing manager for Camp Google, told VentureBeat in an email interview that Google always aimed […]
