
Just below, we’ll choose the Manage option.Chrome Web Store main page: we will indicate that we will use the collection for our domain / We will choose the applications and extensions / We will indicate a name for the collection.In the same user configuration page, a little further down we will find the two options that we need to modify: Now we need to define our Chrome Web Store and make the selection of those that can be installed.

We have already configured that students cannot install extensions. We will choose the option to block all of them, except the ones we select. Select the Organizational Unit where we want to restrict the extensions (at least the Students) and look for the section Allow or block all the applications and extensions. To get started, go to the G Suite domain management console and access Device Management / Chrome Management / User Settings: We’ll see how to prevent students from installing extensions and we’ll set up our school’s Chrome Web Store with the selection of extensions we want. If you want a good classified list, the one that BalBino has compiled is worth a lot: Applications and extensions.īut let’s get down to business. You only have to stroll around the Chrome Web Store for a while to get an idea. There are a lot and they can do many different things, just like apps. In other words, it is the equivalent of mobile apps in the Chrome browser. They allow you to adapt Chrome’s functionality and behavior to your individual needs or preferences. In Google words, extensions are small programs that personalize the browsing experience. To begin with, we try to define what an extension is. Attention, if they don’t use Chromebooks, they can always log in to Chrome with a particular gmail user and install the extensions they want. Each one will add or remove as many as they need at any given time. But we don’t force all students to have installed.
In this way, students are offered extensions that the school has tested and knows are useful.

In this article we’ll look at how to prevent that students install Chrome Web Store extensions and how to set up your own Chrome Web Store with a selection of extensions. The second problem is memory loading and therefore slowness. First of all, it may be a security issue, as although Google reviews it, there may be some extension that collects data. Students have a tendency to install many extensions, many of them without knowing too much about who made them. Continuing with the series of articles on the G Suite Admin console, today I will show you how to customize the Chrome Web Store.
