Hi Sally,
Students should not be able to delete docs — I’m not able to see any scenario in which they can. To be sure though, one thing you might find helpful is to create a “test student” account. You can join the course with this account and double check the permissions for docs. You can also use the account for testing things like this in the future — differences between an admin and non-admin account or faculty and student, etc.
Regarding the deletion issue, I have a few questions for you:
- Did you or another admin delete a different doc in the same course?
When I was troubleshooting this issue when you first reported it, I wasn’t able to reproduce it. But, I think that I may have just found an issue with trying to delete a doc but having a different doc deleted.
- When you go to the Dashboard of your main site > Docs > Trash, do you see the missing doc in the trash? If so, you can hover over the title of the doc and click Restore. Once you’ve restored it, it should appear in draft form in Dashboard > Docs (the sort order is alphabetical, so if you don’t see it, keep scrolling, or sort by date.). Click on the Doc title to edit, and then publish it. It should then reappear on the Docs page in your course.
Regarding the deletion not appearing in Activity, I don’t believe that doc deletions will show up there, so that seems OK. (Though I’d want to double check with the rest of the team to be sure.)
Let me know if any of this helps, or if you have any more questions.
Thanks!
Bree
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