Students Accessing Others' Work

[Metz49]

The students can see each other's work but cannot edit it. Is there a setting in the Admin Console that would prevent this?   Thank you!

[Kim_Nilsson]

That usually means that the teacher has manually shared the content in an inappropriate way, as this is not how Classroom works.

[Metz49]

I need to apologize. After further investigation, it is not a Classroom issue. In Google Drive, a student named "Fred" can search for another student named "Will," and the search will pull up "Will's" work. It does not matter what grade level. If "Fred" is a 3rd grade student, he can find "Will's" 8th grade work.  "Fred" cannot edit but can view.  Please advise.

[bethhughes]

Can you check the Sharing Settings in Google Admin Console for the OU that the students are in? In Google Admin Console>Apps>Google Workspace>Drive and Docs>Sharing Settings>General Access Default is set to Private to the owner and not "The primary target audience can search and find the item."

[Metz49]

Your suggested setting,  "Private" is the setting for all OUs.

[bethhughes]

Are all of the files that the students can view in the same folder, such as a teacher's Google Classroom assignment folder? The folder itself might have sharing set to ON.

[Metz49]

No, it appears to be random documents from different classes and dates.