u/JaeJoongAKTF

I'm currently working on building an online course and wanted to ask for some advice.

Previously, I taught live sessions via Zoom, and some students screen recorded the lectures. For my self-paced video courses, I used prerecorded videos (hosted as unlisted YouTube links or Google Drive links), and even when I restricted access by adding specific Gmail accounts, people still shared Gmail accounts with each other-so the videos ended up spreading quite widely. That was pretty discouraging and it affected my motivation for a while. Now I'm coming back to teaching with a more positive mindset, but I'd really like to be more mindful about protecting my content this time.

What strategies work for effectively reducing unauthorized sharing of videos? Like;

- Watermarking

- Preventing downloads and screen recording

- Teaching Platforms with better content protection (free or paid)

Also, from a practical standpoint-do you usually handle these setups yourself, or is it worth hiring someone? I'm not an expert, but I'm fairly tech-savvy and open to using paid tools including Al-based ones) if they can help meet my needs.

Any insight would be appreciated!