Disabling "download" option for students in Google Classroom

[rednight]

Hi there,

We have a teacher who is posting attachments (files/photos/etc) into the Class Stream (and also in Assignments) to share with pupils but would like to prevent them from being able to download these attachments. Is there a way to do this from the Admin console?

 

I can see there is a setting in Settings/User & Browsers - Chrome Safe Browsing - Download restrictions

It has four options - one of which is "Block all downloads".

 

I am assuming that this really would do what it says on the tin - so would probably tick the box of preventing students from downloading files posted into the Class Stream/Assignments ... but I am assuming it would also prevent them from downloading anything at all anywhere from inside their GSuite.

 

I am not entirely sure they would be needing to download files anyway ... all their work is set on Google Classroom - and saved to their Google Drive when they edit docs etc.

The only other thing they might need to do is to upload photos to accompany their work - but not necessarily download anything .. I think!

 

So, would setting the download option to "Block all downloads" be OK - or has it a potential to cause disaster?! Has anyone else enabled this setting?

 

Thanks