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Better privacy when screen sharing with muted web notifications

Geeks On Tap — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:26:57 GMT

Quick launch summary

Notification content is hidden automatically while screen sharing.

Now when you're sharing your screen, Chrome will automatically hide the content of web pop-up notifications. This includes notifications from Google Chat, email notifications, and other third party websites.

When you're done sharing your screen, all muted notifications will be automatically displayed. Note that notifications are already muted when sharing a tab in Google Meet.

You'll see where the notification is from, but the content of pop-up notifications will be hidden. When you're done presenting, all muted notifications will be displayed.

There has been a dramatic shift in how many of us work — now more than ever, we're relying on Google Meet and other screen sharing solutions. We hope this feature will reduce distractions and prevent sensitive or personal information from accidentally being displayed while sharing your screen.

Beyond the Firewall: The Human Element of School Cybersecurity

Geeks On Tap — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:26:56 GMT

As a school leader, you've meticulously built your defences. You've invested in firewalls, implemented content filters, and secured your network infrastructure. You have, in essence, constructed a digital fortress to protect your students, staff, and sensitive data.

Expert Business IT Support Services for Business Efficiency in Australia

Geeks On Tap — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:26:55 GMT

Your Trusted Partner for Business IT Support

Geeks on Tap delivers tailored IT services across Australia including Melbourne, Brisbane and many more. We ensure your technology runs smoothly and securely so you can focus on running your business.

Accessibility ideas for distance learning during COVID-19

Geeks On Tap — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:26:54 GMT

The massive shift towards distance learning presents many challenges for students, educators and guardians alike. But supporting students who have disabilities or require a hands-on approach in the classroom is an even greater challenge. Educators around the world are putting in long days to find creative ways to support all students in this new setting, especially students with disabilities. Here are some tips on using accessibility features to support all learners.

To help students stay organized and get work done

Distance learning has made it tougher for all students to pay attention and manage their time, and this can be especially hard for students with executive functioning challenges. These tools can hopefully help.

Use Calendar reminders to help students remember deadlines, and view due dates in the class Calendar in Google Classroom.
Encourage students to organize their assignments in Google Classroom or Google Keep, or in Google Drive.
Suggest students use Chromebooks in full-screen mode when working on assignments to minimize distractions.
Students can use Virtual Desks on Chromebooks or the Dualless Chrome extension for students who may benefit from seeing multiple Chrome windows on a single Chromebook monitor. For example, students can view a video lesson on one side of the screen, and a written assignment on the other side.
To help students manage their time, use the Stopwatch & Timer Chrome extension to create large on-screen timers.
Break up lessons into shorter parts, which can be beneficial for students with attention challenges.
Instead of doing video calls with the whole class, consider breaking the class into smaller groups, where each group meets one or two times per week. Prioritize 1:1 video calls for students who need it most.
For students used to working alongside teaching aides in class, you can create a Google Doc in which students can ask questions and get help in real time from their tutors, family members or support staff.

To help students and parents create a space for learning

Now that many of us are doing everything from home—teaching, learning, playing, and working—finding time for it all can be challenging. But it’s important to help students, especially those with learning challenges, carve out space and time to focus on schoolwork.

Dedicate a space (even if it’s small) for learning time only. If possible, avoid spaces near windows, open doors, or noisy areas of homes.
Suggest that students with attention challenges sit on swivel chairs, if available, to let off some energy. Fidget toys like spinners can also help students focus during lessons.
For students using text-to-speech tools, headphones can be helpful, especially if they’re listening during a video class with other students.

To ensure your lessons are accessible

Many Google tools have accessibility functions built in:

If you’re using G Suite for Education, you can enable captioning in Meet or in Slides. Captions can be helpful for students who are Deaf or have hearing loss, or those learning English—but also students in a noisy home environment.
Record your presentations in Meet or tools like Screencast-O-Matic or Screencastify for students to watch on their own as homework. This can help you make the most of live lessons, when you want to encourage as much interaction as possible.
Learn from your peers who are sharing stories with Google about engaging students through distance learning. Visit the COVID-19 distance learning resource page and Teach from Home for help.

