More learning opportunities with Google Education Plus - power2Cloud

Do you know the news? Google for Education Plus, the new version of Google dedicated to academia, has arrived.

It is precisely around the needs of users and the purposes of teaching and learning that Google continues to shape its products and services.

In fact, it is constantly working on useful updates and features, starting with the free version dedicated to schools of all ranks, such as that of Google Workspace for Education (formerly G Suite for Education).

In the previous article we mentioned the efforts carried out by the school especially in the last period because of the pandemic.

Like businesses and public administrations,academia is continuing to digitize tools and processes. It is doing so not only to organize distance learning (DAD), but to be ever closer to students and new needs.

Google knows that a one-size-fits-all , one-size-fits-all approach is not what teachers need: whether you are working in an elementary school, a university, or a vocational college, thetechnology and tools must adapt to the way you work. This way you can focus on what matters most, teaching and learning. 

In recent weeks, the arrival of the new Google for Education Plus version has made headlines. A decision created to offer more choice, flexibility, and tools to enhance student learning and teacher work.

Google for Education Plus is the affordable and powerful solution you've been waiting for

Let's get right to the offerings of Google Workspace for Education Plus,a version that includes enhanced security features, premium teaching and learning tools and much more.

In contrast to previous versions, in which upgrades were required for the entire domain, Education Plus allows as few as 1 license to be activated, with no strings attached, allowing advanced features to be shared to the entire educational community.

For every 4 Education Plus student licenses purchased, you will also receive 1 school staff license. 

Here's what Education Plus includes: 

• increase student engagement with premium features of Google Meet: recorded lectures, attendance tracking, subgroup rooms, Q&A, surveys
• involve your entire school community by organizing larger meetings (up to 250 participants) and live streaming broadcasts (up to 100,000 in the domain)
• synchronize Classroom rosters from the Student Information System. Manage and monitor grades, test evaluations, attendance and more, share this data with students and parents
• Promote academic integrity,search for potential plagiarism and analyze submissions in a school-owned archive

Here are the powerful additional features:

• improves access to information. Aenables searching and sharing within the domain with Google Cloud Searchin Drive, Documents, Calendar, Classroom and more
• Simplifies document approval. Get decisions and feedback faster with an integrated process in Google Drive, Gmail, Docs, and other Google Workspace editors
• large cloud storage space:you receive 20 additional GB of storage space per paid license, over 100 TB for your domain
• support team dedicated by Google Support. Count on faster responses from product specialists. Faster support is available if you purchase more than 200 licenses. 

With Google for Education Plus more choice and flexibility according to school needs

If you're not yet using Google's E-learning solutions, let's take a few steps back to give a brief overview of the versions currently available for schools, universities, vocational institutes.

Google Workspace for Education (formerly G Suite for Education) is the free version (you can request it now from our team) and includes all educational applications such as Classroom, Meet, Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Documents, Sheets, and Presentations. 

As we said at the beginning among the new features over the past year, Google has added many free features, such as hand-raising in Google Meet, address books in Classroom, and grammar suggestions in Docs. Also last year it continued to invest in premium offerings as well, with over 25 new features to expand security controls and advanced collaboration tools.

More than 170 million students and educators worldwide now rely on Google's suite of tools. A single platform, accessible from any location and device (computer, tablet, mobile), where you find everything you need to teach, learn, connect, and share.

To meet the diverse needs of academia, G Suite for Education and G Suite for Education Enterprise today give way to four new distinct editions.

Here are the versions of Google for Education

Those who need the premium features can take advantage of the paid versions offered by Google by upgrading. Let's look at them together:

• Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals will remain free of charge for all eligible institutions.
• Google Workspace for Education Standard (for a fee) offers the basics of Education Fundamentals, and advancedfeatures that relate primarily to the Console administrator. It makes available a number of additional tools for in-depth analysis, configurations and security management settings (advanced audit logs and advanced mobile device management).
• Teaching and Learning Upgrade (for a fee) provides the functionality of Education Fundamentals or Education Standard, and in addition enhances theenhancement of Meet and Classrom tools dedicated to teaching and learning, to drive critical thinking and academic integrity, with originality reports to verify the authenticity of each work.
• Google Workspace for Education Plus  (for a fee) - formerly G Suite Enterprise for Education - includes all the features of Education Fundamentals, Education Standard and Teaching and Learning Upgrade, but has in addition a whole host of advanced features for analytics and security, teaching, learning and more.

In conjunction with the team at power2Cloud, Google for Education's partner in Italy, your school can figure out whether to activate the Education Plus version or just add the Teaching and Learning Upgrade features by also purchasing an Education Standard license.

Compare with an expert, he will immediately suggest the one best suited for you.

A new archiving policy for Google Education

Google has always offered free unlimited space for schools, vocational colleges and universities, a most valuable resource for supporting quality educational experiences. 

The use of Big G's solutions has increased and so has the consumption of storage space. However, it is not consumed equitably among or even within institutions, in fact, school leaders often lack the tools to manage it. 

The proposed new storage modelwill provide colleges and universities with 100 TB of cloud storage shared among all users. This is more than enough storage space to accommodate 100 million documents, 8 million presentations or 400,000 hours of video. 

This reorganization went into effect for all editions of Google Workspace for Education and will also be effective for new customers who register today.

power2Cloud has long supported teachers and IT administrators in their work by providing consulting, activation, and training. We will help you identify and manage how storage space is used and allocated in your school, so you can choose the version you need. 

Flexibility, simplicity and new opportunities will continue to be the pillars of Google Workspace for Education in the future.

Whichever edition is right for your needs, we are confident that these tools will enable your school community to collaborate better and manage lessons efficiently and safely.

Start now with the power2Cloud team.