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Directions: The following is a video tutorial which briefly shows how to force a copy of a Google File. The video shows a Google Doc, but this process can also be used with Slides, Sheets, Jamboards, Drawings, and Forms. By deleting URL text from right to left up to the "/edit" (or "/view") portion and replacing it with "copy", then copy and pasting that link, all users will be forced to make their own copy of the given file. This can be particularly helpful for teachers when sharing out templates that each student needs to edit individually (and can help avoid confusion over asking students to click "File --->Make a copy" OR accidentally editing what is supposed to be a template).