Hello Gabby,
Fortunately, this is straightforward.
- From the “three-stripes” menu (we call it the “hamburger” menu near the upper left of the document, choose Share….
- Then choose Get link to shared view.
- This brings up a dialog box. Press the ENABLE SHARING button.
- After a pause a URL appears and a Copy link makes it easy to copy the link.
Share this link with your students. When they click the link they will get their own copy of the original document to work with.
If you find that later you want to modify the document, in the hamburger menu choose Share… again and then Update shared view.
See this help page for more details.
Good luck!
Bill