[aisle] Google Forms: Don't make copies???

Christine Wilson wilson.christine at d46.org
Fri Aug 28 09:26:18 CDT 2020


You need to save the form under a different name before you begin editing
it. That creates a separate file that you then own and can edit. If you
edit before saving, you're editing the original form.

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 9:12 AM Kate Rogers via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi, everyone,
>
> We just had a Google Form go majorly wrong, and I want to see if anyone
> can offer insights.
>
> One of my administrators sent a Google Form to students (asking if they
> want to tutor their peers). My coworker and I made a copy of that Google
> Form and made changes to it (asking teachers for recommendations of
> students of color).
>
> Our edits to the COPY applied to both copies -- the one that already went
> out to students *and* the one we were only still proposing should go to
> teachers. And it looks like our administrator remained the owner of the
> COPY.
>
> So now students are seeing and filling out the Google Form asking teachers
> to recommend students of color. My administrator is editing the original.
> Upon her request, I have "deleted forever" the copy -- quote from Google
> Drive language, not my admin.
>
> Does anyone know what went wrong here? Is making a copy of a Google Form
> different than making a copy of a Google Doc?
>
> Thanks for your insights!
> Kate
>
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