Educators can now easily import students from their student information system (SIS) to Google Classroom using OneRoster. This integration saves educators time and helps make class setup much quicker. 

Admins: This feature is available for domains connected to an SIS partner–Aspen, Infinite Campus or Skyward (with PowerSchool coming soon). To enable the feature, go to http://classroom.google.com/admin. Visit the Help Center to learn more about connecting your Classroom to your SIS. End users: If OneRoster is connected by your admin, you can import students by going to the People tab > “Invite Students” > “Import from SIS”. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Classroom with your SIS.

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on November 28, 2023 (with expected completion in January 2024) 

Available to Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade 

We’re introducing slides recordings, a new Google Slides feature that lets you easily record yourself presenting, and then share the presentation with others to view when it works for them. From webinars, to employee trainings, to lessons for your classroom, slides recordings help you effortlessly record visual and engaging presentations without ever leaving Slides. 

End users 

This feature helps you share more engaging video presentations with others for easy, flexible viewing. Whether sharing video content inside of your company or externally, with slides recordings you don’t need to use a separate video recording tool. 

You can use your computer’s built-in or external camera and microphone hardware to add your voice and webcam feed to your recording. 

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.End users:
Visit the Help Center to learn more about recording a slideshow, finding your recording, sharing your recording, removing a recording and more. Please note that recording-creation is only accessible using Google Chrome on your Desktop.
Recordings cannot be created on mobile devices and are not accessible from the Slides mobile app. However, you can find and view your recording using the Drive mobile app. 

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on November 28, 2023 Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 2, 2024 

Availability 

Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus and Education Plus  

Until now, raising your hand to ask a question in Google Meet is done by clicking the hand-raise icon. Starting today, you can also raise your physical hand and Meet will recognize it with gesture detection. To ensure the gesture is detected, make sure your camera is enabled and your hand is visible to the camera, away from your face and body. As an active speaker, the gesture detection will not be triggered; when you’re no longer the active speaker, gesture detection will resume.

Getting started

We’re expanding mobile device enrollment options for iOS devices to include user enrollment. User enrollment separates work and personal data on iOS devices, giving admins control over Workspace data on the device while users retain privacy over their personal data. 

Additionally, admins can use the Apple Volume Purchase Program (VPP) to purchase and disturbed apps in bulk to user-enrolled iOS devices in their organization. 

Admins and end users 

Managing how Workspace data is accessed is a cornerstone of security. The new user enrollment option ensures end users can keep their personal data separate from their work data, while admins can ensure their users are using and accessing apps appropriately. 

Using the VPP, admins can efficiently curate a suite of work-related apps—both free and paid—for their team. This streamlined process not only simplifies the deployment of essential business apps but also ensures that employees have access to the right apps they need to be productive and efficient, all within the secure perimeter of our MDM platform.

Getting started

In conjunction with recent updates to search in Google Chat, we’re introducing enhanced search query suggestions, a feature already available on mobile, that helps you find the right message, person, file, or space in Chat on the web. 

When searching in Chat, you will now see query suggestions based on historical search activity, sorted by relevance. The top suggestion will also appear in the search box and you can press “Tab” to autofill the query. You can also delete a suggested query by hovering over it and clicking on the “x” icon next to it. 

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about searching for Google Chat messages. 

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on November 17, 2023 Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on December 6, 2023 

Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts 

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