You can hide topics, modules, and downloads from your students in the Classic Content Experience.
Note: For more information about the differences between the Classic Content Experience and the New Content Experience (Lessons), refer to Content experiences.
Hide content topics and modules in the Classic Content Experience
You can hide individual topics or entire content modules in the Classic Content Experience.
To hide content topics and modules
- Navigate to Content.
- Open the context menu of the topic or module you want to hide.
- Do one of the following:
- Select Hide from Users.
Figure: Click the context menu next to a module title and select Hide from Users.
Figure: Click the context menu next to a topic and select Hide from Users.
- Select the visibility icon for the topic or module. A visibility toggle appears to allow you to change between Visible and Hidden.
Figure: Toggle a topic or module to Hidden.
The visibility status of a topic appears when the topic is not visible, the table of contents is in bulk edit mode, or when a topic is in edit-in-place mode. The table of contents fly-out menu no longer provides the ability to switch the visibility of a topic or module. If a topic or module is already hidden, the hidden icon indicates its status. Open the context menu and select Make Visible to Users to allow user access. When creating activities from Content, (e.g. New Checklist, New Discussion, New Assignment, etc.) a Hide from Users checkbox displays below the title to allow instructors to easily control the visibility of the new activity.
Disable download feature in Content
To disable the ability for students to download content, the following permissions must be disabled for students in the Content tool:
- Compile and Download Content
- Download Content Topics
Once these permissions are disabled, students will not be able to see the Download button.
This solution requires an administrator navigate to Roles and Permissions and perform the updates. This is not configurable on a course-by-course basis.