How to Share Drive Files Using Target Audiences

When sharing, restricted, where you specify by name who has access to the document, is always the default sharing setting. However, if you want to share a link with a wider audience, Google will first suggest that you share with (Your) Building Staff, which is one of our Target Audiences.

If you click on the blue link, you will see a dropdown of further Target Audiences:

Restricted: Only users or groups with whom this file is explicitly shared can open the file with this link
(Your) Building Staff: any members of the building’s All Staff group
(Your) Building Certified Teachers and Admins: members of the building’s Certified Teachers group
All District 41 Staff: any members of the All Staff group can open this file with the link
Glen Ellyn District 41: all accounts with an “@d41.org” Google account (including students and Board members)
Anyone with the link: anyone inside or outside of D41 can open this file with the link