Nebo has been enrolled with Google Workspace for Education since 2011. This service provides Nebo with the core services of Email, Google Office, Drive, Calendar and Google Sites. These core services are tightly controlled in terms of what Google will do with any data collected by their usage.
Starting in 2025, educational institutions using Google Workspace for Education must annually review and reconfirm parental consent for students grade 7 and under to access Google Workspace Additional Services. These services include tools and features that can enhance learning and collaboration, but are not part of the core Google Education Suite.
Applications that Require Parental Consent
The following services require explicit parental consent for students grade 7 and under to access them:
- Applied Digital Skills
- Chrome Canvas
- Chrome Cursive
- Chrome Web Store
- Google Books
- Google Earth
- Google Groups
- Google Maps
- Google My Maps
- Google News
- Google Play
- Google Search Console
- Google Translate
- Managed Google Play
- NotebookLM
- Scholar Profiles
- YouTube
Google Services Opt In Information
Student access to YouTube is a valuable learning tool when used responsibly under a teacher’s guidance. Teachers use it to introduce new ideas, provide visual examples, and share expert explanations that help students better understand classroom concepts. Access to YouTube is for educational purposes as directed by the teacher. Videos are typically embedded in Google Slides or Canvas, so students don’t need to access the main YouTube website.
Opting out will prevent your student from accessing YouTube for educational purposes.
How students use YouTube independently | How students shouldn’t use YouTube |
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These services are automatically enabled for students, 8th grade and higher. Parents can control access for students by creating an account here:
https://student-preferences.nebo.edu
- How to Create an Account
- First, navigate to the URL above.
- You will be navigated to a login screen.
- Select the "Create new account" option as shown below.

- Select "Request your Activation Key" if you do not have one. Else, continue on to entering in your email and activation key.

- Enter the email address that you have associated with your Infinite Campus account.

- Click submit.

- Close the message.

- Go back to your other tab that you have open.

- Enter your activation key once you receive it via email, add your email address that you wish to create this account with, add a picture if you prefer, select "Create new account".
- Once logged in, you should be able to access students that you are marked as a guardian for and update their permissions.
- First, navigate to the URL above.
Why Parental Consent Is Needed
This change was brought about by a FTC ruling about what companies ability to monetize kids' data. You can read the complete ruling here: FTC Ruling
Information from Google about Privacy