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Date limit or password protect course
Hello,
I'm looking into ways of protecting our courses from being illegally redistributed or accessed after a certain date. The two ways I have thought of so far are either to use the built-in Jav...
Place Matthew's javascript code inside an Execute Javscript trigger on the very first slide of your project, as the topmost trigger that starts on timeline start. Once created, you should be fine to follow Matthew's directions regarding the project variable. A note to all - this technique relies on scripting support, which does not exist on all platforms and devices. See Articulate's official KnowledgeBase regarding the availability of javascript
I think an even bigger issue is that this relies on the date set on the local device, computer, etc. This can easily be bypassed is not a secure way to lock out a course after it expires. Unfortunately there is no alternative that's easy to implement.
