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Submission request links

Updated 1 month ago by Rana Wilds

A submission request allows anyone with the link to post to a padlet without first visiting the padlet. This feature is especially helpful to prevent students from seeing others' posts before submitting their own. No cheating allowed here!

Access your submission request links by clicking on the Share arrow in the top-right corner of your padlet > Click Submission request link under the Links section.

At this point, you will need to toggle the 'Enable submission request link' button to the ON position.

This brings up some more options you can configure to design your padlet the perfect way for your use case. If you'd like to eliminate anonymous posters on your padlet you can toggle the 'Require visitors to be logged in' button ON.

You can also decide where your collaborator is redirected to after making their post! Click the dropdown menu next to 'After submission' to choose between sending the user to a Confirmation page, to the full padlet to see everyone else's posts by selecting Open padlet, or inviting the user to Add another post.

If you choose to send the user to a Confirmation page, you also have the option to customize the message that they will see! You can leave instructions for what to do next, leave them with a funny joke, or simply thank them for their efforts. Have fun with it!

Regardless of what you set your padlet's 'Visitor permissions' to, your Submission request link will still allow any user that has the link to make a post. Even if you set your padlet's 'Visitor permissions' to No Access (which typically means no one but the creator can access the padlet), users can still post to the padlet if they use the Submission request link.

  • Which settings allow users to access the padlet after they submit their post?
  • Are they able to edit their post after seeing everyone else's posts?
  • How should you set up your padlet best for what you need?

Below is a chart to help you out!

Visitor permissions

What happens when choosing the 'Open Padlet' option

(Share arrow > Submission request link > 'After submission' - Open padlet)

No access >

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes - users with the link can submit their post to the padlet.

Can users access the full padlet?

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • Maybe - Collaborators can edit their posts unless you have only given them Reader permissions.

Reader >

Link privacy set to Secret:

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes

Can users access the full padlet?

  • Yes

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • No

Link privacy set to Secret - Password:

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes

Can users access the full padlet?

  • Yes - after they enter the password set up for that padlet.

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • No

Link privacy set to Secret - Log in:

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes

Can users access the full padlet?

  • Yes - after they log in or sign up after submitting their post.

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • No

Link privacy set to Public:

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes

Can users access the full padlet?

  • Yes

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • No

Writer >

Link privacy set to Secret:

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes

Can users access the full padlet?

  • Yes

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • Yes

Link privacy set to Secret - Password:

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes

Can users access the full padlet?

  • Yes - after they enter the password set up for that padlet.

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • Yes

Link privacy set to Secret - Log in:

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes

Can users access the full padlet?

  • Yes - after they log in or sign up after submitting their post.

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • Yes

Link privacy set to Public:

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes

Can users access the full padlet?

  • Yes

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • Yes

Moderator >

Link privacy set to Secret:

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes

Can users access the full padlet?

  • Yes

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • Yes - Because these users have Moderator permissions, they can edit, move and delete all posts on the padlet. They cannot edit the padlet settings or delete the padlet.

Link privacy set to Secret - Password:

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes

Can users access the full padlet?

  • Yes - after they enter the password set up for that padlet.

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • Yes - Because these users have Moderator permissions, they can edit, move and delete all posts on the padlet. They cannot edit the padlet settings or delete the padlet.

Link privacy set to Secret - Log in:

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes

Can users access the full padlet?

  • Yes - after they log in or sign up after submitting their post.

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • Yes - Because these users have Moderator permissions, they can edit, move and delete all posts on the padlet. They cannot edit the padlet settings or delete the padlet.

Link privacy set to Public:

Can users submit a post?

  • Yes

Can users access the full padlet?

  • Yes

Can users edit their post after submission?

  • Yes - Because these users have Moderator permissions, they can edit, move and delete all posts on the padlet. They cannot edit the padlet settings or delete the padlet.

If everyone would like their posts to be completely anonymous using the Submission request links - the creator of the padlet should toggle 'Require visitors to be logged in' to the OFF position and open the link in an incognito window. Toggling the button to the OFF position alone is not enough.

This will ensure post attribution will be anonymous, email notifications that are sent out will show that 'someone' added a post, and the activity panel will indicate that 'someone' added a post.

When you're ready to share your Submission request link, click Copy and send it out!

To turn submission request links off, click on the Share arrow > Submission request links > toggle 'Enable submission request link' OFF.

If you turn this feature OFF, it will disable the link. Re-enabling the links will create new links you will need to use instead.

FAQs

What is the difference between submission request links and breakout links?
Using a breakout link will allow collaborators to see only a certain section (not the entire padlet) and can post multiple times on the same padlet.

Using a submission request link allows you to invite a person to post without seeing the underlying padlet at all. There is an option to allow the padlet to be seen after posting but there are other alternatives, too.
I can't find this feature on my padlet. Am I doing something wrong?
Only Admins can modify/obtain submission request links. If you are the Admin of the padlet please be sure you are logged in to the account that created the padlet.
I set my padlet to Secret - Log in but no one is being required to log in to add their post. Why?
Your Share settings are separate from your Submission request link settings. If you have your Share settings set to Secret - Log in, it requires users to log in prior to opening the full padlet. To be sure users have to log in before submitting their post, go to the Submission request link menu and toggle 'Require visitors to be logged in' to the ON position.

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