We have a large amount of text we want to put on a screen maybe with a scrolling text box or as an external resource. However we'd like to keep it from being able to be selected and copied and reproduced outside the course. Any ideas on the best way to present a good bit of text content and also protect it from being copied and reproduced outside the course?
I don't think you can copy text from a Storyline screen, can you?
In general terms though, to 'cover' something on the screen (for example, if I don't want a user to click it) I use a hotspot covering the whole screen and turn off the hand cursor.
Yes, I realize the Storyline content can't be copied and that's one of the main reasons I was wanting to do it in Storyline as opposed to making a pdf or something like that. The problem is I was trying to see if there was another way to do this instead of having a large amount of content in a scrolling text box.
I support both of Matthew's points. If a person can see it on their computer screen, it has already been saved on their hard drive. It is the only way the internet works.
Probably a large amount of text is the most effective method of discouraging anyone from wanting it and/or going to the trouble to get it. :)
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Hi Whitney,
I don't think you can copy text from a Storyline screen, can you?
In general terms though, to 'cover' something on the screen (for example, if I don't want a user to click it) I use a hotspot covering the whole screen and turn off the hand cursor.
Yes, I realize the Storyline content can't be copied and that's one of the main reasons I was wanting to do it in Storyline as opposed to making a pdf or something like that. The problem is I was trying to see if there was another way to do this instead of having a large amount of content in a scrolling text box.
I support both of Matthew's points. If a person can see it on their computer screen, it has already been saved on their hard drive. It is the only way the internet works.
Probably a large amount of text is the most effective method of discouraging anyone from wanting it and/or going to the trouble to get it. :)
Good points and thanks for the input!
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