EDZ YouTube

EDZ YouTube — screenshot pending

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The problem

Learners open a required video on youtube.com, skip straight to the end, and get pulled away by share links and related videos. You can’t show that anyone actually watched the part they were meant to.

The solution

EDZ YouTube plays the video inside Moodle in a locked-down player with a first-view seek lock, automatic resume, and percentage-watched completion — so you get a defensible record that the video was genuinely watched.

Key features

Contained playback

Native YouTube controls, the context menu, and the share / “watch on YouTube” / related-video links are all unreachable. A custom control bar with a watermark overlay drives the video.

First-view seek lock

On the first watch, learners can rewind and re-watch freely but can’t jump ahead of the point they’ve reached. The lock lifts once they complete.

Automatic resume

Come back later and a Resume button offers to jump straight back to where they stopped.

Percentage-watched completion

Mark complete once a learner has watched a configurable percentage, wired into Moodle’s standard completion, reports, and access restrictions.

Guide

How to use

Add the activity (teachers)

1. Turn editing on and choose Add an activity or resource → EDZ YouTube.
2. Give it a name and optional description.
3. Paste the YouTube URL — the video ID is detected automatically.
4. Set your viewing and completion rules, then Save.

Watching (learners)

The video plays inside Moodle with its own control bar. On the first watch you can rewind but not skip ahead; if you leave partway through, a Resume button brings you back to where you stopped.

See the full walkthroughs: For teachers · For learners.

Features

Viewing and completion settings (set per activity):

Setting	Default	What it does
Do not allow forward seeking in first view	On	Blocks skipping ahead of what’s been watched on the first view (rewinding is always allowed). The lock lifts on completion.
Enable percent-based completion	Off	Turns on the “watch at least X%” completion rule.
Completion threshold (%)	100	The percentage a learner must watch to complete. Active when the percent rule is on and completion is Automatic.

Supported link formats: full watch?v=, short youtu.be/, embed/, and shorts/ links. Percentage-watched completion behaves like any other completion condition, so it appears in course completion, reports, and access restrictions.

FAQ

Which YouTube link formats work?

Full watch?v=, short youtu.be/, embed/, and shorts/ links all work — the video ID is detected automatically.

Can learners skip ahead?

Not on the first watch. Forward seeking is blocked ahead of what they’ve actually watched (rewinding is always allowed). The lock lifts once they complete the activity.

What if a learner leaves partway through?

A Resume button offers to jump back to where they stopped, and progress is saved on the server — so reloading the page won’t lose it.

How is completion tracked?

If percentage completion is enabled, the activity completes once the learner has watched the configured percentage. It behaves like any Moodle completion condition.

Is the seek lock foolproof?

It’s a strong deterrent for ordinary use, but like any browser-enforced control it isn’t absolute against a determined technical user. The server-stored furthest-watched position is the authoritative record.