I gave students a force copy link to individually annotate a Lucidspark document, which they were then supposed to share with me through creating a “shareable link.” The first few students didn’t see the “share” button, however. So I entered all their emails in the “Individual Access” section of the “share” field. But now, they are only seeing one collaborative copy of the document instead of an individual one. Does anyone know what might have gone wrong?
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Force copy link v. collaborative link
+1Best answer by Humas1985
Hi
You're absolutely right, the missing ‘Share’ button often happens in Lucid because force copy links typically give students ‘edit’ access without full ownership, especially in education accounts.
- This can prevent them from sharing their completed document unless permissions are set to allow it.
- If you distribute Lucid activities through Canvas using the Lucid external tool, each student receives their own shareable copy automatically, and the ‘Share’ button is normally available.
- For future assignments try using the template/force copy workflow with permissions set to "Any logged in user" or similar to enable sharing.
Or, deliver Lucid assignments via Canvas for seamless student sharing.
Some additional help articles for your reference
Share button missing | Community
Feature Alert: Lucid Force-Copy Links | Community
Best Regards
+24- Lucid Legend Level 10
Hi
The issue happened because by adding student emails to the original document’s access, everyone ended up working on the same shared file.
- To ensure each student gets their own copy, only share the force copy link with them. Students should open that link to create a personal copy, then share their own copy’s link with you.
To learn more on this approach to avoid shared collaboration problems Force Copy | Community
- Give force copy link → Students get individual, private copies
- Add student emails to original document → Shared, collaborative one-document workspace
Hope this helps - Happy to help further!!
Thank you very much and have a great one!
Warm regards
+1Thank you. This partly helps.
I only entered students' emails in the original document's access because when the first few students completed the assignment, they didn't see a "share" button.
Originally, I wanted students to click the "share" button to generate a link to their individual document. But, it looks like the force copy link I originally provided only gave them "edit" access, so they couldn't share their document with me.
Should they have just copied the link in their address bar and sent that to me via email or another means outside Lucid?
I didn't create the document as a Lucid document because it was part 1 of a 2-part assignment. The other part was an essay. If I had created the document within Canvas with Lucid as the external tool would the "share" link have been enabled?
+24- Lucid Legend Level 10
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Hi
You're absolutely right, the missing ‘Share’ button often happens in Lucid because force copy links typically give students ‘edit’ access without full ownership, especially in education accounts.
- This can prevent them from sharing their completed document unless permissions are set to allow it.
- If you distribute Lucid activities through Canvas using the Lucid external tool, each student receives their own shareable copy automatically, and the ‘Share’ button is normally available.
- For future assignments try using the template/force copy workflow with permissions set to "Any logged in user" or similar to enable sharing.
Or, deliver Lucid assignments via Canvas for seamless student sharing.
Some additional help articles for your reference
Share button missing | Community
Feature Alert: Lucid Force-Copy Links | Community
Best Regards
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