With the end of the school year, we have implemented a new feature. We will be limiting Google Chrome extensions for students. This is intended to provide additional security for our users and allow teachers to continue focusing on student work. Occasionally, we had students install Google Chrome extensions that would take over the browsing experience for the student. This meant that a teacher had to stop what he/she was doing and try to figure out what was happening with the student’s computer. This was frustrating for the student and the teacher.
Staff members will continue to be able to install any extensions that they want. We also have a handy form for staff members to suggest an extension that they would like students to be able to install. Extensions that students have installed that are not approved will be removed. Here is a list of the approved extensions:
- Calculator
- Camera
- Gmail
- Google Calendar
- Google Classroom
- Google Docs
- Google Docs Offline
- Google Drawings
- Google Drive
- Google Forms
- Google Keep
- Google Sheets
- Google Slides
- HiveSchool – Student
- YouTube
- Screencastify
- SpeakIt
