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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.

September 2024

Monthly Unique Users

373,866

Sessions

7,283,705
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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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Classic Teams Lifecycle Update

Classic Teams Lifecycle Update What’s new? Teams Classic is now unsupported by Microsoft and will fully retire July 2025, with the older operating systems below being blocked from Classic Teams in October 2024. Things you…

October Google Recap

Google Workspace in Glow: October Recap

Welcome to this month’s recap of Google updates that are available now, or will be available shortly, within Google Workspace in Glow accounts. What’s new? Ask responders for a rating in Google Forms To add…

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Adobe Express: Audio fade update

Adobe Express: Audio fade update When creating a video in Adobe Express for Education, you have the ability to add audio from a bank of diverse, royalty-free music from Adobe Stock, to add to your…

Back to school with Glow, October 2024

Back to School with Glow, October 2024

Welcome back to school! To help with accessing the latest Glow guidance and news, we have pulled together this Back to School with Glow news page for October 2024. This page has been divided into…

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New Glow Blogs Video Tutorials

New Glow Blogs Tutorials Get help with Glow Blogs and discover a new set of tutorials, including videos on creating different types of blog. Whether you’re looking to share information, support learning, or get creative…

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If you need help and can’t find what you need on these pages, please try the Knowledge Hub. If you still can’t find the information you need, feel free to contact Glow Enquiries.

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