Moodle Plugins directory: Secure PDF: Versions: 1.0 | Moodle.org
Secure PDF
Activities ::: mod_securepdf
Maintained by 
Yedidia Klein
Share your PDF to students without letting them to download or save it.
Secure PDF 1.0
Moodle 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 4.0, 4.1
Released: Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 1:53 AM
# 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)
- This release (1.0) have an option in settings to add username and site name on each page.
# Install
Please note that you have to install a PHP module that is not needed by Moodle itself.
- Install php-imagick module on your system.
- (debian/ubuntu) apt-get install php-imagick
- (Redhat/Centos) yum install php-imagick
- Configure imagemagick to allow PDF reading, Add <policy domain="coder" rights="read" pattern="PDF"> to the policy at /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml see more details here : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52703123/override-default-imagemagick-policy-xml
- Restart php-fpm or your web server.
- cd [moodle]/mod/
- git clone https://github.com/yedidiaklein/moodle-mod_securepdf.git securepdf
- Go to your moodle Notification Page and install.
# 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 (20-25 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
- 2023041001
- Version release name
- 1.0
- Maturity
- Stable version
- MD5 Sum
- 87a269f816bbd829f31b25de49510543
- Supported software
- Moodle 3.1, Moodle 3.2, Moodle 3.3, Moodle 3.4, Moodle 3.5, Moodle 3.6, Moodle 3.7, Moodle 3.8, Moodle 3.9, Moodle 3.10, Moodle 3.11, Moodle 4.0, Moodle 4.1
- Latest release for Moodle 3.1
- Latest release for Moodle 3.2
- Latest release for Moodle 3.3
- Latest release for Moodle 3.4
- Latest release for Moodle 3.5
- Latest release for Moodle 3.6
- Latest release for Moodle 3.7
- Latest release for Moodle 3.8
- Latest release for Moodle 3.9
- Latest release for Moodle 3.10
- Latest release for Moodle 3.11
- Latest release for Moodle 4.0
- Latest release for Moodle 4.1
Version control information
- Version control system (VCS)
- GIT
- VCS repository URL
Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Activities
- Make sure you have all the required versions.
- Download and unpack the module.
- Place the folder (eg "assignment") in the "mod" subdirectory.
- Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation