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Browser lockdown 2 1 0 01 Exe is a specialized browser that stops online exam cheating by restricting access to specific computer programs and keeping an eye on surroundings and behavior to help professors proctor exams more successfully.
Software used for remote proctoring violates students’ privacy and is hackable. This device requires access to their screen, webcam, and microphone in order to function properly.
Features
In order to prevent cheating during online exams, Respondus LockDown Browser (RLDB) with Respondus Monitor is an efficient proctoring solution. It restricts student access to other websites or programs, the ability to screenshot or copy questions, as well as the right-click menu and keyboard shortcuts. Students can use RLDB to take tests from home or campus labs because it integrates smoothly with Canvas LMS and other Learning Management Systems. Instructors can even build up exams to be remotely proctored.
Students utilizing RLDB should follow the guidelines provided by their teacher or in the LMS where they are taking their test, which may include instructions on how to install it and get ready for online tests. In order to ensure good functionality, it is best to install it well in advance of any exams.
Students must end any other operating programs on their computer, including Skype, utilities, and antivirus software, before using RLDB. Unsaved work should be manually closed even though the program will offer to close these for them automatically. Additionally, students might need to accept the exam’s terms of service and confirm their identification first before they can take it.
Although some types of cheating can be detected using this technology, not all students should use it. It might violate privacy and rely on artificial intelligence to determine whether a person is being honest during tests and exams. Additionally, for some students who already find these exams stressful, this type of monitoring could add to their anxiety.
Installation
Respondus Lockdown Browser is a unique browser made to keep students within a certain learning and assessment system and exclusively to their exam surroundings. During proctored testing sessions and online “take-home” tests, it prohibits them from browsing other URLs, switching apps, taking screenshots, or copying questions.
This program restricts access to all other websites and programs as well as email and instant messaging services, screen capture and screen copying, right mouse clicks, function keystrokes, and source code. Additionally, Respondus Monitor violates students’ privacy by recording their screen, webcam, and microphone throughout a test; teachers can view these recordings to determine whether or not cheating occurred.
Before being used, Respondus asks students to accept its terms of usage. Additionally, before to launch, Respondus needs permission to control the user’s device, webcam, and microphone. Prior to starting Respondus, all other applications should also be shut down. Respondus might recommend doing this automatically, but students should accept or decline as necessary until all incomplete work has been saved in Respondus.
To install and use the application, students should adhere to the instructions. Students who are taking an exam that calls for this program should plan ahead as this normally takes about 15 minutes.
Licenses
Respondus LockDown Browser is available to VCU staff and students at no cost. To catch cheating during non-proctored tests, this remote proctoring program combines a modified browser with cutting-edge technologies. Before determining if a student is being honest during a test, artificial intelligence records each student’s environment.
For their students, instructors can enable LockDown Browser mode with Quit Password access in the event that formative evaluations don’t work as expected or there are other unusual circumstances, such medical emergencies. It works on iPads (with permission) and Chromebooks, and instructors can allow it in their assign settings.
Troubleshooting
Respondus Lockdown Browser (RLDB) and Monitor problems, including freezing or closing unexpectedly during exams, are possible for students. This typically happens when students try to access content that is not allowed during an exam, such as Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, or Adobe Acrobat files. These types of files cannot be opened from within this browser because they are designed to prevent cheating by locking down computers and limiting student access.
When visiting links while using the RLDB program, students could encounter link blocking. Although the software will usually try to block access, there may be some rare occasions where it fails because of configuration difficulties with browser components. Even while this problem will probably only happen periodically, you can try closing all open apps on your computer before trying a test launch as a possible solution.
By going to their Blackboard login page and clicking on the RLDB and Monitor link, which opens the Chrome Web Store and prompts students to apply the extension to their browsers, students may make that RLDB is up to current. Before taking an exam, students should give it adequate time to download and install.
Before using an iPad for proctored tests using Lockdown Browser or Monitor, students must get permission from their instructor in D2L before using one. Additionally, students should only use these techniques if their instructor has set the exam’s requirements to include the Lockdown Browser Apple app and monitor. Additionally, students should make sure their iPad’s iOS version of Lockdown Browser Browser (LRDB) is current and functioning properly; if not, they should contact their instructor for additional guidance.