Student: How do I submit a link to my Google Doc?
You will learn how to submit a link to your Google Doc granting Editor permissions to anyone who has the link. For an Assignment in Canvas, the professor has requested that students only submit a Google Doc via web link.
Follow these steps to learn how to create a web link that will grant Editor permissions. You are not sharing this Google Doc with a particular person but sharing the link.
1. Within your Google Doc, click on the Share button.
Follow these steps after you are finished writing your paper in Google Docs.
![Share button in Google doc.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/943/280/original/02643dcf-6018-4c1b-af40-c7f541c43bcf.png)
2. Click on Restricted.
![Restricted selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/308/239/original/cde2d083-8ac8-4350-be32-0873d15bb9e5.png)
3. Select Anyone with the link.
![Cal State Fullerton selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/943/282/original/34aba86f-1f31-40e9-8d18-c9d7d54ea0be.png)
4. Click on Viewer.
![Viewer link selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/943/284/original/baf679ab-c0ae-401d-85a1-af5a32584042.png)
5. Select Editor.
![Editor link selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/943/286/original/4d627569-0a56-4d8d-b9ec-c1f93500cfec.png)
6. Click on Copy link.
![Copy link button selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/943/288/original/f987b24e-9cdd-442c-9f3b-9e7c70cba55b.png)
7. Return to your Canvas course and click on the assignment link.
![Assignment link selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/308/249/original/ea59930c-4ecc-4d4a-9686-dedc9e72906b.png)
8. Click on Start Assignment.
![Start Assignment button selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/308/251/original/8895c02c-ecf7-4129-a84b-ba87380841c3.png)
9. Paste the URL from your Google Doc in the Website URL field.
![Website URL field - pasted url from google doc](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/308/253/original/9ed93861-c2cf-475a-bf08-3caba54ed476.png)
10. Click on Submit Assignment.
![Submit Assignment button selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/308/255/original/6bf6b17c-2796-49f0-8e62-4b2934593b80.png)
11. Verify your submission by clicking on the Submission Details link.
![Submission Details link selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/308/257/original/f3266e80-49b4-47dc-81e2-3b510e886408.png)
Article Summary
You have now learned how to submit a link to your Google Doc granting Editor rights to your professor.