Overview
Discovery Education’s Google Classroom Add-on allows for quick and seamless access to Discovery Education via Google SSO. Teachers can find and embed Discovery Education content directly into Google Classroom assignments, and students can access it without friction or additional navigation. This expedites teacher workflows, and keeps students focused on their most important tasks.
What are the requirements?
(All requirements must be confirmed to proceed)
- Only schools that subscribe to Discovery Education services may access Discovery Education’s Google Add-on.
- Google SSO must be enabled.
- Ability to import user data to Discovery Education’s website via CSV files or alternate user provisioning process. See Imports for Single Sign-On for details.
- To install the Add-on, you must be a Google Workspace system administrator.
- Your school or district must be subscribed to Google for Workspace Education Plus, or must have purchased the Teaching and Learning upgrade from Google and applied it to relevant teachers.
What are the steps to implement?
- Complete the SSO request form for Google SSO.
- Build a process to generate and post CSV files (automation via SFTP is recommended). See Imports for Single Sign-On for details.
- Find the Discovery Education Add-on within the Google Workspace Marketplace.
- Install the Add-on for some or all of your organization.
- Test access to the Add-on with a teacher in your organization.
How does it work?
Users are authenticated into Discovery Education via Google Classroom, provided that they have an active license and user account within Discovery Education. If an active license does not exists, you may be redirected to a contact form for new customers. Once teachers have logged in to your organization’s provisioned Google Classroom account, they will be able to access their allowed Add-ons from within Assignment Creation in Google Classroom.
Teachers are not able to access Discovery Education’s Add-on via personal, or “free”, Google Classroom accounts.