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

5 Minute Deployment for Google for Education Districts

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

5 Minute Deployment
Microsoft Office 365 - Azure Districts

Our school district uses Microsoft OpenID, Can we use our district email and password to login to the Universal sites and tools?

Microsoft Live or 365 OpenID for login

URL's Google pings/checks to confirm you have an internet connection

List of URL's Google uses when checking for an internet connection.

Staff and students can install extensions on their own devices and computers. What is the easiest way to install the Universal tools?

Universal extension easy install options for Chrome Browser and Chrome OS

Sign in with Apple Integration is now live.

Apple ID can now be used to login to Don Johnston Tools.

Steps to check and update your Chromebooks OS.

How do I check and update my Chromebooks OS?

Steps to check your computers Chrome Browser Version.

How do I check the version of Chrome installed on my computer?

The Co:Writer Chrome app is only available in kiosk mode for testing on Chromebooks, the app cannot be installed locally on the device.

How do I put the Co Writer Universal Chrome app into kiosk mode on a managed Chromebook?

How to set "This can read and change the site data" to: On all sites for a Don Johnston tool/extension.

How to set "This can read and change the site data" to On all sites for a Chrome extension.

Jason Lewandowski

Resources for IT professionals - deployment, permissions, etc.

IT Resources

Discover the software requirements for your product of interest.

Software System Requirements

Minimum requirements needed to get started using the Universal Extensions in the Chrome Browser right away including Whitelist items.

Universal extension requirements

System Requirements

What URLs need to be allowed in the Proxy Firewall?

Snap&Read firewall permission settings

Co:Writer firewall permission settings

When creating an account and you do not use Google or Microsoft you will see a message that an email is sent for you to verify it's you.

Whitelist external email for students and staff using email for accounts

"This can read and change the site data" setting for Snap and Read, Co:Writer, Quizbot and Word Bank should be set to: On all sites

"This can read and change the site data" recommended setting for Don Johnston tools

Steps to remove login options in the Co:Writer chrome Kiosk app

Steps to remove the login options for the Co:Writer Chrome Kiosk app through the Google Admin console.

Steps to remove login options from the Co:Writer Chrome extension

How to remove a login option from the Co:Writer Chrome Extension that is being managed from the Google Admin Console.

When I try and login to Co:Writer, Snap&Read or uPAR I get the message the app is blocked and cannot login.

I am getting the message that the app is blocked when I try and login with Google.

Permissions

All students and staff use a district email address for login to web applications. How can we use district email for Universal Login?

District wide domain license using email

All our students and staff use OpenID-OAuth for login to web applications. How can we setup our license and users with their district login?

District wide domain setup using OpenID

Steps to help get you started adding extensions and managing permissions for Office 365 or Azure Active Directory cloud portal accounts.

Manage app permissions in the Microsoft Cloud Portal Admin Panel

How do we deploy extensions using the Google Admin Console?

Push out extensions via Google Apps for Education

This article is for IT administrators who want to force install Chrome extensions on managed Windows devices via machine and user policies

Install Chrome extensions via group policy or master_preferences

Licensing and Deployment options

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I get a "Whoops, Something Went Wrong" message when I go to login to a Don Johnston tool or one of the tools websites.

The email invitation(s) you sent could not be delivered. Most likely, your organization's email filter is bouncing the invitations

Bounced email invitation notice in the add user dashboard when trying to send invites

Apps and extensions that may conflict with Don Johnston Universal Products.

Known Apps and Extensions that may conflict with Don Johnston Universal Products.

Troubleshooting tips if your Chrome Extension/App is not working properly.

My Don Johnston Chrome Extension/App is not acting/working correctly.

Troubleshooting

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