Use the Respondus LockDown Browser (LDB) to require students to stay in a locked testing environment during tests, quizzes, assessments, or managed assessments (AMP) in your Schoology course.
When LDB is enabled on an assessment, students see the test in full-screen mode and cannot:
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Navigate away or open other applications
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Copy, paste, right-click, or capture the screen
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Message or print during the test
Enabling LDB does not change your Schoology test/quiz settings or grading workflow.
Your system administrator must install the Respondus LockDown Browser app before you can enable it. Students can download the LockDown Browser directly from the launch page of their test.
Create an exam requiring Respondus LockDown Browser
After you have created the test/quiz or assessment in your course, you can require the Respondus LockDown Browser for it from the LockDown Browser Dashboard.
In courses with linked sections, a test, quiz, or assessment must be published in the master section to be displayed in the Respondus LockDown Browser Dashboard. If it is not published in the master section, it will not display. The Respondus settings follow the master section. As a workaround, you can make the item available to all sections, enable Respondus, and then hide it from the linked sections as needed.
All Respondus LockDown Browser settings must be configured in the master section. You cannot customize LDB settings for individual linked sections. To make a test accessible to specific students, use the Individually Assign feature as a workaround.
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From the course, select the Respondus app to display the Respondus LockDown Browser Dashboard.
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From the item title, choose Settings from the list.
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Select Require Respondus LockDown Browser for this exam.
If the app is uninstalled at the course or system level, all LDB requirements will be removed from the Test/Quizzes and Assessments in your Schoology courses.