Google Cast for Education

Allow students to "Broadcast" their Chromebook for the class to see.

Created by Scott Aten, October 4, 2019

I have actually talked about this extension in an earlier post, but Marc came across someone at a meeting at NEOnet that created these step-by-step directions that walk you through exactly what
needs to happen both on the teacher side and the student side.

So let's review what the Google Cast for Education extension will do. It allows the teacher to broadcast any student device. Since we are essentially 1-1 in the district, all students have a Chromebook or
access to a Chromebook while in your class. You can now have them show their screen to the entire
class (projected) by "casting" to the teacher computer. This is a great tool for presentations, demonstrating a skill to the class, or asking a question in which the entire class may benefit.

Here is what we found [link to the document itself]

Teacher PC Setup

Download the “Google Cast for Education extension from the Chrome Web Store
In the Chrome browser, go to the URL Chrome://flags/#enable-native-notifications
Disable “Enable native notifications”, then close Chrome and restart it.
In the top right corner of the Chrome browser click on the Google Cast for Education extension icon
Add A “Receiver Name” I would suggest using your 2 digit building abbreviation and your room number. Ex:High School room 1106 would use “HS1106”.
*It is recommended that you check only the top 2 settings options and then click save.
Set sharing permissions for users who will be able to Cast to your teacher computers “Cast receiver”.
*It is recommended to share only “Can Request” permissions to students, specifically students in your class. The easiest way to do this is by sharing to the whole Google classroom.
In a few seconds your teacher PC will get a popup in the bottom left corner. It will list the students name (in this case:HS Student) and say what they are trying to present (in this case: a New Tab) you will have the ability to Accept if you want that student to display that source on your desktop computer screen.
*For most, it would also display on your projector

Student Setup

Click the 3 dots “options” button in the top right of the Chrome browser, then select the “Cast…” option.
If it says “No devices found” the students will need to perform step 3, otherwise go to step 4.
Two-finger click (right-click) on the cast icon that appears in the extension bar, then go down and check “Enable cloud services”. When step 1 is completed again, it should now show all available Cast receivers (that the student has permissions to).
Before connecting to the Available Cast receiver first drop-down “Sources” and select what you want to cast to the teacher display: just the active tab, your desktop (all windows), or just a file. Once you select the proper source then you may click on the cast receiver you want to cast to.