If any of your students don’t have a RIC Google Workspace account, then you’ll need to set the link sharing option to “On – Anyone with this link” can view and not to the default “Anyone at Rhode Island College with this link” can view. If you use the default option, only students with a RIC Google Workspace account will have permission to access the file. If a student does not have a RIC Google Workspace account and is using a personal Google account, they will not be able to open the file.
1. Right-click the document and select “Get shareable link”.
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2. Turn on “Link sharing”.
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3. Click “Sharing settings”.
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4. Click the down arrow and then click “More”.
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5. Turn on “On – Anyone with the link”.
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6. Click “Copy Link”.
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7. Once the link has been copied, you can provide your students access to the link by doing one of the following options:
a. Email the link to your students.
b. Go into your Blackboard course, use the Web Link option to paste in the link.