Padlet share menu

Updated 1 week ago by Rana Wilds

Accessing the share menu
Sharing options
FAQs

Every padlet can be shared. The Share menu of your padlet provides you with all of your sharing and exporting options as well as privacy controls.

Accessing the share menu

To access the share menu, select the Share arrow icon at the top-right of your padlet.

You should see this menu appear.

Sharing options

Visitor permissions

This is the level of editing you allow all visitors to obtain upon coming to your padlet.

No access: Only those who have been invited as a collaborator can access the padlet. Otherwise, this padlet is completely private.
Reader: Visitors are allowed to read posts. They cannot create their own posts or leave comments or reactions.
Commenter: Visitors can comment on posts and add reactions.
Writer: Visitors are allowed to read, write new posts, comment and add reactions.
Moderator: Visitors can read, write, edit and approve/deny others' posts.

The old Private 'Visitor permissions' setting has been renamed No access. The new setting has the same features - just a different name.

Invite collaborators

You can share your padlet with other people by adding them as collaborators. You will need to invite them via username or email.

With the default notification settings, the users you share the padlet with will receive an email notification.

If you want to share a private padlet (the No Access option) with a user, you will need to add them here, in the 'Add a collaborator' field, to share the padlet with them.

Once you have successfully invited another user to your padlet, it will appear in the External folder on their dashboard.

Privacy options

Privacy settings vary slightly for individual, Team, Classroom and Padlet for Schools accounts. You can view detailed descriptions of each setting in the Share menu.

For individual users, the default privacy settings automatically reflect the following:

Require password: OFF
Require visitors to log in: OFF
Publish to profile and web: OFF

This means that anyone with the link can access the padlet, but it will remain hidden from search engines. The padlet is not visible to anyone that does not have the link.

Learn more about padlet privacy options here.

There are many ways to share a padlet. The simplest is to share the link to your padlet, but you can also share a QR code or embed your padlet on a different site.

Making a presentation? Pin the QR code to the board to display it for others while navigating through your content!

Learn more about sharing padlets here.

Links

Here you can find Copy link to board and three different types of links that can be sent out. Breakout rooms and Submission forms can be used when you want others to collaborate on your padlet while providing restricted views. Auto-remake links can be used to create a copy of your padlet within another users' account automatically upon clicking the link.

In a Sandbox, click Copy play link to sandbox to share only the 'locked' version. This will keep users from having access to the editing tools.

The available tools within the Links section of the Share menu may vary depending on whether using a board or a Sandbox.

Export

You can export your padlet as an image, PDF, CSV, Excel spreadsheet, etc..

All options are not available for Padlet Sandbox.

Learn more about exporting padlets here.

Advanced options

Use RSS Feeds to be automatically notified of updates to a padlet you're subscribed to. Read more about the RSS Feed feature here: Padlet and RSS feeds

You can also click View as Markdown under the Advanced section to export a Markdown version of your padlet!

FAQs

I can't access the Share panel of my own padlet. The button isn't there OR the button doesn't do anything when I click it. What gives?

If you are unable to access the Share menu of a padlet that you've created, it could be due to a couple of reasons:

1. You're logged into the wrong account. Try logging out and logging back in with the email address associated with the account that created the padlet.

2. There is an ad-blocker issue. Please try disabling your ad-blocker extension. Sometimes these extensions block access to the Share panel.

If this does not resolve the issue, please contact us for further assistance.