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| author | smain@google.com <smain@google.com> | 2014-06-18 16:13:56 -0700 |
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| committer | smain@google.com <smain@google.com> | 2014-06-20 18:54:28 -0700 |
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update Edu pages for launch of Chrome edu apps on play store
removes the FAQ and Guidelines docs, redirect to devsite copy will
be implemented with separate CL
Change-Id: I006d2374b1d49fbf41ce60a39f08fe1ad96096c1
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/html/distribute/googleplay')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/about.jd | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/faq.jd | 433 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/start.jd | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/html/distribute/googleplay/googleplay_toc.cs | 8 |
4 files changed, 13 insertions, 450 deletions
diff --git a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/about.jd b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/about.jd index e73356e..60d9402 100644 --- a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/about.jd +++ b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/about.jd @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Xnonavpage=true <p> Google Play for Education is an extension of Google Play designed for - schools. Here educators can discover apps approved by teachers for teachers, + schools. Here educators can discover Android and Chrome apps approved by teachers for teachers, as well as educational videos and a collection of classic books for their classroom. </p> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Xnonavpage=true </p> -<div class="resource-widget resource-flow-layout col-13" +<div class="resource-widget resource-flow-layout col-13" style="height:323px" data-query="collection:distribute/googleplay/gpfe/highlight" data-sortOrder="-timestamp" data-cardSizes="18x6," diff --git a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/faq.jd b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/faq.jd deleted file mode 100644 index 36e2064..0000000 --- a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/faq.jd +++ /dev/null @@ -1,433 +0,0 @@ -page.title=Education FAQ -meta.tags="gpfe, edu" -page.metaDescription=Answers to frequent questions about Google Play for Education. -page.image=/distribute/images/gpfe-faq.jpg - -@jd:body - -<div id="qv-wrapper"> - <div id="qv"> - <h2> - Topics - </h2> - - <ol> - <li> - <a href="#business-model-and-monetization">Business Model and - Monetization</a> - </li> - - <li> - <a href="#free-trials">Free Trials</a> - </li> - - <li> - <a href="#discovery">Discovery</a> - </li> - - <li> - <a href="#app-review-process">App Review Process</a> - </li> - - <li> - <a href="#app-features">App Features</a> - </li> - - <li> - <a href="#marketing-and-roi">Marketing and ROI</a> - </li> - - <li> - <a href="#devices">Devices</a> - </li> - - <li> - <a href="#accounts">Accounts</a> - </li> - - <li> - <a href="#related-resources">Related Resources</a> - </li> - </ol> - </div> -</div> - -<p> - This page provides answers to common questions that you might have about - Google Play for Education. -</p> - -<div class="headerLine"> - <h2 id="business-model-and-monetization"> - Business Model and Monetization - </h2> - - -</div> - -<p> - <strong>What is Google Play for Education?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - Google Play for Education is a new online destination designed for schools. - Teachers can discover educational apps, books, and videos to meet the needs - of a single student, a classroom, or a whole district. Educators can browse - apps by grade, subject, keyword, or standard including Common Core State - Standards. Purchasing is done using a PO with no credit card required. Apps - are distributed to tablets instantly through the cloud. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>Is Google Play for Education primarily for students or - educators?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - The store on Google Play for Education is for educators, but its content is - for both educators and students. Teachers and administrators have the ability - to make purchases and control who within their school has access to the - purchase flows. -</p> - -<div class="figure"> - <img src="{@docRoot}distribute/images/gpfe-faq.jpg" style= - "width:480px;margin:1em 0em 1.5em 1.5em;"> -</div> - -<p> - <strong>Will Google Play for Education support subscription - purchases?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - Currently, Google Play for Education supports one-time purchases. We’re - investigating additional purchase mechanisms to enable more flexible pricing - models for developers and schools. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>Why is it recommended that in-app purchase features are - removed?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - In-app Billing is currently not supported with Google Play for Education, and - a student device will block the Google Play transaction if a student attempts - to make an in-app purchase. To avoid confusing students, we recommend not - including any in-app purchase buttons and other UI in your apps. We’re - investigating additional purchase mechanisms to enable more flexible pricing - models for developers and schools. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>Is Google Play for Education restricted so only its users can - purchase from the Google Play for Education? Or will anyone be able to - purchase from it?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - Currently, only schools that are signed up for Google Play for Education can - make purchases on it. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>Can I set different prices for my apps in Google Play for Education - and Google Play?