Respondus Announces a Beta-Version of Lockdown Browser

 

With hundreds of quizzes and exams moving to an online format, exam security has been at the forefront of instructors' minds. 

One tool in faculty members' arsenals has been the use of Respondus's LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor tools. 

Until recently, however, this program did not work with the Chromebooks that so many students are either issued or choose as a less expensive alternative to laptops and PCs. This is changing with Respondus's announcement that they will be rolling out a new Chromebook extension that will allow students to use both the LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor, the AI portion of Respondus that monitor's students activity during exams. 

Once the license administrator enables the Chromebook extension, instructors will need to do the following to allow for the use of the browser:

1. Go to the LockDown Browser Dashboard within Canvas 
2. Select “Require Respondus LockDown Browser for this exam” 
3. Expand “Advanced Settings” and select “Allow students to use LockDown Browser for Chromebook (beta)” 
4. Save the exam settings for LockDown Browser              

For students to install the LockDown Browser on their Chromebook, they'll need to follow the instructions below:

1. Log into the Chromebook start Google Chrome 
2. Log into Canvas and navigate to the exam that requires LockDown Browser  
3. Select the link for downloading and installing LockDown Browser 
4. From the Chrome web store, select “Add to Chrome” to install the LockDown Browser Extension 
5. Note: during the beta, this extension will only work with quizzes an instructor has enabled for use with LockDown Browser for Chromebook

For more information about this beta release, the following Knowledgebase article provides additional information about the beta release of LockDown Browser for Chromebook, including feature limitations and known issues. This article will be updated periodically during the beta.