Google docs without a million emails

My school became a Google only school a few years ago and so our kids don’t print anymore, but they “share” their docs.  It’s a very cool feature, but frankly, I hate receiving 110 emails titled “Bobby M. has shared Untitled with you!”  Here’s my work-around:

1.  Create a google doc and give all students editing access. (In the share section, choose anyone with the link can edit.)

2.  I create a table for each class period with each student’s name.  Instead of sharing their doc with me, they highlight their name and paste the link to their doc.  This way I have everyone’s project in one place and if I want them to look at each other’s’ work, or for parents to see work, I just post the turn-in page on my website.

Here’s a SAMPLE.

TIME SAVER TIP:  Create a doc at the beginning of the year with your class lists and label it something like “Turn in Master.”  For each new assignment, go to File > Make a Copy. Then you can just change the title of the doc and not have to retype everyone’s names.