Google Workspace Changes

YouTube for Schools (YT4S) will no longer be available as of July 1, 2016.

In August we announced that we would no longer be maintaining YouTube for Schools (YT4S). As of July 1, 2016, YT4S will no longer be available.

Administrators have new capabilities to help them manage YouTube with two levels of Restricted Mode restrictions -- strict or moderate -- for their logged-in users.

Administrators have new capabilities to help them manage YouTube to meet the needs of their organization. Administrators can now choose between two levels of Restricted Mode restrictions -- strict or moderate -- for their logged-in users. Network managers can now use an HTTP header to enforce either strict or moderate restricted mode on managed devices.

Administrators and designated approvers can now whitelist entire channels, not just individual videos.

Administrators and designated approvers can now whitelist entire channels, not just individual videos. For example, if you want to ensure that all current and future videos uploaded to your organization or school’s channel are watchable by your users, you can now simply add the entire channel to your approved list.

Changes to YouTube commenting behavior for Google Apps customers

Google is streamlining the interaction between YouTube and Google+ for Google Apps customers. Comments posted on YouTube will no longer be shared to Google+ (and vice versa), and the 'Also share on Google+' checkbox will be removed. Additionally, both users and administrators in Google Apps domains will no longer be able to restrict YouTube comments to be viewable only within their domain; new comments will be public.