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - You set a single price for each app that applies to both Google Play and - Google Play for Education. You can’t set a different price for a given app - (based on a single package name) in Google Play for Education. -</p> - -<div class="headerLine"> - <h2 id="free-trials"> - Free Trials - </h2> - - -</div> - -<p> - <strong>Can I offer free trials through Google Play for Education?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - Google Play for Education doesn't currently support free trials. If you want, - you can offer a free version of your app with limited functionality in Google - Play for Education, but that app would need to be separate from your paid app - and be reviewed separately for educational content. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>Can I offer a free trial through Google Play's "In-app Subscriptions - with Free Trials" feature?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - Google Play for Education doesn’t currently support In-app Billing or In-app - Subscriptions with free trials. -</p> - -<div class="headerLine"> - <h2 id="discovery"> - Discovery - </h2> - - -</div> - -<p> - <strong>What are the categories in Google Play for Education?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - Google Play for Education includes categories for all grade levels from - Kindergarten to 12 and the following subjects: English Language Arts, World - Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Elective, Open Education - Resources (OER), and Tools. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>I created an app specifically for Google Play for Education and don’t - want it to show up in Google Play. Is this possible?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - Currently, it’s not possible to publish an app on Google Play for Education - and make it unavailable on Google Play. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>If my app offers content for every level of education, how will it - fit the Common Core State Standard filters?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - If your app applies to multiple levels of education, then the app will show - up in filtered results for multiple levels. -</p> - -<div class="headerLine"> - <h2 id="app-review-process"> - App Review Process - </h2> - - -</div> - -<p> - <strong>How are apps being reviewed? By whom and against what - criteria?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - Apps are being reviewed by a third-party network of educators. These - educators assign the appropriate subject, grade, and Common Core State - Standards metadata, as well as evaluating whether the app meets the Google - Play for Education <a href= - "{@docRoot}distribute/essentials/gpfe-guidelines.html">criteria for classroom - use</a>. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>How do I update my apps in Google Play for Education?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - You can update your apps on Google Play for Education in the same manner you - do on Google Play. App updates will not be reviewed prior to being made - available through Google Play for Education. However, we will periodically - review updated apps for quality. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>Does the app maturity rating reflect solely on what a user can do - within my Android app, or does the web version of my app influence the rating - as well?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - The maturity rating that you set for an Android app refers only to the - content displayed in that app. -</p> - -<div class="headerLine"> - <h2 id="app-features"> - App Features - </h2> - - -</div> - -<p> - <strong>Do I need separate builds of my phone and tablet apps for Google Play - for Education, or is it the exact same app that lives on Google - Play?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - We recommend you create one app and use it in both Google Play and Google - Play for Education. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>What is the best way to get students’ work within apps sent back to - their teachers?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - Teachers have mentioned that many apps achieve this by email from a third - party, which isn’t optimal for schools. As many schools use Google Apps for - Education, consider integrating your apps with Google Drive using the - <a href="https://developers.google.com/drive/about-sdk">SDK</a>. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>How can developers test the teacher experience in Google Play for - Education? Is there a way to get an account to test it?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - Currently, we are unable to provide developers with a test account to test - the Google Play for Education user experience. We’re investigating ways to - allow developers to simulate the environment. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>If I already have an app in the Chrome Apps Pack will I get some help - migrating this to Android?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - If you’d like to reach tablet users in schools we encourage you to build a - native app for the optimal user experience. Considerations for building your - apps can be found in the <a href= - "{@docRoot}distribute/essentials/gpfe-guidelines.html">Google Play for - Education Guidelines</a>. -</p> - -<div class="headerLine"> - <h2 id="marketing-and-roi"> - Marketing and ROI - </h2> - - -</div> - -<p> - <strong>What are you doing to promote these apps to educators?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - Google Play for Education is an extension of Google Play targeting schools - and making the discovery of educational apps easier. It helps your apps gain - visibility with the right audiences, without having to knock on school doors. - We’re constantly referring to the highest quality apps in our educator - outreach. We’ve also developed a series of collections to help educators - quickly browse apps for the most common use cases. