by | Aug 7, 2024 | News
What's changing
We're introducing a new feature that surfaces richer student engagement data on assignments with Google Drive attachments in Google Classroom.
With this update, teachers will have easily accessible visibility into whether students have made progress on assignments with Drive attachments through pre-existing workflows in Classroom. This can help to identify students who may need additional support and make more informed decisions about how to assist their students.
Specifically, teachers can see:
From the Classwork page: The number of students who haven't edited attachments for assignments. From the student work page on individual assignments: When the attachments were last edited by each student.
With this information, teachers can:
Quickly see whether students have started on their assigned work Provide timely interventions like sending reminders to the class or individual students Adjust instruction based on class progress
Who's impacted
End users
Why you'd use it
This feature gives teachers visibility into student progress on academic work and helps them provide effective interventions to best support students.
Additional details
The feature is currently only available on assignments with Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings attachments.
Getting started
Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. End users: Teachers can view edit activity for a Drive attachment associated with a student submission by going to the Student work page and viewing submissions with Drive files attached. Visit the Help Centre to learn more about
viewing student engagement on assignments with Drive attachments. Rollout pace
Availability
Resources
by | Aug 8, 2024 | News
What's changing
"Take notes for me," an AI-powered feature in Google Meet that automatically takes notes during your meetings, will be rolling out soon. Prior to end user availability, admins can now configure whether their users can use this Google AI note-taking feature with a new Admin console setting. This setting can be configured in the Admin console by going to Apps > Google Workspace > Google Meet > Gemini Settings.
Apps > Google Workspace > Google Meet > Gemini Settings > Google AI note-taking
Similar to Meet transcripts Admin settings, this control gives admins more flexibility to test the feature within specific Organizational units (OUs) or Groups before deploying the feature more broadly within their organisation.
"Take notes for me" is available for customers who have a Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Education Premium, or AI Meetings and Messaging add-on. Only users who are assigned one of these licences will be able to use the note-taking feature.
We'll provide more information and timing on end user availability about "Take notes for me" in the coming weeks here on the Workspace Updates blog.
Additional details
Notes documents will be stored in the meeting owner's drive folder and will follow the
Meet retention policy that your organisation has configured. If you are currently testing this feature in Workspace Labs and Alpha, your experience will change from respecting the Drive retention policy to respecting the Meet retention policy.
Getting started
Admins: Take notes for me will be ON by default and can be configured at the OU and Group level in the Admin console by going to Apps > Google Workspace > Google Meet > Gemini Settings > Google AI note-taking. If you want all of your users to receive the feature at once, you may want to consider turning this setting OFF and then after rollout switching it to ON.
Rollout pace
Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout of the admin setting (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 13, 2024 with expected completion on August 21, 2024
Availability
Available for Google Workspace customers with the:
Gemini Enterprise add-onGemini Education Premium add-onAI Meetings & Messaging Add-on
by | Aug 9, 2024 | News
3 New updates
Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.
Appointment slots booking pages are no longer available in Google Calendar
Earlier this year, we announced that the appointment slots feature will be replaced by appointment schedules in Google Calendar. Starting this week, appointment slots booking pages will no longer be available and all new appointments will need to be booked through appointment schedules. | Rollout to
Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is scheduled to complete by the end of August 2024. | Appointment schedules are available to Google Workspace Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Nonprofits, Google Workspace Individual, Google One Premium users and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Help Center for
detailed information about appointment schedules.
Dark mode now available in Google Classroom on mobile
Similar to the recent announcement of
dark mode in Google DriveIn a new feature, users will now be able to change the colour theme of Google Classroom on their mobile device. This new setting aims to provide users with a more comfortable, customisable viewing experience and also reduces battery usage. | Available to Google Workspace Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, the Teaching & Learning Upgrade customers. | Rollout to
Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Visit the Help Centre to learn more about
using Dark Mode in Classroom.New automation event for AppSheet databases is now generally available
Previous announcements
The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.
Available in open beta: configure third-party apps by selecting API scopes
Providing student engagement signals for Google Drive file attachments in Google Classroom
We're introducing a new feature that surfaces richer student engagement data on assignments with Google Drive attachments in Google Classroom. With this update, teachers will have easily accessible visibility into whether students have made progress on assignments with Drive attachments through pre-existing workflows in Classroom. | Learn more about
Drive file attachments in Classroom."Take notes for me" in Google Meet is rolling out soon; pre-configure access with a new admin setting
"Take notes for me," an AI-powered feature in Google Meet that automatically takes notes during your meetings, will be rolling out soon. Prior to end user availability, admins can now configure whether their users can use this Google AI note-taking feature with a new Admin console setting. | Learn more about the
admin setting for "Take notes for me."
by | Aug 12, 2024 | News
What's changing
We're pleased to announce a new set of features to help you conduct deeper analysis and more flexible issue detection within your Google Meet hardware fleet:
First, Meet hardware log events are now captured in the security investigation tool. Within the tool, you'll be able to view historical events for your devices and create customised alerts. You can also click out to Meet hardware log events from individual device pages (Devices > Google Meet Devices > [Device Name]), allowing you to find information on specific devices even faster.
Meet hardware logs in the security and investigation tool
Secondly, through integration with BigQuery, Meet hardware logs can be imported from the security investigation tool to be analysed at scale. This is a powerful new tool that can be used to build customised views of your historical data across your entire hardware fleet. For example, you can use this data to identify which devices are the most used across your organisation, which devices are experiencing the most issues within a specific timeframe, and more.
Specifically, you'll be able to filter by the following details:
Availability
The security investigation tool is available for Google Workspace:
Enterprise Standard and PlusEducation Standard and PlusEnterprise Essentials PlusFrontline StandardCloud Identity Premium
Reporting logs in BigQuery is available for Google Workspace:
Enterprise Standard and PlusEducation Standard and PlusEnterprise Essentials PlusFrontline Standard
by | Aug 12, 2024 | News
What's changing
Previously, the interoperability settings that allow Calendar users to see availability of colleagues using Outlook and vice versa were split between two separate locations: in the Admin console and from https://calendar.google.com/Exchange/tools. Going forward, all interoperability settings will be housed in the Admin console at Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Calendar > Calendar Interop management. This will make it easier for admins to view and manage their interop setups.
