Purpose
This article offers a step-by-step guide for adding and setting up the Respondus LockDown Browser in your course.
Background
* Note: Use our guide or read the instructions at the Respondus website.
Respondus LockDown Browser is a downloadable web browser that increases the security of test delivery in Moodle.
When students use Respondus LockDown Browser (LDB) to access a Moodle Quiz Activity, they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or open other applications. Once the quiz or exam is started, students are locked into it until it is submitted for grading.
Instructors set a quiz or exam to require the use of LDB in Moodle, and students download the program before they begin. They open LDB when they are ready to attempt the quiz/exam.
Procedure
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Add the LockDown Browser Moodle block to your course.
Add the LockDown Browser Moodle block to your course.
Respondus LockDown Browser is added to a course as a Moodle block.
At least one Moodle Quiz Activity must be present in the course.
Skip this section if you have already added the block.
Log into your course.
Turn Edit Mode On at the upper right corner.
Click Add a block located just below the Edit Mode toggle switch.
Select Respondus LockDown Browser from the list.
LockDown Browse Setup Topics
LockDown Browse Setup Topics
Low-stakes Quiz/Exam
Low-stakes Quiz/Exam
Low-stakes quiz/exam (such as a short quiz or pop quiz)
For low-stakes quizzes, you can opt to use only the LockDown Browser without the Monitor (webcam) option.
Click Dashboard … in the LockDown Browser block on the right side of the Moodle page.
Locate the desired quiz and click on the box to the left of the quiz.
Click on Settings.
Select Require Respondus LockDown Browser for this exam.
Click [+] Advanced Settings.
Review and select additional options as desired.
Click on the “explain” links for more information on the choices.
Click the button, Save + Close.
High-Stakes Quiz/Exam
High-Stakes Quiz/Exam
High-stakes quiz/exam (such as a midterm or final exam)
Add the Respondus Monitor if you need a virtual proctor. It records the student through a webcam and flags anything deemed suspicious, such as a student walking away from the computer during a quiz/exam.
Testing Center
Testing Center
First you have to set up the proctoring service with the college Testing Center. If a student can’t take the exam on a personal computer, they’ll need to go to the Testing Center.
Go to the Faculty Resources page in Moodle and locate the Testing Center tile.
Complete the Instructor Enrollment (This only needs to be done once).
Complete the Testing Center Proctor Request Form for the exam (This is done for each exam that will potentially need proctoring).
Add both: LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor
Add both: LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor
Click Dashboard … in the LockDown Browser block in Moodle.
Locate the desired quiz and click on the box to the left of the quiz. Click Settings.
LockDown Browser
Select Require Respondus LockDown Browser for this exam.
Click [+] Advanced Settings. Select the desired options.
Respondus Monitor
Scroll down to the Proctoring section.
Select Require Respondus Monitor (automated proctoring) for this exam. If you are not using instructor live proctoring for this exam
Choose Webcam Only or Webcam + Screen
Choose your desired settings in the Startup Sequence section.
Choose your desired settings in the Facial Detection Options.
Click on Advanced Settings
Select, Allow this exam to additionally be delivered in a proctored lab. If you don’t select this, students will not be able to take the exam at the testing center, should this become necessary.
Add the password that you will give to the Testing Center.
This is the password that you give to the Testing Center. This password should never be given to students!
Click on the Save + Close button.
How to Review the Recordings
How to Review the Recordings
Respondus Monitor records students through their webcam, and then flags suspicious behavior. If a student’s behavior is flagged, a notification appears on the Dashboard page on the options menu button next to the quiz/exam name.
Access the LockDown Browser Dashboard.
Click on the box to the left of the quiz you want to review.
Select Class Results.
Click [+] to the left of the student’s name to review the recording.
Click the video thumbnails to navigate to flagged behavior.
When you are finished, click Close.
NOTE: Respondus claims that recordings might not be available for review for up to 12 hours after the recording has been completed.
Additional Respondus help is available on the Dashboard page.
