Category: Respondus LockDown Browser

Respondus LockDown Browser has settings that allow both iPad and Chromebook users to take LockDown Browser and Monitor exams. The instructor must grant permission to use these devices in the advanced settings when deploying exams that use Respondus LockDown Browser and/or Monitor.

Respondus LockDown Browser is now integrated with Pearson MyLabs and McGraw-Hill ALEKS to allow U of A faculty to use Pearson MyLabs and McGraw-Hill ALEKS exams within Blackboard. 

If you want your students to be able to take notes during an exam but you don’t want them to be able to save those notes easily, then our Note Taking widget might be just right for you.

Yammer can be utilized as a way of communicating with students during a Respondus Lockdown Browser exam.

LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within a learning management system.

Respondus LockDown Browser is a customized web browser that increases the security of online testing in Blackboard. When students use Respondus LockDown Browser to access a test, they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, access other applications, or close a test or quiz until it is submitted for grading. Respondus LockDown Browser works much like a standard browser, but many options have been removed or work differently. Once a test has started, students are locked into it until they submit it for grading.

Respondus LockDown Browser is a customized web browser that increases the security of online testing in Blackboard. When students use Respondus LockDown Browser to access a test, they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, access other applications, or close a test or quiz until it is submitted for grading. Respondus LockDown Browser works much like a standard browser, but many options have been removed or work differently.

The following demonstrations and tutorials are available for Respondus LockDown Browser. Since the browser integration with each learning management system is different, select the appropriate demonstration or tutorial.

The Respondus LockDown Browser can be used as another layer of security for online test taking. The LockDown browser prevents students from opening other programs or taking screenshots on the computer that they are taking the test on. This article will show how to configure a quiz or test to use the Respondus LockDown Browser.

ADA compliance for Respondus LockDown Browser has been tested with the following applications. If you find that the application you use does not work, please contact the Center for Educational Access at ada@uark.edu or 479 575 3104.