August 29, 2024

What is Google EDLA?

The Android EDLA (Enterprise Device License Agreement), administered by Google, allows tech providers (like InFocus) to offer technology solutions with built-in Google Mobile Services or GMS.  Google Mobile Services includes all of Google’s most popular apps and APIs bundled together and packaged for Android devices. It includes Google Search, Google Drive, Chrome, YouTube, and the Google Play Store, among other apps. The EDLA license agreement is for specific types of products, including large-format interactive touch displays (JTouch).

Unlike uncertified displays, EDLA provides secure access to Android apps and the Google Play Store. It also integrates with Google and Microsoft Office 365 apps and tools. Ultimately, this enhances student-teacher engagement by allowing the use of a variety of visuals, content, activities, and interactive elements.

 

What EDLA-Certified Displays Offer

Access to educational apps and content: Google EDLA provides access to a wide range of educational apps and content from the Google Play Store.

Enhanced security and management: Google EDLA ensures that interactive displays come with robust security features and centralised management capabilities. You also get secure, certified access to apps from the Google Play Store, plus the ability to block or hide apps.

Google Play Protect: Security starts at the application layer with Google Play Protect’s built-in malware defence. Backed by Google’s machine learning, it’s always adapting and improving. Every day, Google Play Protect automatically scans all the apps on Android devices and works to prevent the installation of harmful apps, making it the world’s most widely deployed threat protection service.

On-device protection: Google Play Protect includes on-device capabilities that help keep devices and data safe. These on-device services integrate with cloud-based components that allow updates to be pushed that constantly improve their functionality.

Safe Browsing: is a Google service that checks URLs against Google’s constantly updated lists of unsafe web resources. Examples of unsafe web resources are social engineering sites (phishing and deceptive sites) and sites that host malware or unwanted software.

                                                                                                                           

Seamless integration with Google Workspace: Interactive displays with Google EDLA integrate seamlessly with Google Workspace along with familiar tools like Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Classroom.

InFocus JTouch Series 13 features developed to complement EDLA

When selecting interactive displays with Google EDLA, it’s important to keep students’ and teachers’ needs in mind. The JTouch Series 13 displays do exactly that enhancing the learning experience with these built for education features that maximise your investment:

Annotate over anything

Annotate over ANY app you choose! Dont settle for less. This is key in ensuring teachers and students can interact with their content in ways they’d expect.

Integration with Microsoft

If you use Microsoft Office 365 apps, native integration is essential. Interactive Displays with Google EDLA enable teachers to download Microsoft Office apps from the Google Play Store.

JTouch Series 13 displays allow you to fully utilise the ink feature in Microsoft Office. Draw and write with ink in office allows in document annotation and mark up of documents that are contained natively within the Office document and stay with the document when opened ion the future not only on the JTouch Series 13 display but via and device such as your laptop or PC.

Enhanced security with NFC

Personalized user accounts are a significant advantage provided by Google EDLA. This feature allows each teacher to log in to the board and customise their settings, apps, and preferences, plus access their files in the cloud natively.

Signing into your account on the board via PIN can compromise teacher logins and open them up to the possibility of being hacked or having their information compromised.

The JTouch Series 13 has you covered each display ships as standard with one administrator NFC card and five user NFC cards that allow you to protect your content. Login to the display to access your accounts and content  by swiping your personal NFC card against the NFC card reader located on the front of the JTouch Series 13 display.

Whiteboard and other education tools

Learning is fun when it’s dynamic and when you get access to built-in teaching tools, teachers can quickly access built in  tools and widgets to make learning engaging and when required spontaneous answering questions with graphics and interactive tools.

Built-in tools that support education enhance student experience and give teachers tools they can rely on, making lesson preparation and lesson planning a breeze.

 

Seperate Launchers

The JTouch Series 13 offers two seperate launchers both of which you can customise with shortcuts to your apps, documents or files. A launcher screen is essentially the home page of the device , the screen that is displayed once switched on and booted up.  One launcher is designed for those who are not necessarily using Google Apps and content the second comes preloaded with shortcuts and quick access to various GMS apps directly from the Launcher screen.

 

Next up See for yourself, the difference that technology built for education can make. Explore InFocus education-specific features like the ability to write over any app, Microsoft integration, multiple ways to sign in and built-in education tools. Watch out for the video coming soon.