Secure PDF

Activities ::: mod_securepdf
Maintained by Yedidia Klein
Share your PDF to students without letting them to download or save it.

Secure PDF 0.9

Moodle 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10
Released: Monday, 21 December 2020, 11:39 PM

# Secure PDF

  • Secure PDF module allow you to upload a PDF to your course, and prevent students from downloading it.
  • Students will get an image of each page and not the PDF itself.
  • The images are protected from "right click" to prevent saving the image.
  • Module completion will be set only while user saw all pages of document.
  • You must know that people with web development skills will be able to download the images (one by one)

# Install

Please note that you have to install a PHP module that is not needed by Moodle itself.

# Use

  • Add securepdf module in your course.
  • Add a PDF fle to the module and watch it.
  • Note that first view of page will be slow (20-20 seconds), then it's will cached for other users.
  • Enjoy!

# License

  • See the LICENSE file for licensing details.

# About

  • Secure PDF module was written by Yedidia Klein from OpenApp Israel.

# TODO

  • Support upload of MS-PowerPoint files. (Please contact me about that..)

Version information

Version build number
2020101201
Version release name
0.9
Maturity
Stable version
MD5 Sum
fefb66a238825c246d6d87264ec5489b
Supported software
Moodle 3.5, Moodle 3.6, Moodle 3.7, Moodle 3.8, Moodle 3.9, Moodle 3.10

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Activities

  1. Make sure you have all the required versions.
  2. Download and unpack the module.
  3. Place the folder (eg "assignment") in the "mod" subdirectory.
  4. Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation