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Answered By: Michael Pujals Last Updated: Jan 11, 2022 Views: 22
Answered By: Michael Pujals
Last Updated: Jan 11, 2022 Views: 22
You have a few different options but the most reliable that I've found forces people to download a copy rather than relying on them to navigate the document menus to make a copy.
Force a copy with no comments
Go into Google Docs and create your document. When you're ready to share it out:
- Share the document with Anyone with the link
- Copy the entire link provided. It should look like:
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JzvaXdOytdK5CBx5GGwUykcOwkQzicl6gVGharm9LeM/edit?usp=sharing
- Replace the end of the link, edit?usp=sharing, with copy
- Example from above
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JzvaXdOytdK5CBx5GGwUykcOwkQzicl6gVGharm9LeM/edit?usp=sharing - Now looks like
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JzvaXdOytdK5CBx5GGwUykcOwkQzicl6gVGharm9LeM/copy
- Example from above
Now share the updated link. When a student opens the link, it will force them to download a copy of the document to their Google Drive
Force a copy with Comments
This above method does not retain comments you may have made for additional information. To force a copy with comments:
- Follow steps 1 and 2 from above . Then...
- Replace edit?usp=sharing, with copy?copyComments=true
- Example from above
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JzvaXdOytdK5CBx5GGwUykcOwkQzicl6gVGharm9LeM/edit?usp=sharing - Looks like
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JzvaXdOytdK5CBx5GGwUykcOwkQzicl6gVGharm9LeM/copy?copyComment=true
- Example from above