The video and article will walk you through how to install the Kelvin Chrome Extension. One of the ways we collect feedback from your students is via a Chrome extension. This is nice because it avoids forcing students to log in to a portal, which can waste time in the classroom with forgotten usernames and passwords. Instead, students access our Pulses when logged in to Chrome browser with their school Google credentials. This video and article will walk you through ow to install the Kelvin Pulse Chrome Extension.
Note: You will need to ensure Kelvin's URL is not blocked. You will not be able to collect Pulse responses from students in the Chrome browser until this setup has been completed.
If you have any trouble at all, please contact us ([email protected]) and we will get everything sorted with you.
What you need: Google Admin Console access & Google Chrome Browser
Estimated Time:5 mins.
1. Sign in to the G+ Suite Admin Console with your school email and password.
2. Locate Chrome management in the "hamburger" menu (that's the white three stacked lines in the top-left corner).
3. Click Apps & extensions.
1. Select Users & browsers (If G+ Suite shows organizations in a left sidebar, be sure to select the top-level organization)
1. Hover over the add app/extension + button.
2. Click the Add Chrome app or extension by ID, which is the second button from the top.
1. Paste the Extension ID into the Extension ID field.
Extension name: ID:obcailimoifbmhjniopljefnegfeodif
1. Select From a custom URL in the From the Chrome Web Store dropdown.
2. Paste the URL into the URL field.
1. Select Save in the popup (modal).
1. Select Force Install from the dropdown
1. Select Save within the top right hand corner.
This will cause the Kelvin extension to be automatically installed when each users Google Chrome checks for G+ Suite-managed enterprise policies.
Note: You can manually have Chrome check for updated policies by going opening the Chrome Policies from your Chrome browser, next select Reload Policies, and then look for the Kelvin K to appear in the Google Chrome toolbar to the right of the address bar.
We highly recommend you PIN the Kelvin Chrome Extension to ensure that students and staff will see the K in the upper-right-hand corner of their screen. As the Google admin, you can simply use the Force install + pin option when adding the extension.
1. Select Users & browsers within Chrome.
2. Select Force users to sign-in to use the browser.
The Sign-in settings are encouraged and will ensure staff/students are logged into their district account as a profile so they get the extension when using Google Chrome.