Why do you want to do that, and what do you mean by download the documents?
Can't be done... whatever anybody tells you.
If they can read it they can download it. They basically *have* downloaded it to read it.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but if your learning/business model relies on people not being able to save your documents you might want to think if the model is sensible.
Rather spookily I was about to link to the Resources FAQ where this question is dealt with - and I saw a link to a forum discussion here: Regarding uploading content production -this same question was asked on the 8th Jan last year (today is the 9th) and in that forum I wished Howard a Happy New Year and was about to do it again in this discussion!
Happy New Year Mary...
You must have known I'd be all over this (my favourite subject).
It is probably worth saying that the limitation (or feature) is based on how the web works not anything to do with Moodle. The internet and web may seem like a collection of computers, but for practical purpose the interesting thing is that it is a massive device for copying digital bits.
Yep. The www (or the HTTP protocol if you will) is for getting documents from one place to another. Not to stop you from doing it.
It's absolutely nothing to do with Moodle.
I don't see it as a limitation. It's the same as saying "I want this book to be readable by this person but nobody else". You have to think how to add value so that just having the document doesn't confer a big advantage.
And so on...
It's the same as saying "I want this book to be readable by this person but nobody else".
Good analogy!
now i need your suggestion, how can i secure these documents. whether i have to use in course or make it static pages.
sorry for that for insisting you. just i want your kind suggestions on these if it is possible.
Abu, It is not possible, what you want.
Follow the logic from the other guys just saying it in a different way, they were just having a little bit of fun because this question comes up so often:
Sorry. So the answer is still 'can't be done' ie it is logically impossible.
Suggestions follow
A big organisation here has reasonably high levels of security. There was a problem with a leak. $200,000 of investigation could not pinpoint who or how. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/87067469/ngai-tahu-spends-200000-hunting-leak-to-the-media
-Derek
Not an expert in this question.
Print out the document.
Give it to them to read and stand next to them the whole time so they don't copy it.
Take the document back off them.
Hope they don't tell anybody what it said.
In all seriousness, if these documents have value (i.e. a person will get some advantage by distributing or selling it) then, sooner or later, somebody will do this no matter what you do. If the document doesn't have any value then none of this matters.