{"id":1260,"date":"2026-10-20T07:06:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:03:50","slug":"midweek-byte-week-commencing-21-ocober","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/10\/20\/midweek-byte-week-commencing-21-ocober\/","title":{"rendered":"Midweek Byte week commencing 21 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week commencing 19th<\/sup> October<\/h3>\n

Welcome back! We hope you all had a restful October break. Here are this week\u2019s updates. Thanks to Glow Connect for sharing them.<\/p>\n

Microsoft External sharing<\/h3>\n

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Within your Glow Microsoft tenancy, when sharing files, the default permission will be View rather than Edit.<\/p>\n

You can find out more here:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/glowconnect.org.uk\/important-changes-to-external-sharing-in-glow-m365\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Gemini for Learners Pilot<\/h3>\n

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There is currently a live pilot with Aberdeenshire and South Lanarkshire using Gemini and Gemini Notebook with learners in Glow. This pilot will enable Education Scotland to gather first-hand insights and evidence from real classroom experiences, while also exploring solutions to a set of identified key problem statements.<\/p>\n

The pilot is running from August 2026 until January 2027 and we will report on the findings after this.<\/p>\n

Google Classroom<\/h3>\n

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There is now a new homepage in Google Classroom to help educators find content more easily.<\/p>\n

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You can find out more here: https:\/\/glowconnect.org.uk\/redesigned-google-classroom-homepage\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Adobe Express for Education<\/h3>\n

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The Adobe Express Live Lessons continue throughout October. You can Register Here<\/a> for the Live Lessons.<\/p>\n

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Canva Education<\/h3>\n

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If you haven\u2019t used your Canva account in Glow yet, check out DigiLearnRen\u2019s full guide which you can find here<\/a> by clicking on the Canva button.<\/p>\n

We are delighted to announce that Canva are running two<\/strong> Renfrewshire Canva professional learning sessions before Christmas!<\/p>\n

Tuesday 10th November – Unlock\u00a0Creativity with Canva Education\u00a04:00pm – 5:15pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Learn how to navigate the Home\u00a0screen, find and use ready-made templates, create\u00a0folders, and share activities with students and\u00a0colleagues. You’ll get hands-on practice and see just\u00a0how engaging and intuitive Canva is, so you can feel\u00a0confident getting started.<\/p>\n

Webinar registration link:\u00a0https:\/\/the-team.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_HCJdBeZeRbGUH3IVNHtfqA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday 16th November – Designing in Canva for Educators 4:00pm – 5:15pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take a deep dive into the Canva editor and explore tips\u00a0and tricks to level up your designs. In this session, you\u2019ll\u00a0explore presentation design, Magic Studio tools, and\u00a0time-saving editor features that make creating lessons\u00a0quicker and easier.<\/p>\n

Webinar registration link:\u00a0https:\/\/the-team.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_IDkRE5POQ_Kg5CRQKKrCXg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t make the Renfrewshire sessions, Canva are running national sessions which you can find out more about here: https:\/\/glowconnect.org.uk\/docs\/canva-education\/canva-education-webinars\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Read&Write<\/h3>\n

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If you missed our online professional learning session on using Read&Write on iPads, you can watch again here:<\/p>\n

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