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Glow Connect is the place to get information, help and support for Glow. Here you can find out more about what Glow is, its educational benefits and keep up to date with what is happening with Glow.

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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.

January 2024

367,591

Monthly Unique Users

6,033,582

Sessions

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What does Glow offer?

Authentication and Portal Services

The Glow Authentication and Portal services provides Glow users with access to a range of educational services, applications and content using a single username and password.

Online Productivity Suites

Glow provides access to a range of tools and services through Microsoft M365 and Google Workspace for Education for learners and educators to collaborate, create content ,access learning resources and much more.

Blogging

Glow Blogs is a free service with a number of privacy settings available to create secure websites.

Report a Concern

Report a Concern is available on all Glow core services and allows users to notify us of any concerns they have about the content or activity in Glow.

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Who is Glow for?

Glow is for learners and educators using a range of services and tools in different ways.

Glow is available for all local authorities, independent schools, teacher education colleges and universities and Scottish education partners.

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Latest News

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Adobe Express for Education – Guided Activities

What’s new? Jumpstart with Guided Activities Adobe Express for Education have just added 4 guided activities that include instructions and a template for learners to complete a 5 minute creative task. You can choose to:…

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Adobe Express for Education – New mobile app

New mobile app for iOS and Android Adobe are excited to extend the Adobe Express capabilities from desktop to mobile – available to download now on iOS and Android. Adobe learned a lot from our users’…

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Microsoft Learning Accelerators in Glow

Microsoft Learning Accelerators are a set of tools baked into Microsoft 365 for Education, designed to help educators personalise learning for every student. These AI-powered tools for teachers, help unlock each student’s potential with foundational…

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Glow Blogs Update – New Site Changes

What’s new? When creating a new Glow Blog, you can now choose from Classic Editor or Block Editor. Screenshot on the right of the editor options when creating a new blog. What is Block Editor?…

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Appointment slots feature in Google Calendar changing in July 2024

What’s changing Currently, Google offer two tools with similar functionality for users in Google Calendar: appointment slots and appointment schedules. In the last several years, appointment schedules have become the more advanced tool, offering a smoother booking experience…

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