Introduction
This blog explains why and how to disable playing uploaded videos in Google Drive using Safe Doc. Google Drive allows users to upload videos and play them directly inside the Drive preview window. The preview helps to analyze the videos but in the educational system, students misuse this feature. Students upload entertainment videos and play them during class, which distracts other students. This will disrupt the learning process and reduce productivity within students.
By disabling the video playback in Google Drive, educators can bring discipline within the classroom. Blocking the feature will encourage students to focus on their learning rather than disturbing the whole class. This article will guide you on how to use Safe Doc to disable playing uploaded videos in Google Drive.
Why Block Playing Uploaded Video in Google Drive For Educational Purposes ?
In a classroom environment, whether physical or virtual, maintaining focus and limiting distractions is essential to delivering an effective learning experience. Playing videos in between the class will distract students from learning. This will cause difficulty for teachers to maintain discipline within the class. Disabling this feature can help encourage students to focus and help educators to provide a safe, distraction-free environment.
Let’s understand the scenario through a user story:
- Problem : Mrs. Warner assigned Google Drive to students, asking to add their research reports within the Drive. Instead of adding their reports, students started playing the already uploaded videos and also added some irrelevant videos. Mrs. Warner got frustrated due to students' behavior and wanted a way to block videos playback in Google Drive.
- Solution : To address this concern Mrs. Warner discussed with IT administrator, Mr Taylor and narrated the problem. Mr. Taylor suggested to use xFanatical Safe Doc. Mr Taylor deployed the Safe Doc policy to disable playing uploaded videos in Google Drive and successfully blocked the playbacks.
- Result : After disabling the feature, Mrs. Warner was relieved and witnessed significant improvements in students’ learning. Students submitted more detailed assignments based on their accurate research. Students developed focus and critical thinking ability.
What is a xFanatical Safe Doc?
xFanatical Safe Doc is a web browser extension that is used for maintaining a focused and secure online learning environment for Google Workspace admins and users. Safe Doc provides various policies to maintain discipline and security within the classroom. It offers policies to block YouTube video search in Google Workspace, remove controls in YouTube embed videos and block YouTube in Google Search.
Disable Playing Uploaded Video in Google Drive with xFanatical Safe Doc
To avoid students misusing the feature provided by the Google Drive, it is necessary to block playing the uploaded videos. This will control students from sharing inappropriate media with other students. At this point, xFanatical Safe Doc comes to help. By enabling the BlockDriveVideoPlayback policy, administrators can disable the ability to play any uploaded videos inside Google Drive. Once this policy is set to true, students will no longer be able to preview or play videos. This helps teachers to maintain a distraction-free classroom environment and encourage students to stay focused on their academic learning.
xFanatical Safe Doc blocks video playback in Google Drive Preview.
xFanatical Safe Doc blocks video playback in Google Drive Preview immediately after the upload.
How to Block Playing Uploaded Video Using xFanatical Safe Doc
Step 1: Install xFanatical Safe Doc:
First, install Safe Doc in your Google Workspace environment. Safe Doc is a web browser extension that seamlessly integrates with Google workspace apps.
Step 2: Configure Safe Doc settings:
Once Safe Doc is installed, you can configure its settings to disable the video previews in Google Drive.
Step 3: Access Google Admin Console:
Go to the Google Admin Console. In the Google Admin Console, click Devices > Chrome > Apps & Extensions and click Users & Browsers.
Step 4: Apply the policy:
Find the policy that you want to apply and review it. The policy will display in a below format:
"BlockDriveVideoPreview": {
"Value": true
}
Step 5: Save the policy:
After applying the policy, click Save.
How to Configure xFanatical Safe Doc?
To configure Safe Doc successfully, make sure you have deployed Safe Doc on your students' Chrome browsers and review the xFanatical Safe Doc Configuration document for detailed instructions.
Conclusion
In conclusion, disabling video playback in Google Drive is a practical way to provide a focused digital learning environment to students. Hopefully after reading the article you have successfully understood how you can use xFanatical safe doc to disable playing the videos in Google Drive. For successful implementation, please follow all the steps mentioned in this article. And if you have any questions or face any problems while launching the policy please do comment below we will respond to your queries as soon as possible.
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