How to disable screenshot/video recording?

How to disable screenshot/video recording?

Emmanuel Cruz -
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Hi there!

I just want to ask if there is a possible way we can block students from running screenshot/video recording when they tried to record our paid courses? Basically like what netflix did, when the user screenshot, the immediate output will be black screen. Is there a way we can do this too, like plugins or stuff? 

Thank you!

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Re: How to disable screenshot/video recording?

Marcus Green -
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Short answer no. Longer answer is that almost all students have a video recording device with them, and the quality of that will be good enough for most learning situations it is probably not a good thing to spent dime pursuing.

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Re: How to disable screenshot/video recording?

Emmanuel Cruz -
Hello, how about screenshot itself, like coming from their own PC? is it possible or its a No as well?
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Re: How to disable screenshot/video recording?

Maresa M. -
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That's also not possible to prevent.
The only thing you can do is to disable the right click menu (depending on the player and browser) so that no "direct" download is possible with jsut one click.
But you can not prevent screenshots, recordings or even downloads, if the person knows how to go about it.

As a general rule: everything that can be loaded can also be saved.
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Re: How to disable screenshot/video recording?

Rick Jerz -
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I use SnagIt for screenshots, and I have never seen it disabled. This software sits somewhere between the OS and the browser, so it is at a higher level than Moodle. However, if your IT department installs some disabling software into the OS on every computer (such as in a computer lab), then perhaps it could be disabled.

If I were the student, I would just pull out my smartphone and take a screen shot.
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Re: How to disable screenshot/video recording?

Rick Jerz -
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Here is one reference: https://docs.moodle.org/405/en/Resources_FAQ that explains you can't.
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Re: How to disable screenshot/video recording?

Marcus Green -
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To add to what everyone else has said, the internet and the world wide web that sits on top of it was effectively designed as a copying system. Anything that tries to prevent that is pushing against the fundamental underlying design. Copying things can be made more difficult but typically this causes more problems than it solves. If your content is sufficiently valuable people will find ways to copy it. Take the example of the output of vast corporations who really don't people copying their material. If you want it badly enough you will find a copy of it.

Another question is why do you want to prevent copying? If you want to prevent it so other people cannot use it then some sort of watermarking can be an option.

Thank you for asking the quesiton Emmanual, as I suspect other people will have been wondering about it
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Re: How to disable screenshot/video recording?

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Hi Emmanuel,

I can understand your frustration with this issue. The Netflix solution is not a complete solution anyway (there are lots of workarounds to circumvent it) which must be frustrating for them as well.

I agree with what others have posted here and also with the information in Rick's shared link. As a university teacher, I used a few methods to try and appeal to the moral code in each student:
 
- I added policies that participating students had to "agree" to before using the contents.
- I spoke with them about it during classes especially if I spotted the behavior.
- I rotated my class materials enough to prevent benefits from copying from being very useful.
- I removed any high-stakes assignments that could "make or break" a student's grade.
- I limited access to important materials making sure they were not "always available" unless it was absolutely necessary.
 
I tried to appeal to the good nature in every student. However, I'm sure I didn't reach 100% of them.
 
Good luck!