Quick tip of the day! Want to share documents, slides/presentation or forms with others while still maintaining your original? Sometimes you want the recipient to make a copy of your original document, presentation, spreadsheet or form. Maybe you have a graphic organizer for writing an essay that you want to share with your colleagues. (When sharing with students in Google Classroom, select "Make a copy for each student" to force a copy.) Or you maybe want to share a quiz you have created in Google Forms. By adjusting one word in the template's URL, you can force the recipient to "make a copy".
Steps:
1. Open the template document, select the document's URL, copy the URL by pressing Command + C (Ctrl + C on a PC)
2. Change the word in the URL from "edit" to "copy"
3. Share the new URL via email, on your website or blog, etc.
Your recipients will receive this message when they click on your new modified URL.
IMPORTANT TIP: Make sure you have set your sharing permissions to "Anyone in the district can view" or if sharing with parents or colleagues outside the district change sharing permissions to "Anyone with the link can view". Within the document, select Share, Anyone at Westwood Public Schools Can View; or Advanced, Anyone with the link can view.
