Google recently offered a lengthy session explaining updates in the company’s offerings for education. The event, Learning with Google 2021, was live, but is now available through YouTube.
The hour and a half presentation was divided into segments – Google Workspace for Education (was G suite), Google classroom, Google Meet, and Chrome. Each segment identified new changes or features and features that will be available for the Fall semester.
My notes:
Google Workspace for Education – description of levels, cost for premium levels, and features of each level. Free fundamental, Standard level ($3 per student per year), Teaching and Learning upgrade (more for distance education – $4 per option/month), and education plus ($5 per student per year).
Google classroom – More than a LMS
- Addons for other tools
- Student engagement logs
- Offline option for poor connections
- Save progress when filling out a form/quiz
- Citations manager for doc
Google Meet
- Educator can end Meet for all participants
- Mute all
- Teacher must be first in and others must be in class unless teacher approves
- Works better with low bandwidth
- Prep breakout rooms in paid version – setup and populate
- Transcripts
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