Disable commenting in Google Docs Editor of Google Workspace for Education | Safe Doc by xFanatical
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Video Transcript:-
Hey, Jason from xFanatical here. In this short video, I’m going to demonstrate to you a SafeDoc feature that removes the comment feature in Google Docs.
Comment is an essential feature in cloud based collaborative apps Google Workspace formerly G Suite. It keeps people informed when someone else made edits or feedback to a document. Having that said, in schools, some smart students repurpose the comment feature as a convenient messenger.
Since Admin Console does not have an option to configure this feature, this video explains how SafeDoc chrome extension disable the comment feature.
So, lets see how it works.
The left window is a student’s Chrome browser without SafeDoc installed and the right window is another student’s browser with SafeDoc installed.
First let’s see some of the options for commenting that is available in different way in Google apps.
The comment appears in many places in Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drawings. Adding a comment can be done via the Comment Option in Insert Menu or the PLUS icon in the toolbar of any of these apps. Also in the right edge of Google Document.
Students can initiate a comment, edit a comment, reply to others' comment, delete a comment or approve or reject others' comments.
At the top right of these apps, you will also find a comment history button. This opens up a list of current document's past comments from anyone. Students can reply to comments in place.
Now let’s see what happens after SafeDoc install.
SafeDoc disables the Comment feature in all of these apps. Students are disallowed to post comments. Students, however, can still see comments from the teachers.
The Comment option in Insert menu in Docs editors is removed.
The PLUS Comment button is removed from the Docs editors toolbar and side edge.
The Comment item in the context menu is also removed.
In the comment history dialog, students are not allowed to initiate new comments or reply to others' comments. That said, students still receive comments from the teacher and acknowledge them.
The blocking of commenting feature is controlled by block Comment policy.
“BlockComment”
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