5.1 Tutorial: Sharing Maps with Access Rights

You can access the map sharing options by clicking on the blue share icon.

In the map share dropdown you will find the following options:

The access right can be selected directly in the map sharing dialog:

Here you can choose “Read Map” or “Edit Map”. You can also specify whether visitors to your map need to be registered with Edumaps.

You can share your map directly with one of your classes.

Choose “Read Map” or “Edit Map”.

Additionally, all students in the class will receive a notification on Edumaps, which will also link to the shared map.

You can share your map to individual users.

The user must already be registered on Edumaps.

Choose access with “Read map” or “Edit map”.

Additionally, they will receive a notification on Edumaps, which will also link to the shared map.

You can create any number of path links to share selected paths for reading and editing.

With the first click on a path, the path is selected for reading. With the second click for writing.

Click on “Continue”. Now you can give the link a title. Additionally, you can choose whether the visitor needs to log in to access the map.

Click on “Generate Link”. Now you can copy the generated link and distribute it to your students.

 

Tip: All generated links can be edited afterwards and the path accesses changed. To do this, simply click on “Share Path Group” and then in the overview on edit for the path link.

You can secure your map with a password, ensuring that only users who enter the correct password can view it.

To do this, click the three dots in the map-sharing dialog and select "Set Map Password" from the dropdown.

Additionally, you can find the map password in the map settings under extras.

To do this, you can click the three dots in the map sharing dialog and select "Access only my school" from the dropdown.

You can share your map via a link, initially granting your students editing rights, and later downgrade the link to read-only access.

If you want to revoke the editing rights later, deactivate the option accordingly. This means the read link will only grant read rights as usual.

 

Additional Note:

If you use the “Share with class” function, you can share first with editing rights and later share again with read rights. This will overwrite the previous share settings.

If you regenerate the map links, existing map links will become invalid and all users who are currently using these links will lose access to the map.

To do this, open the map settings and click on “Publish” and select “My School (Read)”.

Under “Publish”, you can make the map discoverable across the entire internet.

Click on “Public Release” and save the map, and it will immediately be available publicly.

⚠️ The map is public and can be found on the internet. The map appears on your own public profile page, which is automatically created.

⚠️ Do not share content for which you do not have usage rights. You bear full responsibility and are liable yourself.