I'm trying to do the same thing that @EconomiCurtis was trying to do that @mine answered in Sharing an RStudio.Cloud Project, and Copying the Project to Convert it from Temporary to Saved
I.e., add students as Viewers (not contributors) to a posit.cloud project, where they can start an assignment and save a permanent copy.
I don't have the permanent save option. This is what the menu bar looks like for my "student test account"
Compare to the one from @mine in the original post:
In case anyone wants to join the project to test here's the invite link
Hi Stephen,
The Save a Permanent Copy button is available if the user has access to create a project and depends on where that project exists.
Your Workspace
Based on the screenshot you have shown above. The CAUSE learnr tutorial project is in Mine's personal workspace. For anyone else to see that project, its access has been updated so that anyone in Posit Cloud with the link can view it. So when another user views it, they see a copy of that project from Mine's personal workspace. If they want to make and save changes, they can click Save a Permanent Copy which makes a copy into your personal workspace which you always have access to create projects in. Details on sharing in Your Workspace can be found here.
A Named Space
You mentioned add students as Viewers (not contributors) which makes me think you are working in a named space. This acts a little differently because when you see a temporary copy of a project in a named space, that means you don't have access to write to the project. You must be at least a space moderator or the author of the project to write to the project. And if you are a viewer (not a contributor) in the space, you can only view (copies of) projects, you cannot create any yourself. So for you to see the Save a Permanent Copy button, you will need to be a space contributor. Details on project access can be found here.
I hope that helps,
Zak
