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

bkocim at sbcglobal.net bkocim at sbcglobal.net
Fri Aug 28 09:36:55 CDT 2020


This also applies to Mac applications like Pages, Numbers, etc. Always save the original, create a duplicate document, then rename your working copy to save both. Sorry this happened.

Bobbie Kocim


> On Aug 28, 2020, at 9:28 AM, Christine Wilson via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> 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.
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>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 9:12 AM Kate Rogers via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>> Hi, everyone,
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>> We just had a Google Form go majorly wrong, and I want to see if anyone can offer insights.
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>> 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).
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Does anyone know what went wrong here? Is making a copy of a Google Form different than making a copy of a Google Doc?
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>> Thanks for your insights!
>> Kate
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