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Hello,
I'm trying to get students to submit work as Word documents (I need to be able to cut/paste things from the documents because of an activity). Neither they nor I can download or upload their documents as Word documents. When they try to upload them to our LMS, they appear as pdfs. When they email me the link to their documents, I can view them online, but I can't save them to my computer with the rest of the class's documents. When I try to download them, it simply opens the file again in another browser tab. There is nothing in my browser's downloads, so it's not even attempting to download the file.
How can I either direct the student to upload their file as a workable Word document or download their documents as Word documents so I can manipulate them and save them?
I've seen a lot of questions about this but no actual answers. There was a mention of Onedrive in one response, but I don't use Onedrive at all because it interferes with my Dropbox. I just want to download the file, not save it to another online cloud like Onedrive.
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When you are working with a document in Word, Excel or PowerPoint Online, all changes you make are saved to OneDrive or SharePoint. There is no way around that.
I don't work with online programs. I'm simply trying to download a document my student sent me so I can put my comments on it using track changes. The student uses Word online. I don't understand why Word online and the Word desktop are incompatible programs! Googledocs works better with Word desktop than it seems like Word online does.
I don't work with online programs. I'm simply trying to download a document my student sent me so I can put my comments on it using track changes. The student uses Word online. I don't understand why Word online and the Word desktop are incompatible programs! Googledocs works better with Word desktop than it seems like Word online does.
The subject of this thread does include "Word Online." How do your students send you the files if they are not on OneDrive or SharePoint?
Note that if you are using some third-party learning platform (or document management system), you have to contact the support for that service.
The student sent me a link. No, their document would not work with our learning management system, so that's why they had to email me a link.
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