Installing the Kami Chrome Web Store extension and deploying to your organizations

Who is this for?

✓ Admins using the Google Admin Workspace.

What is the Kami extension?

Our Kami for Google Chrome™ extension from the Chrome Web Store allows you to experience the power of Kami in one click. It’s totally free, provides a seamless experience, and is the quickest way to access our 40+ tools and features.

Kami Extension in Chrome

Extension benefits

Access on demand — The Kami extension is compatible with Chromebooks and is available for both teachers and students, so everyone is just a click away from adding Kami-magic, everyday.
Open with Kami button — Once you’ve downloaded our latest extension, a Kami icon will appear in the upper-right corner of every Google doc, slide, or sheet. Now it’s even easier to open resources straight into Kami!

Integrations made easy — Get the most out of our LMS integrations with the extension. Plus, get access to advanced Google Classroom features like Class View and Publish Changes.

⚠️ Extensions from the Chrome Web Store may experience delays (typically ranging between 1 to 3 days) in receiving updates when a new one is released. To avoid these delays and receive fixes and improvements faster, we recommend exploring the Kami Private Chrome Extension.

Deploying the Kami extension to your school/domain

Rather than individually installing through the Chrome Web Store, the Kami Chrome extension can be installed and deployed to your entire school or domain in the Google Admin Workspace.

⛔️ Due to Google Workspace for Education authorization and approval requirements for third-party apps, students will not be able to log in to Kami with their school-issued Google accounts unless the Third-Party App Access Controls are configured correctly.

1. Navigate to Chrome's Apps & Extensions settings

Then, select the Users & Browsers tab to view your settings.

2. Adding the Kami extension to your domain

After clicking Users & browsers, you will be redirected to a page like the one shown below.

First, select the parent domain (for example: your.domain.com), or expand the organizational units drop-down to select an individual school or other OU.

Next, select the yellow Add (+) button, then select the Add from Chrome Web Store option.

In the Chrome Web Store window that opens, enter Kami in the search bar to find the Kami for Google Chrome™ extension. After finding the extension, select it, then press the Select button in the top-right corner.

Kami for Google Chrome in the Chrome web store

⛔️ We recommend blocking other PDF viewers, such as DocHub or Text-Help Read and Write, or at least ensuring they aren't set as the default PDF viewer. Having multiple programs open at once may confuse students and could conflict with Kami. To disable, simply follow the prior installation steps to locate them in the Chrome Web Store, then, under Installation Policy, select Block.

3. Configure the extension settings

First, sure that the extension is force installed by clicking the Installation Policy dropdown and selecting Force install.

Next, you can configure the version pinning setting for the extension. Pinning a version prevents the extension from automatically updating when a new version is released; when this is enabled, manual updates will be required.

Therefore, with new updates being released frequently, we recommend against version pinning if you aren't able to manually update the extension regularly.

The version number of the latest Kami for Google Chrome™ extension release can be found below:

💡 Extensions without version pinning enabled will be updated automatically after a new version is released. If needed, users with access to Developer mode in the Chrome Extension dashboard can view their current installed version and force an update using the steps in this guide.