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Respondus Lockdown Browser for Blackboard tests
Introduction
Respondus LockDown Browser™ is a customized browser that increases the security of online testing in the Blackboard Learning System. When students use Respondus LockDown Browser to take a test or quiz, they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications. Students are locked into an assessment until it is submitted for grading.
Click here for a quick video tutorial on how to enable the Lockdown Browser for your tests.
Escape for locked browser: Go into Proctor Options and type "escape" in lowercase letters. The user will need to do this. Students will need to have the instructor reset the test attempt if they do this, as it will register that the student has attempted to take the quiz, so students should check with the instructor to be sure that this is an option.
Students will need to download the browser PRIOR to taking the tests.
The URL to download the browser is: http://www.respondus.com/lockdown/information.pl?ID=931437366
Overview of Browser Application
Respondus LockDown Browser is an application that is installed to a student's computer, that uses the same security features and service packs that are currently installed for Internet Explorer or Safari. Installing Respondus LockDown Browser won’t modify the current version of Internet Explorer or Safari in any way.
PLEASE NOTE: When you enable the LockDown Browser for one of your tests, it creates
a random password in your test options. You need to leave this password
in tact as it keeps students from taking the test in a regular browser. If they try to take the test in another browser besides the Respondus Lockdown Browser, then it will ask them for this password, so it is best to NOT post the password! Please see
the userguides for more
info by clicking the links at the bottom of this page.
Respondus LockDown Browser creates a “locked” testing environment for Blackboard assessments and includes the following features:
- Assessments are displayed full-screen and cannot be minimized
- Assessments cannot be exited until submitted by users for grading
- Task switching or access to other applications is prevented
- Printing functions are disabled
- Print Screen and capturing functions are disabled
- Copying and pasting anything to and from an assessment is prohibited
- Right-click menu options are disabled (Windows); key + click options are disabled (Macintosh)
- Browser menu and toolbar options are disabled except Back, Forward, Refresh and Stop
- Function keys (F1-F12) are disabled
- Source code for the HTML page cannot be viewed
- URLs cannot be typed by the user
- Hundreds of screen capture, messaging, screen-sharing and network monitoring applications are blocked from running
- The browser automatically starts at the institution’s login page for Blackboard
- Links in questions that point to other servers don’t compromise the “locked” testing environment
- Pages from the assessment aren’t cached or stored in the browser’s history listing
- And many other features...
Respondus LockDown Browser is best only used for taking assessments that have been enabled by instructors in their Control Panel.
Click here for the Instructor Quickstart Brochure
(please note that you can skip the part about installing the building block as that has been done)
Click here for the more detailed Instructor Guide
Click here for the Student Quickstart Page
Click here for the more detailed Student Guide
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