What is Glow?
Glow is Scotland’s national digital learning platform provided by Scottish Government and managed by Education Scotland. It provides learners and educators across Scotland an environment that can support learning across the whole curriculum through our core services, Microsoft M365, Google Workspace for Education and WordPress blogs.
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Choose your ‘Enter’ key behaviour in Teams Chat Settings
Microsoft Teams introduces a new setting allowing users to choose whether pressing Enter sends a message or creates a new line, helping to avoid accidental message sends. Users can adjust this preference in Settings > Chats and channels, with contextual hints provided to reinforce the selected behavior.
Google Forms now have granular controls over who can respond
Google is updating all existing forms to include granular controls for response access, allowing creators to limit participation to specified users or groups. This upgrade won't affect current access and will enable form creators to modify response permissions as needed. Admins will see logs reflecting these changes during the upgrade process.
Gemini: Admin console updates
Google has introduced new adoption and usage metrics for Gemini in the Admin console, providing admins with insights into AI feature usage. This data enables better management of Workspace subscriptions and decisions on AI implementation, enhancing user engagement and productivity across apps.
Webinar Recordings from Google for Education
Google for Education is hosting webinars on AI tools like Glow Gemini and NotebookLM, aimed at enhancing classroom learning and saving time for educators. Sessions will cover beginner and advanced uses of these tools, along with opportunities for teacher certification in digital skills related to Gemini.
AI in Schools Week 2026
Education Scotland is hosting a series of sessions from March 9-13, 2026, targeting educators from P5-P7 to the Senior Phase. The sessions focus on ethical AI use, children's rights, and integrating AI tools into the Scottish Glow ecosystem, offering opportunities for skill enhancement and AI education initiation.
Copilot Chat to Summarise Emails
Microsoft has introduced a Summarise button in Outlook, enabling staff to generate AI summaries of email threads directly from the reading pane. This feature, available through Copilot chat, extracts key points, decisions, and action items, making it useful for lengthy discussions and efficient response preparation.
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