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>How many installs have similar apps had on Google Play for Education? - How much can I expect to make if I do an ROI analysis?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - While we cannot disclose specific numbers, Google Play app listings provide - app download ranges for all apps. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>What is the seasonality like for the education market? What are the - key timing considerations for app developers?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - In the United States, school districts’ budget decisions go through a - planning phase in the Spring with budgets being released on July 1. We’ve - observed high purchase-volumes in the second quarter of the calendar year, to - use up end-of-year budgets. New budget purchases begin in the third quarter - of the calendar year. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>Is there a way to offer a special deal, such as a discount, only on - Google Play for Education and not on Google Play?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - No, this isn’t possible. Pricing, including special offers, must be the same - between Google Play for Education and Google Play. -</p> - -<div class="headerLine"> - <h2 id="devices"> - Devices - </h2> - - -</div> - -<p> - <strong>Which devices are available in the program? Will more be - available?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - Nexus 7 is available for shipment now, and the Asus Transformer, HP Slate 8 - Pro, and Galaxy Tab for Education will be available in early 2014. We look - forward to welcoming more Android devices into the Google in Education family - soon. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>Can the devices be shared among many students?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - No. Currently, this program is for one-to-one use. Each student can login to - one specific tablet that is allocated to them. -</p> - -<div class="headerLine"> - <h2 id="accounts"> - Accounts - </h2> - - -</div> - -<p> - <strong>Will an app know whether a user is a teacher or student?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - No, the app has no mechanism for knowing if it’s running on a teacher’s - device or a student’s device. We recommend developers use their own user - database to enable this feature, where logins can be based on Google Account - information. -</p> - -<p> - <strong>What log-in method do you recommend for an app on Google Play for - Education?</strong> -</p> - -<p> - One of the key pieces of feedback we’ve heard multiple times from various - schools is that they prefer apps that offer Google Single Sign-on, so that - teachers and students don’t need to remember multiple log-in credentials. As - schools in the program use Google Accounts and Google Apps for Education, - offering Google Single Sign-on is ideal. -</p> -<div class="headerLine"><h2 id="related-resources">Related Resources</h2></div> - -<div class="resource-widget resource-flow-layout col-13" - data-query="collection:distribute/toolsreference/gpfefaq" - data-sortOrder="-timestamp" - data-cardSizes="6x3,6x3,6x3,9x3,9x3,9x3" - data-maxResults="6"></div> - diff --git a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/start.jd b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/start.jd index 4886b5a..136611c 100644 --- a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/start.jd +++ b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/edu/start.jd @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -page.title=Get Started with Education +page.title=Publish Android Apps for Education page.image=/distribute/images/play-education.jpg meta.tags="education", "guidelines", "quality" page.tags="education", "addendum" @@ -16,21 +16,23 @@ page.metaDescription=Join Google Play for Education in just a few simple steps. </ol> </div></div> <p> - If you've got great apps for education and want to reach even more teachers + If you've got great Android apps for education and want to reach even more teachers and students, you can join the <strong>Google Play for Education</strong> program in a few simple steps. You do everything using the familiar tools and processes in Google Play. </p> <p> - Note that Google Play for Education is currently available to <strong>K-12 - schools in the United States</strong> only. +Note that Google Play for Education is currently available to <strong>K-12 schools in the United +States</strong> only.</p> + +<p>If you have an educational Chrome app instead of an Android app, you can learn more about +Chrome Apps in Google Play for Education at <a href= +"https://developers.google.com/edu">developers.google.com/edu</a>. </p> -<div class="center-img"> - <img src="{@docRoot}images/gpfe-start-0.jpg" style= - "border:1px solid #ddd;padding:0px;width:100%;"> -</div> +<img src="{@docRoot}images/gpfe-start-0.jpg" style= + "border:1px solid #ddd;padding:0px" width="760" height="403"> <div class="headerLine"> <h2 id="register"> diff --git a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/googleplay_toc.cs b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/googleplay_toc.cs index 4196c39..36e424a 100644 --- a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/googleplay_toc.cs +++ b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/googleplay_toc.cs @@ -25,13 +25,7 @@ </li> <li class="nav-section"> <div class="nav-section empty" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="<?cs var:toroot?>distribute/googleplay/edu/start.html"> - <span class="en">Get Started with Education</span> - </a> - </div> - </li> - <li class="nav-section"> - <div class="nav-section empty" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="<?cs var:toroot?>distribute/googleplay/edu/faq.html"> - <span class="en">Education FAQ</span> + <span class="en">Publish Android Apps for Education</span> </a> </div> </li> |
