{"id":620,"date":"2025-03-18T11:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T11:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/accessibilitytookit-admin\/?page_id=620"},"modified":"2025-09-26T14:24:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:24:56","slug":"file-resource-licencing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/file-resource-licencing\/","title":{"rendered":"File resource licencing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"620\" class=\"elementor elementor-620\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58396a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58396a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfc8a30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"cfc8a30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a9379c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a9379c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f18c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73f18c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>File resource licence management relates to the usage of the Brickfield Alternate Format plugin, whereby course file resources can be requested for conversion into alternative file formats, such as:<\/p><ul><li>Audio. <\/li><li>Text.<\/li><li>E-Book. <\/li><li>DAISY.<\/li><li>Braille. <\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The configured licence details for each course file resource are considered, when deciding if a Moodle user is allowed to request conversions or not.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Here we explain how to manage file licences in Moodle, and how to integrate them with your usage of the Brickfield Alternate Format plugin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-002c3c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"002c3c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">File restrictions based on licencing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-593b8d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"593b8d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There may be times when you want to restrict which files can be converted or not, and this would usually be due to copyright restrictions or other usage restrictions. However, you would also want to ensure that those students who really require this conversion format can always access it for inclusion purposes. These two competing aspects are easily facilitated by the Brickfield Alternate Format plugin.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The steps are:<\/p><ol><li>Set up a new licence to restrict conversions in Moodle. Please note there are existing licences in Moodle that can also be used.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/alternate-format-configuration\/\">Configure this licence in the Brickfield Alternate Format plugin.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/restricting-the-alternate-format-generation\/\">Set the specific user profile field for every user who needs to access the conversion option<\/a>, no matter what the licence is.<\/li><li>Let teachers know how to restrict universal conversion when required.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a97ea8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a97ea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Steps to implement a new licence<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed43ecc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed43ecc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You would first create a new custom file licence value, called something like \u201cConversion rights reserved\u201d, navigate to:<\/p><ol><li>Site administration &gt; Licence &gt; Licence manager.<\/li><li>Click on \u201cCreate licence\u201d.<\/li><li>Licence short name &#8211;\u00a0 type \u201cConversion rights reserved\u201d, or similar.<\/li><li>Licence full name &#8211; type \u201cConversion rights reserved\u201d, or similar.<\/li><li>For the Licence source, also a required field, either type in a valid URL linking perhaps to your relevant terms and conditions page about copyright OR type in https:\/\/example.com\/<\/li><li>Click on \u201cSave changes\u201d.<\/li><li>Back on the Licence manager page, use the arrow icon to move the \u201cConversion rights reserved\u201d, or similar, to the top of the list.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ab86ad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ab86ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c6e7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25c6e7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/08\/r2-admin-fileresourcelicencing_image1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4170\" alt=\"The create custom licence modal with the fields: licence short name, licence full name, licence source, and licence version dropdown meny; and the save changes and cancel buttons.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/08\/r2-admin-fileresourcelicencing_image1.png 628w, https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/08\/r2-admin-fileresourcelicencing_image1-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/main>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home &#8211; Future-proof &#8211; File Conversions &#8211; File Licencing &#8211; File resource licencing Brickfield Enable: File resource licencing Table of Contents Introduction File resource licence management relates to the usage of the Brickfield Alternate Format plugin, whereby course file resources can be requested for conversion into alternative file formats, such as: Audio. 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