To learn more and watch some tutorials, watch these videos, our G Suite accessibility user guide or join a Google Group. And find more on the Teacher Center, YouTube, and the Chromebook App Hub. Now is an important time to learn from each other—if you have other ideas, we encourage you to share them via this Google Form to help educators around the world benefit from your experience.MORE FROM THIS COLLECTION

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How Bailey Nelson keeps customers in sharp focus with Chrome Enterprise

Geeks On Tap — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:26:54 GMT

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New Meet features to improve distance learning

Geeks On Tap — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:26:52 GMT

Our team has been so inspired by the remarkable work of educators and school leaders around the world, who continue to adapt as schools shift to remote learning. Today, 120 million students and educators are using G Suite for Education worldwide to create, collaborate and communicate despite school closures. With this increase in usage, one consistent theme we’ve heard is that educators are looking for ways to continue teaching and collaborating in a virtual environment that is safe and secure. We’re sharing some ways we’re making Google Meet, a core service of G Suite for Education, work even better for schools.

Extension of access to premium Google Meet features

In order to support ongoing institutional needs, we’ve extended access to premium Meet features at no cost for all G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education users until September 30, 2020. This means you can have meetings for up to 250 participants per call, live streams for up to 100,000 viewers within your domain, and record meetings and save them to Google Drive.

Better together: Using Google Meet inside Classroom

More than 100 million students and educators worldwide are now using Classroom. To make it easier to have classes remotely, we’re integrating Classroom and Meet, putting both tools in one place.

Educators can create a unique Meet link for each class, which is displayed on the Classroom Stream and Classwork pages. The link acts as a dedicated meeting space for each class, making it easy for both teachers and students to join.

The Meet links created by the Classroom integration are nicknamed meetings. For education users, participants can’t rejoin nicknamed meetings once the final participant has left, unless they have meeting creation privileges to start a new meeting. This means if the instructor is the last person to leave a nicknamed meeting, students can’t join again until an instructor restarts the nicknamed meeting.

To use this integration, school administrators need to turn on Meet for their domain. Administrators can grant meeting creation privileges to individuals or groups, and we recommend that you assign creation privileges to the organizational units (OUs) that contain your faculty and staff members, which means that students will only be able to join meetings created by faculty or staff.

How Google Meet keeps your video conferences protected

With Meet, institutions can take advantage of the same secure-by-design infrastructure, built-in protection, and global network that Google uses to secure your information. Meet includes protections to safeguard student and educator privacy, including:

Meet adheres to IETF security standards for Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) and Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP).
In Meet, all data is encrypted in transit by default between the client and Google for video meetings on a web browser, on the Android and iOS apps, and in meeting rooms with Google meeting room hardware.
Each Meeting ID is 10 characters long, with 25 characters in the set, so it’s difficult to make an unauthorized attempt to join the meeting by guessing the ID.
To limit the attack surface and eliminate the need to push out frequent security patches, Meet works entirely in your browser. This means we do not require or ask for any plugins or software to be installed if you use Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge. On mobile, we recommend that you install the Meet app.
Supporting compliance requirements around regulations including COPPA, FERPA, GDPR, and HIPAA.

For tips and best practices for admins on securely deploying Meet to your education domain, visit the Meet security and privacy for education page.

New Google Meet features to help educators keep meetings safe

We’re rolling out additional features today to all G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education users to give educators control over their meetings, making them more secure:

Only meeting creators and calendar owners can mute or remove other participants. This ensures that instructors can’t be removed or muted by student participants.
Only meeting creators and calendar owners can approve requests to join made by participants outside of the school’s domain. This means that students can’t allow external participants to join via video and that external participants can’t join before the instructor.
Meeting participants can’t rejoin nicknamed meetings once the final participant has left. This means if the instructor is the last person to leave a nicknamed meeting, students can’t join again until an instructor restarts the nicknamed meeting.

For educators wanting to learn more about Meet and how to use it with their students, we recommend checking out Teach From Home, a hub for distance learning resources.

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Geeks On Tap — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:26:51 GMT

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Bolstering Your Defences: Google Workspace Security Best Practices for Australian IT Leaders

Jeff Carey — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:26:50 GMT

In today's fast-paced digital landscape, the security of your cloud-based collaboration suite isn't just an IT concern — it's a fundamental business imperative. For many Australian businesses, Google Workspace has become the backbone of productivity, connecting teams and facilitating seamless operations. But with this power comes great responsibility, particularly when it comes to safeguarding sensitive data and ensuring compliance.

Cybersecurity Features That Build Cyber Resilience Against Modern Security Risks

Geeks On Tap — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:26:49 GMT

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12 Best Practices for M365 & Google Workspace Security

Geeks On Tap — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:26:35 GMT

With an aggressive threat landscape and non-negotiable adherence to the ACSC Essential Eight framework in Australia, relying on default vendor security settings isn't enough.