DRM - content protection

Material published on Eduvem is served in a protected way: the participant consumes the content inside the platform, with no permanent public links to the original files.

What the protection covers

• Access through the platform’s player: the participant opens the material already authenticated, within their session on the platform.
• Undisclosed address: the files sit at an address of the institution’s own, which is not disclosed or indexed. Treat that address as restricted information - anyone who obtains a file’s direct link can open it outside the player.
• Video streaming: videos play in the platform’s player, with no download button for the participant.

Restricting downloads at the institution level

In Settings > Classroom, the institution administrator (or a higher role) can turn on two options. Both are off by default.

Restrict content download? Makes it harder for the participant to download the material:

• Hides the Open button on Document (PDF) lectures hosted on Eduvem. Flip book lectures already have no such button.
• Shows uploaded PDFs in the platform’s flip book viewer, never in the browser’s PDF viewer. If the viewer fails, the participant sees a notice with a button to try again.
• Blocks right-click save and dragging on images, videos, audios and document pages.

Watermark on all lectures? Appears only while the restriction is ticked. Forces the watermark on video, YouTube, Vimeo, document and flip book lectures. Lectures that already had a watermark keep the details they chose; the others show the participant’s name and the date and time (never the CPF). Images, audios, iframes and SCORM have no watermark. On YouTube the player’s own fullscreen is disabled (use the Fullscreen button below the player), and on iPhone videos do not open in fullscreen.

Changes take effect for a participant the next time they load the platform.

Caution

This is a deterrent, not a technical block: it does not prevent screen recording or technical access to the file. The Library, acceptance terms, activity attachments, Teams links, iframe/SCORM lectures and documents hosted outside Eduvem remain downloadable.

To adjust the watermark of one lecture or of a whole content, see Watermark.

What the protection does not cover

No technology stops someone from recording the screen or photographing the material. Eduvem’s protection raises the cost of copying considerably, but the agreement with your audience (terms of use, an institutional watermark on the material, clear communication) is still an important part of the strategy.

Recommendations

• Keep registration restricted (authorized domains or invitation) when the material is sensitive - see Access control.
• Prefer publishing documents as part of the content rather than as downloadable attachments when retaining the material matters.