Moodle prevent file download

I want to prevent downloading files (videos, pdf, words, PowerPoints,) from Moodle For example, when I attach a file to course (in Moodle), students cannot save files to their computer or download that file. Who can help me work on it. Pls make sure that students % cannot save /download files from my Moodle system, anf pls make sure that they can view online only (instead of downloading /  · 1. Double check all the steps involved. 2. Generate a SHA-1 hash (or checksum) for the file being uploaded. 3. Check the hash of the uploaded file. If it is the same as the original one, then the upload process isn't altering the file. 4. Download the file and check its hash. Answer (1 of 2): Actually, it depends on the format of resource and how they are presented. The most efficient way of preventing resource download is by creating courses as SCORM packages with resources like audio, video, ppt, pdf all amalgamated in this package. This serves two purposes, * Pre.

To disable student and teaching assistant downloads of class-published content across the institution. Log in as an administrator. Click the Settings icon in the upper-right corner of the screen. From the Settings menu, select Institution Settings. The Institution appears at the top of the list and is selected by default. In Moodle when you click on the name of a file such as a PDF or Word Doc, the file will generally download to your computer. How and where files download will depend on on the Web browser you are using and how the browser is configured. Copy Protect PDF Plugin for Moodle. This plugin enables the insertion of CopySafe PDF documents into Moodle posts and pages from the Moodle page editor. Without this module adding HTML to activate a browser plugin would be an arduous task, even for experienced web developers. But that task has been greatly simplified.

Re: Preventing Download of Powerpoint Presentation in Moodle by Wouter Baars - Saturday, 8 December , AM Actually you could protect all of your files if you would use shockwave (not flash but director) it is a closed format and you can protect the content because the director movie can see if it is being played from a server or that it. Answer: This is probably where the implementations differ from one another. The 2 prevalent problems concerning the LMS Content Security are: 1. Copy Paste 2. Even if you were able to disable the option, it will not stop people from being able to download the pdf. That is all dependent on their browser and pdf reader options. If you do not want people downloading content, put it in a Book or Page.