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About Google Workspace
Google Workspace is an integration that gives users access to their Google tools within Brightspace. The Google Workspace widget displays users' emails, events, and documents on their Brightspace homepage. Learners can collaborate on activities using Google Docs and submit files to Assignments or ePortfolio using the…
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Manage Google Workspace accounts
Create a new Google Workspace account By default, when Google account creation is initiated from Brightspace, Google accounts can be generated using the Brightspace user name. If a Brightspace user name is already taken in Google Workspace, a random, unique four-digit number is appended to the Brightspace user name. If…
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Configure Google Workspace settings
Google Workspace-specific configuration variables are configured from the Settings page, eliminating the need to use the Config Variable Browser to set those configuration variables. Important: To avoid overriding Google Workspace settings, D2L strongly recommend that you do not change settings from the Config Variable…
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Configure administrator permissions
Log in to your Google Workspace dashboard (https://admin.google.com/<your_domain_name>/AdminHome) with your Google Workspace administrator name and password. Click Admin roles. Make sure a role exists with the following permissions (this role will be assigned to Google Workspace domain administrator): * Under Admin Console…
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Configuring Google Workspace within the Google domain
You must register at least one domain (for example, myuniversity.com) with Google Workspace for Education. Google Workspace for Education has web services exposed, which can be used to manage users and get data. Note: Google Workspace 1.3 does not support @gmail.com addresses at this time. It requires the use of a Business…
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Google Workspace permissions
From Admin Tools > Roles and Permissions > Google Workspace, grant the following permissions as needed: * View Google Workspace widget: Allows users to see the tabbed widget with links to the user's most recent emails, events, and documents in their Google account. * View Access Google Workspace widget: Allows users to see…
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Google Workspace configuration variables
For all Google Workspace configuration variables, please refer to the 3rd Party configuration variables topic.
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Google Workspace account management scenarios
Integrate Google Workspace with Brightspace without a service account Administrators can integrate Google Workspace with Brightspace without a service account. As a result, administrators can integrate multiple Google Workspaces with Brightspace. Note: If you integrate Google Workspace with Brightspace without a service…
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Add Google Workspace widgets to org and course homepages
Make the Google Workspace widget visible on the org homepage From the Admin Tools menu, or in the Organization Related section of the Admin Tools widget, click Homepage Management. Click the Homepage that the org homepage uses. In the Widgets section, click Add Widgets. Select one of the following check boxes:* Access…
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Troubleshooting the Google Workspace integration
Why can't I add a new user, or restore or suspend accounts? In Google Workspace Administration, on the Manage Users page, if the New User button isn’t available, you might not have the required access capabilities. If you have the Read-only access to Google Directory API option selected in Settings and if you have added…