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New Glow Blogs Video Tutorials

Visit Glow Blogs Help for a new set of video tutorials on creating different types of Glow Blogs. Get some top tips on using some of the new blogs features to allow greater flexibility, especially around layout and design.

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Safer Internet Day 2025, Planning Event Scotland

Safer Internet Day in the UK is an annual event celebrated in February to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.
The UK Safer Internet Centre would like to invite you to a special event preparing for Safer Internet Day 2025 in Scotland.

Digilearnscot, Education Scotland's digital education support site

Digilearnscot, Education Scotland’s digital education support site

This digilearnscot site aims to provide support to educators to enhance their learning and teaching, their digital literacy skills and the use of digital across the curriculum.

Click on the link below to find out latest news, upcoming webinars and browse resources available.

National apps in Glow, Noteable

National app spotlight – Noteable

The Noteable service providing access to cloud based computational notebooks is available via the App Library in Glow.

Noteable can be used to support the delivery of Computing Science and Data Science based courses as well as Higher Applications of Mathematics.

Manual glow account housekeeping

Manual Glow account housekeeping

Regular housekeeping of Glow accounts is essential to eliminate redundant accounts and maintain accurate SEEMiS records. Local Authorities and RM Unify Administrators must conduct routine reviews, removing unnecessary accounts. Additionally, establishments should update Education Scotland about any changes to their Glow Key Contact to ensure access to relevant communications.

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Updates for Microsoft Forms

Check out the 2 updates below regarding Microsoft Forms revamped look and feel, and the Forms add-in that’s now available in PowerPoint via Glow.

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Storing & sharing information on Glow

Only information related to the delivery of education should be created, stored and shared in Glow. Other systems utilised by your organisation, such as SEEMiS, HR and financial databases exist for specific purposes and should be used for storing sensitive information