Unlock the Capabilities of Chrome OS With Chrome Education Upgrade

May 25

When it comes to technology in the classroom, demand has never been higher. From increasing class sizes to rising teacher workloads to depleted budgets, educators are longing for more resources that will allow them to increase time spent teaching. Small things like slow boot times can cause critical delays in today’s education space.

In order to create educational environments for teachers and learners to thrive in, many IT teams are turning to Chrome Education Upgrade. With Chrome Education Upgrade, schools get greater ability to manage their Chrome OS environment to best meet the individual needs of their school and every student and teacher.

Equipped your IT team and add Chrome Education Upgrade

By adding Chrome Education Upgrade to each Chromebook, IT teams are equipped with more powerful controls to supercharge deployment and onboarding, set device usage and access settings, and streamline ongoing management. They can better empower teachers and students to create effective learning environments to help each individual succeed. And with access to advanced security settings, they can ensure that school and students remain safe, whether devices are used at school, at home, or anywhere in between.

Put school admins in the driver’s seat with Chrome Education Upgrade

Simplified deployment enables quick device roll outs

Fast track purchase and deployment with zero-touch enrollment or with a hardware and Chrome Education Upgrade bundled purchase.*
Provision at scale and manage policies via the admin console for student-owned and school-issued devices.
Track and analyze devices for granular fleet management and device reporting.

Powerful access controls simplify fleet management

Set access settings to ensure devices are only used for schoolwork and prevent unauthorized access.
Use devices for testing with Locked and Kiosk Mode to keep testing data safe and prevent cheating.
Share devices with managed guest sessions for libraries and labs where login isn’t required.

Advanced security keeps devices safe - anywhere

Advanced settings let you control OS updates and ensure devices are always enrolled to your domain with persistent enrollment.
Ensure every device is secure whether they’re owned by a student or the school and connect private devices to your network.
Protect your data by remotely disabling or wiping Chromebooks that have been stolen or displaying a “please return” message when lost.

Features and Benefits

With Chrome Education Upgrade, educators are able to provide an incredible learning experience for their students instead of worrying about security and management. The top new features for Chrome Education Upgrade include:

Chrome OS Upgrades

A “Kiosk Mode” which enables standardised testing
Quick access to Chrome without login for libraries and lab use
Easy and flexible login using third party SSO providers
Automatically re-enroll devices to your organisation after they’re reset

24x7 IT Admin Support

24x7 support on OS features
24x7 support on management features

Save time managing devices

Enable login restrictions so school devices are only used for schoolwork.
Use Off Hours to allow students and families to use guest accounts after hours
Device reporting allows you to view the most recent users for each device and set up alerts when devices are offline for too many days in a row
Track and control your fleet, set custom annotations, and integrate with third party tools to provide additional controls
Lock down devices when lost or stolen and display a personalised message on the device
Control automatic update schedule

Deployment is simple with Chromebooks. It’s 5 minutes per Chromebook compared with 20 minutes per other device. Management is also significantly easier. Our team is doing more work in terms of supporting other areas of the school proactively.”

Assistant Headmaster

Secondary School, United Kingdom