Google Workspace Wednesday

Issue #56 / 19-JUN-24

Google Meet now supports high definition video for meeting recording and devices

For recorded meetings in Meet, Google is increasing the maximum resolution for the speaker’s video feed from 720p to 1080p. Meet already supports 1080p recordings for presented content — together, these enhancements increase viewing quality of meeting recordings. Further, Google has also announced that 1080p video resolution is now available on all computers with a 1080p capable camera.

Get more out of Google’s education tools with Education Navigator

Google is introducing Education Navigator — a new site with free of charge resources on Google for Education tools like Chromebooks, Google Classroom, and Google Workspace for Education. Education Navigator helps school administrators and educators find what they need to use technology for teaching and learning by organizing resources by role, level of experience, product, and interest.

Google Classroom now supports grade category and co-teacher imports from SIS partners

Since the beginning of this year, educators have been able to easily import students from their student information system (SIS) to Google Classroom using OneRoster. Google is introducing the option for teachers to import their grade categories and co-teachers from their linked SIS. Once an admin establishes a connection between their district SIS and Google Classroom, teachers can manually link new or existing Google Classroom classes to their SIS, then use the connection to export grades, import students rosters, and now, import grading categories or co-teachers.