Use Respondus LockDown Browser at IU
On this page:
- Overview
- Instructors: Set up LockDown Browser for use with a quiz in Canvas
- Students: Use LockDown Browser for a quiz in Canvas
- Get help
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 (it is installed on Windows computers in the STCs). 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.
For information about proctoring fully online assessments, see About online proctoring at IU.
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, , 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 , , , and )
Instructors: Set up LockDown Browser for use with a quiz in Canvas
- These instructions assume your courses use Classic Quizzes. For courses using New Quizzes, students will start their exam in a standard browser instead.
- If you have copied a course from a previous semester, and the course contains quizzes that require the LockDown Browser, you must open the Respondus LockDown Browser dashboard at least once before students attempt to take the exams. If you don't open the dashboard, students won't be able to access the exams.
- Create a quiz in Canvas. For more about quizzes in Canvas, see the Quizzes documentation in the Canvas Instructor Guide.
Note:If your quiz includes many high-resolution images and you are delivering it in a lab environment (computer classroom or the IUPUI Testing Center), choosewhen 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, choose How do I manage Course Navigation links?) . (If you don't see , it may be hidden; to display it, use the instructions in
- Next to the quiz title, choose the menu icon (
), and then select .
- Select .
- If students will be using their own devices, under "Advanced Settings", choose .
- Set other options, if desired.
- Choose Important:Do not enable Respondus Monitor for your quiz; enabling Respondus Monitor will make your quiz inaccessible to your students. Although Respondus Monitor options appear on the LockDown Browser settings page, this companion service is not included as part of IU's institution-wide license for Respondus LockDown Browser.
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Students: Use LockDown Browser for a quiz in Canvas
- 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 select .
- When you are finished and ready to submit the quiz for grading, choose .
Get help
For more about LockDown Browser, see Respondus Instructor Resources.
At IU, if you need help setting up or using LockDown Browser, contact your campus Support Center.
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Last modified on 2023-05-01 13:41:14.