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5 Minute Deployment for Google for Education Districts
5 Minute Deployment for Google for Education Districts

GAFE Steps to quickly deploy, set permissions, and have your district using Universal products in 5 minutes or less

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Written by Jason Lewandowski
Updated over a month ago

Push out extensions via Google Apps for Education:

  1. Log into the Google Admin console. 

  2. Go to Device Management > Chrome > Apps & extensions>User&browsers

  3. Select your OU.

  4. Click on the Additional Settings Cog.

  5. Click on Edit under the Chrome Web Store

  6. Select your Chrome web store app setting.

  7. Click on Save.

  8. Click on the X in the upper right to close the settings.

  9. Select your OU.

  10. Click on the yellow circle with the plus sign in it.

  11. Select add from the Chrome Web Store.

  12. You will be on the Extension&Themes tab. 

  13. Search for and select the extensions that you want to add to the user's profile. 
    Co:Writer for Co:Writer
    Snap&Read for Snap&Read

  14. Wait for the app to populate on the list.

  15. Click on the app.

  16. Click on Select.

  17. You will be taken back to the Users & Browsers.

  18. Locate the app on the list.

  19. Left click on the app.

  20. On the right hand side you can set the installation permissions for the app.

  21. After you have changed permissions you will see a save option in the upper right hand corner.

  22. Click on Save. (Changes from the Google admin console may take up to 24 hours for the settings to take affect)

For additional information about the Admin Console see Chrome for education Help 

Create User Accounts & Permissions

If you have Proxy / Firewall filter in place you may need to Whitelist URLs. 

Add the wildcard URL, *.donjohnston.net to cover sign-in and data sync.

For additional information on deployment and whitelist/permissions see help.donjohnston.net/it-resources 

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