For example, Student A shares a Google Doc with Student B, C, D and the Teacher, Safe Doc revokes the sharing permissions with Student B, C and D while keeps the sharing with the Teacher.Īpproach 1 is more aggressive and easier to configure than Approach 2 and Approach 3. Unauthorized sharing to other students will be revoked, while sharing to teachers is unrestricted. If the Teacher shares a Google Doc with Student A, Safe Doc won't block it and Student A can open the Doc link. For instance, Student B, C and D shares Google Docs with Student A, when A clicks those Doc links, Safe Doc block them. Even students receive shared file links from other students, Safe Doc will scrutinize the files and block them as per your configuration. Students cannot share any Drive files with other students, including the teacher. This approach removes all the Share buttons and menu items in anywhere in Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides etc. Safe Doc solves the Drive sharing problem in 3 alternatives.

Unfortunately, it's technically impossible. Ideally, schools expect to disallow students sharing files with other students and only allow sharing with teachers. If you have yet to install Safe Doc, please apply for a 30 days trial. This article explains how Safe Doc chrome extension limits students' activities of sharing Google Drive files inside your organization. It causes numerous classroom management issues and information security issues.Īlthough Google added features to restrict drive sharing with outside school domains (see Set Drive users' sharing permissions), it doesn't prevent students from sharing files inside the domain. Many schools want to stop students from sharing Google Drive files with each other.

This article is written for Google Workspace for Education (GWFE) admins and educators.

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