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Glow is the Scottish Education Network portal

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Glow provides Biggar High School students access to a wide range of educational software, communication tools and resources.

Glow offers access to the two leading education software suites currently available: Microsoft’s Office 365 and Google’s Gsuite.

Microsoft’s Office 365 includes a licence for all learners to download the complete Office suite of software tools and install them on up to 5 PCs or Macs, 5 tablets, and 5 smartphones.

Google’s Gsuite education software provides learners with access to cloud based apps and storage that support learning and collaboration and can be accessed from virtually any machine with Internet access.

A less than exhaustive list of the software available to Biggar high School students and staff:

Microsoft Office 365Google Gsuite
WordDocs
PowerPointSlides
ExcelSheets
AccessGoogle Sites
FormsForms
TeamsGoogle Classroom
OneNoteKeep Notes
OneDriveGoogle Drive
To DoCalendar
And many more
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Scholar is a study support site designed and created by Heriot-Watt University. The site contains revision materials for a wide range of subjects at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher level.