This video will show instructors how to set up an assessment to require the use of LockDown Browser and a webcam (Respondus Monitor), to prevent cheating in. These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. Installing Respondus Lockdown Browser. To install Respondus Lockdown Browser on your system: Download UALR’s installer for Respondus Lockdown Browser. Then you’ll need to select the operating system on which Respondus Lockdown Browser will be installed: If you are using a computer that uses Windows, click the Windows icon. LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within our learning management system (Blackboard). LockDown Browser is the best choice for securing online exams in classrooms or proctored environments. Here is a Quick Start guide on how to use Respondus Lockdown Browser. Download Respondus Lockdown Browser here. Respondus Lockdown Browser Quick Start guide. Here is an introduction to Respondus Lockdown Browser Monitor for Students.
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Overview
Respondus LockDown Browser is a secure browser tool that prevents students from accessing external resources during proctored assessments administered in testing centers and computer labs. Silverlight 5 update for mac os x el capitan version 10.11. While taking assessments using LockDown Browser, students are unable to print, copy, go to other web pages, or access other applications. Once students start their assessments, they are locked into them until they submit them for grading. LockDown Browser is available for use in Canvas.
Respondus Monitor, the auto-proctoring component of Respondus LockDown Browser, is available without fee for the 2020-21 academic year to all IU courses, provided the instructor submits the Online Proctoring Acknowledgement. For details, see Assess student learning during COVID-19: Alternate assessment, Respondus Monitor, and Examity.
LockDown Browser displays assessments in full-screen windows; students cannot exit or minimize their assessment windows, switch tasks, or access other applications until they submit their assessments for grading. Additionally, LockDown Browser blocks or disables:
- Print, Print Screen, and capturing functions
- Copying and pasting content to and from assessments
- Messaging, screen-sharing, virtual machine, and network monitoring applications
- Right-click menu options and function keys
- Browser menus and toolbar options (except for Back, Forward, Refresh, and Stop)
Instructors need to edit the exam settings to allow Chromebooks and iPads to access Respondus LockDown Browser. The LockDown Browser extension for Chromebook is in a beta release phase, and may be less reliable than the versions for Windows or macOS. Android tablets cannot use Respondus LockDown Browser.
Instructors: Set up LockDown Browser for use with a quiz in Canvas
- Create a quiz in Canvas. For more about quizzes in Canvas, see the Quizzes documentation in the Canvas Instructor Guide. If your quiz includes many high-resolution images and you are delivering it in a lab environment (computer classroom or the IUPUI Testing Center), choose Show one question at a time when setting up your quiz in Canvas. LockDown Browser does not cache images, and may fail to display images if many students request the same quiz at the same time on the same network subnet.
- In the course navigation on the left, click LockDown Browser. (If you don't see LockDown Browser, it may be hidden; to display it, use the instructions in How do I manage Course Navigation links?)
- Next to the quiz title, click the menu icon ( ), and then select Modify Settings.
- Select Require Respondus LockDown Browser for this exam.
- If students will be using their own devices, under 'Advanced Settings', choose Allow students to take this exam with an iPad (using the 'LockDown Browser' app from the Apple App Store) and Allow students to use LockDown Browser for Chromebook (beta).
- Set other options, if desired.
- Click Save & Close.
Students: Use LockDown Browser for a quiz in Canvas
- If you are required to use LockDown Browser and Monitor to take your quiz, see Take a quiz using Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor.
- If you are using a Chromebook, see Take a quiz using Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor. Photo, ID, working environment, and facial detection requirements will not apply if you are not using Respondus Monitor; all other instructions will be the same.
- Download and install LockDown Browser from the Respondus Download LockDown Browser page.
- When installation is complete, launch LockDown Browser. It should redirect automatically to the IU Canvas home page.
- If prompted, log in with your IU username and passphrase. Navigate to the appropriate quiz, and then click Take the Quiz.
- When you are finished and ready to submit the quiz for grading, click Submit Quiz.
Get help
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For more about LockDown Browser, see Respondus Instructor Resources.
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At IU, if you need help setting up or using LockDown Browser, contact your campus Support Center.