Hi,
The best way is to "hide" the url of the file from the end user by
having some form of player open them and show them.
This can be Flash or Java (or some other ActiveX) and can be embedded in
a Blackboard page. It will then open the relevant files and show them on
screen, within the player.
Be aware though that any file which can be opened on a users machine can
be saved; images/text/movies can be recovered from the users Temporary
Internet Files cache or simply hitting "Alt-PrintScreen" on a PC will
take a snapshot of the screen which can be cropped and pasted into a
Word document or saved to a file. There is NO way to fully stop this
other than actually stopping the students from accessing it altogether.
You can only make it harder for them.
Regards,
John Smith BEng, PgDip E-Commerce
Learning Materials Developer (NMCH)
Room A309, Govan Mbeki Building
School of Nursing, Midwifery & Community Health
Glasgow Caledonian University
Cowcaddens Road
Glasgow, G4 0BA
Tel: +44 (0)141 331 3989
Fax: +44 (0)141 331 8312
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From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
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Sent: 27 February 2008 16:52
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Subject: files that can't be downloaded?
Hi all,
Does anyone know of a way of putting a file on Blackboard so that the
student cannot right-click and download it. Files are mainly text and
image
based but could be video. I am concerned about the Human Tissue act and
putting up documents which could include images that need to be
protected
under the terms of the HT act. Our medical staff aren't happy
'publishing'
files that could be downloaded to students' PCs even if they are within
a
Blackboard course/module and only available to genuine medical students.
Neil
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