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

1. To do this, open the map-sharing dialog and click the three dots in the upper right corner.

2. Select “Read link allows editing”.

3. Click “Activate” and then the “Save” button.

4. Click on the blue Share button again and copy the link with “Read Map” access rights.
5. When your students open this link, they can edit the map.

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.