The Google Workspace for Education Teaching and Learning Upgrade introduces a powerful tool suite to enhance teaching and learning experiences. This upgrade provides educators with premium features that elevate classroom interaction, streamline workflows, and improve student outcomes. You can create a more dynamic and inclusive learning environment with tools like enhanced video communication, Classroom add-ons, Practice Sets, Originality Reports, Google Meet’s Collaboration Mode, and live translation.
In this article, you will learn how to use these premium features to engage students, support academic integrity, and foster collaboration in a digital setting.
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Enhanced Video Communication with Google Meet
The upgrade transforms Google Meet into a robust platform for education. It includes features like breakout rooms, live streaming for staff, attendance tracking, and polling to make virtual lessons more interactive. The flexible Teaching and Learning upgrade allows educators to adapt to different teaching styles and student needs. With live translation, language barriers are minimized, enabling students to participate in real-time, regardless of their primary language. You can even record lessons and save them directly to Google Drive for later review.
Integrating these tools allows you to create an engaging virtual classroom where students feel involved and supported.
Resources:
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Premium Meet features available for Google Workspace editions
- Get Started with Google Meet from Google for Education's Teacher Center; for end-users
Classroom Add-ons for Seamless Integration
Classroom add-ons allow educators to easily integrate third-party tools directly within Google Classroom. These add-ons save time by reducing the need to switch between platforms. From interactive quizzes to formative assessment tools, the add-ons provide educators with resources to create a richer learning experience.
This streamlined approach helps you manage all your instructional tools in one place, making it easier to focus on what matters—student engagement and learning.
Resources:
- Use Classroom add-ons - Classroom Help, article for teachers
Practice Sets for Personalized Learning
Practice Sets allow educators to create personalized assessments based on each student's learning needs. This feature provides instant feedback and will enable students to practice concepts at their own pace. Educators can track progress in real time and adjust lessons to meet individual student needs better.
By incorporating Practice Sets, you can provide tailored support that not only boosts student confidence but also enhances their mastery of subjects.
Resources:
- Practice Sets Google interactive demo
- Practice sets: a more personal path to learning
- Learn about practice sets - Google Classroom Help
Originality Reports for Academic Integrity
Originality Reports help maintain academic integrity by detecting plagiarism in student submissions. Teachers and students can generate reports to check for possible plagiarism, enabling students to learn from their mistakes before final submission. With the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, you receive unlimited access to Originality Reports, ensuring that instructors can check all student work for originality.
This feature protects academic standards and encourages students to develop their voice in written assignments.
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From the Admin console: To enable Originality Reports and student-to-student matches, navigate to Apps > Google Workspace > Classroom. Open the Originality Reports card, then from the Organizational Units list, select the teachers' organizational unit. Select Enable originality reports school matches.
Pro Tip: Notice that the blue box on the page links to the school matches admin page where you can make sure the school repository is correctly set up on your domain.
Note: School matches for Originality Reports can be turned on for Google Classroom or for another LMS when using Google Assignments.
Resources and considerations for Originality Reports
- How to turn on Originality Reports - Google's resource for teachers
- School Matches - Submitted work is automatically added to the repository when in-school matches have been turned on. The best practice is to assign one or more Content Managers to the Shared Drive repository to add/remove files when needed. Non-Google filetypes, such as .pdf and .docx, can be added to the repository as well.
Google Meet’s Collaboration Mode
Google Meet’s Collaboration Mode allows real-time interaction during video calls, integrating tools like Google Docs, and Sheets into your Meet sessions. Students can collaborate on documents, brainstorm ideas on virtual whiteboards, and work together in real time, even while attending class remotely.
With Collaboration Mode, you foster teamwork and create an interactive environment that mirrors in-person collaboration.
For organizations with Google Gemini, there are additional features that aid collaboration while learning.
Resources:
- Tips to collaborate during video meetings - Google Workspace Learning Center
- 5 ways Gen AI makes my meetings better - Google Workspace blog
Live Translation for Global Classrooms
Live translation in Google Meet supports more inclusive classrooms by providing real-time spoken language translations. This feature helps overcome language barriers and supports non-native speakers in understanding lessons as they happen.
Integrating live translation ensures that all students, regardless of language, can access the same learning opportunities and participate meaningfully in discussions.
This from Google on Using translated captions in Google Meet:
As we previously announced, translated captions in Google Meet will be exclusively available to Gemini for Google Workspace customers. This will go into effect starting January 22, 2025, when existing and new customers will no longer have access to translated captions through their Google Workspace subscription. At this time, translated captions will only be available in the following Gemini add-ons: Gemini Enterprise, AI Meetings and Messaging, and Gemini Education premium.
Resources:
- See Gemini for Education in the CDW Amplified for Education Help Center
- Advancing Education using Google AI - Google for Education
Conclusion
The Google Workspace for Education Teaching and Learning Upgrade provides a range of premium features to support effective teaching and enriched learning experiences. By leveraging enhanced video communication, Classroom add-ons, Practice Sets, Originality Reports, Collaboration Mode, and live translation, you can create an inclusive, interactive, and engaging learning environment for all students.
Embrace these tools to enhance student learning, streamline your teaching process, and maintain academic standards in your classroom.
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