Archive for month: February, 2019
As a Google reference college, we were invited to present on the Google stand at the BETT Show in January. It was a great opportunity to share how we’re using Google for Education at Barton Peveril and show the impact it has had on digital learning. While at BETT we got to do lots of exploring and talked to various ed tech providers.
Peter Horner (IT Manager) presenting about “Going Google” at BETT 2019 
Adam Say (Library Manager) talking about using Google Sites at BETT 2019
The following is a list of tools and other things we learned about and thought would be useful to share:
Catch up on every new feature added to Google G Suite for Education in January 2019.
Material Design for Docs, Sheets, Slides and Sites
This is purely a visual design change, there is no change in how you use the product but you may have already noticed it. This style change is part of a new design approach from Google to keep each app consistent. The changes are as below:
- Improved interface typography
- Consistent controls
- Legible and crisp icons
You’ll see below in the example from Google Slides that the options toolbar is cleaner and more modern. The Share button in the top right corner now matches the colour of the app you are in rather than being blue across all apps.
