Google has expanded its educational ecosystem with the launch of the Google for Education App Hub. This platform is designed to be a single destination where educators and administrators can discover every app that connects to Google for Education products.
The Google for Education App Hub aims to simplify the discovery, management, and use of educational apps that integrate with Google Education Tools. By providing a centralized platform, Google hopes to save schools time, increase engagement, and personalize learning.
Google for Education App Hub
The Google for Education App Hub provides educators with a variety of integrations with Google tools. The landing page presents a selection of 25 core apps, each offering at least one of three specific features: classroom add-ons, School Information System (SIS) integration, and app licensing. Users can filter apps based on various criteria such as topic, category, feature accessibility, and compliance information.
Classroom’s Add-In feature allows teachers to easily integrate content from popular EdTech tools such as Pear Deck and Kahoot! and IXL directly within Google Classroom. This feature aims to simplify class and class management and seamlessly integrate teaching tools into assignments. Students can access additional content with a single login, which avoids the need to remember multiple passwords or navigate to external websites.
SIS integration
On the administrative side, SIS integrators can automate processes such as category creation and list updating at scale. This can save valuable time on administrative tasks, thanks to partnerships with platforms like Clever, Skyward, Follett Aspen, and Infinite Campus.
Adobe Express
“We’re especially proud of our comprehensive integration with Adobe Express – a Classroom add-in that’s also part of our app licensing program. With Adobe Express, school administrators can manage app licenses at scale via the Google Admin console and students and teachers can access their creativity and share via Google Classroom. Plus, Adobe Express for Education is free to K12 schools and districts and available on Chromebooks across the United States.”
The new Google for Education App Hub also introduces the App Licensing System. This new feature simplifies the license management process by enabling administrators to purchase applications directly from developers and then distribute those licenses to students and educators.
Use of these licenses can be tracked via the school directory in the Google Admin console. Google has partnered with seven app developers, including Adobe Express, Concepts, ExplainEverything, Figma, LumaFusion, Squid, and WeVideo to offer this feature.
A notable collaboration with Adobe. This partnership provides comprehensive integration with Adobe Express, a Classroom add-in that is also part of the Application Licensing Program. Administrators can manage Adobe Express licenses at scale via the Google Admin console.
In addition, students and teachers can access and share their creations through Google Classroom. Adobe Express for Education is provided free to K12 schools and districts and is available on Chromebooks across the United States. For more information, go to the official Google for Education website by following the link below.
Source: GEAH
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