Hide Private Files for Student on Moodle

 

Hide Private Files for Student

You may want to keep the feature for certain groups of users such as Teacher and Administrator and only wishes to disable this for the Student. Here are the steps:

1. Login to Moodle as admin
2. Go to Site Administrator > User > Permissions > Define roles
3. Select Student
4. Type in the Filter field: Private
5. Uncheck the Allow check boxes for the four following capabilities and click Save changes:

• Block: Private files – Add a new private files block to Dashboard
• System – Manage files on own private file areas
• Repository: Private files – View user private files
• Block: Private files – Add a new private files block