Managing Groups for Chromebooks
Creating a Chromebook group requires two broad steps:
1. Configure a new group by defining its properties and settings. See Configuring Chromebook Groups, below.
2. Associate the group with Chromebook users by assigning it to an OU. See Assigning Chromebook Groups to users, below.
Configuring Chromebook Groups
To configure a new Chromebook group, you must create the group, then define its Web Filtering and YouTube settings.
Creating a new Chromebook Group
1. Go to MDM > Groups.
2. Click the Chromebook icon.
3. Click Add Group.
4. Define a Group Name.
5. Click Save.
Configuring Web Filtering
Web Filtering enables you to limit which websites can be visited by users in the group.
1. Go to MDM > Groups.
2. Click the Chromebook icon.
3. In the list of groups, locate the group you want to edit. Click the group name to open it for editing.
4. Use the Web Filtering tab to limit which websites can be visited by users in the group. You can configure filtering as a blacklist, where certain sites are forbidden, or as a whitelist, where only certain sites are permitted.
> To filter using a blacklist, select the Blacklist Mode option. Chromebooks will be blocked from visiting any site you add to the blacklist.
To add websites to the blacklist, enter the URL into the Website URL field, select Blacklist (block), then click Add Domain. When you add domain to a list, it affects all paths from that domain. For example, if you added www.example.com to the blacklist, then www.example.com/login would be blocked when Blacklist Mode is active.
To remove a URL from the blacklist, click the associated Delete icon 
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.> To filter using a whitelist, select the Whitelist Mode option. Chromebooks will be blocked from accessing all websites except the ones you add to the whitelist.
To add websites to the whitelist, enter the URL into the Website URL field, select Whitelist (allow), then click Add Domain. When you add domain to a list, it affects all paths from that domain. For example, if you added www.example.com to the whitelist, then www.example.com/login would be permitted when Whitelist Mode is active
To remove a URL from the whitelist, click the associated Delete icon .
.5. Click Save.
Configuring YouTube filtering
YouTube filtering enables you to limit what YouTube content is available to users in the group.
1. Go to MDM > Groups.
2. Click the Chromebook icon.
3. In the list of groups, locate the group you want to edit. Click the group name to open it for editing.
4. Click the YouTube tab.
5. Adjust the YouTube tab settings as desired:
> Enable the Block Comments option to prevent users from leaving comments on YouTube videos.
> Enable the Block Sidebar option to hide YouTube’s Recommended Videos sidebar.
> In the Block Categories section, select categories to block. Users will not be able to view any video belonging to the selected categories.
> To block specific channels, enter the channel name or URL into the YouTube Channel URL or Name field, then click Block Channel. For example, to block the NFL channel, you could enter www.youtube.com/nfl, or just nfl.
> To block specific videos, enter the video URL into the YouTube Video URL field, then click Block Video.
6. Click Save.
Assigning Chromebook Groups to users
Chromebooks operate on a cloud model, so a given Chromebook’s capabilities depend less on the device itself and more on who is using it. When a user logs into a Chromebook, the user’s OU determines which group’s settings are applied to the device they are using.
Assigning groups to an OU
1. Go to MDM > Groups.
2. Click the Chromebook icon.
3. Click the OU Assignments tab.
4. Optionally click Sync with G Suite to ensure Deep Freeze MDM displays the most current information from your G Suite account.
5. In the list of OUs, locate the OU you want to assign groups to. Click the associated Edit icon 
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.6. Select an Assigned Work Group. This group’s settings are active when a user belonging to the OU logs into a device.
If you are using the Work Settings feature, this group’s settings are active while the device is at work/school.
7. If you are using the Work Settings feature, optionally select an Assigned Home Group for the OU. This group’s settings are active while the user’s device is not at work/school.
If you do not define an Assigned Home Group, the Assigned Work Group is applied at all times.
8. Click the Save icon 
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.Determining which OUs are associated with a group
Each OU can be associated with one or two groups, and a given group can be assigned to any number of OUs. Sometimes you may need to know which OUs a group is assigned to.
1. Go to MDM > Groups.
2. Click the Chromebook icon.
3. Click the Groups tab if it is not already selected.
4. Optionally click Sync with G Suite to ensure Deep Freeze MDM displays the most current information from your G Suite account.
5. In the list of groups, locate the group you want more information on, then check the following columns:
> OUs Assigned (Work) – the group is assigned to these OUs as a work group.
> OUs Assigned (Home) – the group is assigned to these OUs as a home group.