What’s changing In 2023, we introduced the ability for Google Classroom teachers to export grading periods to their Student Information System (SIS) gradebook. This helps education teams simplify student data management and complete administrative tasks faster. Today, we’re excited to announce the ability for ...

What’s changingClassroom admins can now centrally set default grading settings for teachers in their district using the Admin console. When a teacher creates a new class in Classroom, these default settings are automatically populated for the class. Starting today, admins can set default settings for grading ...

What’s changingWe’re introducing a feature that will allow admins to restrict which URLs Apps Scripts and Sheets can source external content from. More specifically, admins can now monitor which URLs are being accessed by referencing new logs that we’re adding to the audit and investigation page. Admins can then ...

What's changingControlling access to sensitive content stored in Google Drive is a critical component for any company's security posture. One way admins can do this is with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules that enable Information Rights Management (IRM) on specific files. This allows admins to disable actions ...

What’s changingYou can now interact with the Gemini side panel while viewing PDFs. This new viewing experience works with all kinds of PDFs, such as: Scanned PDFs: Pictures of paper documents turned into PDFs. Native PDFs: PDFs created on a computer, not from a scan.Text-heavy PDFs: Long PDFs with lots of ...

What’s changingMany users follow threads within spaces in Google Chat to ensure they don’t miss any updates. To build upon this experience and help you keep track of important discussions occurring in threads, we’re introducing the ability to follow and review threads within the home shortcut. Threads you’ve ...