G Suite enterprise for Education

[Starky]

Just wondering how many of you have bought into the Enterprise solution with Google.  Why did or did you not buy into the platform?  Are all Staff included in FTE when they are establishing the price or is it just the teachers? 

We bought into the zoom subscription, so using Meet would be another form of attending classes.  But, what benefits are you seeing coming from this new enterprise platform?

Please bless me with whatever you are all going with and reason for buying into the enterprise.

Thank you in advance!!

[Sarah Butler]

I just submitted the paperwork yesterday! We tried it out and have had very positive responses. I had a trial just before Covid, and didn't get much use out of it, but they let me do a second trial. I think it's for 30 days, and only 10 users. I can't remember how the FTE exactly worked (since I started the process last spring), but they've certainly added more features since then. We purchased through Amplified IT. I'm sure you've heard, but promotional pricing ends Friday. Here is what I sent to my trial users:

Key highlights for teachers with the Enterprise version:

• Google Hangouts Meet

  • Hold meetings for up to 250 participants (100 participants in basic/free edition)

  • Use livestream for meetings with more than 250 participants (up to 100,000 viewers, but school emails only)

  • Record meetings and save to Google Drive (can do this now, but in the future the free version will only have "temporary recordings")

  • Receive report on who joined your Meet (time joined, left, and duration)

  • Breakout rooms

  • Turn on noise cancellation

• Originality reports

  • Plagiarism tool, unlimited reports (only 3 assignments in free edition)

  • Student-to-student comparisons (was in beta, but may now be available, Enterprise only)

• Other benefits of Enterprise (not directly applicable to teachers)

There are also additional admin tools, but I haven't had a chance to play with them yet. ;)

[Barb Jaggard]

I talked to Firefly Computers yesterday regarding the upgrade.   The FTE uses teachers and staff according to Abby at Firefly.

[Starky]

Thank you!!   Did you subscribe to zoom?  Or have you been using Google Meet?

[Starky]

when I called Google to discuss the Enterprise advantages, they were able to tell me what they have for FTE within Google's platform for Kittson Central.

[Sarah Butler]

We've mainly been using Google Meet. We have not subscribed to Zoom school-wide (one admin is paying for one seat, and there may be a few others who set up free accounts).

Starky said:

Thank you!!   Did you subscribe to zoom?  Or have you been using Google Meet?