Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom web browser that locks down the testing environment within D2L. LockDown Browser prevents students from printing, copy/pasting, viewing other web pages, or accessing other applications while testing. Once an assessment is started in Lock Down Browser students are locked into it until the assessment is submitted for grading.

Overview of Respondus Lockdown Browser Faculty - How2 Use Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to... Locate the Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor settings in D2L. Adjust the settings for the Respondus products. 1. From Quizzes, select the "Lockdown Browser" tab to access the LockDown Browser dashboard. (Please note that your quiz needs to have been created in D2L before you can enable LockDown Browser for it.) 2. Choose the assessment you would like to use Respondus Lockdown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor for, and select "Modify Settings". 3. Choose the settings you prefer, and select "Save and Close". Special Note about Read Speaker and Accessibility: From Respondus: LockDown Browser The Mac and the iPad version of LockDown Browser works with VoiceOver (the standard screen reader that comes with the Mac OS and iOS) and requires no additional effort by the user. The Windows version of LockDown Browser allows a student to use some screen reader programs, such as JAWS and Windows-Eyes. Zoom Text is compatible in regards to increasing the text size, but the reader is not currently compatible. As of LockDown Browser 2.0.1.07 for Windows, accessibility is enabled for all users. It's important to recognize that LockDown Browser is simply a browser used to take exams within a Learning Management System. The Learning Management System itself is responsible for making its tools and content accessible. Respondus Monitor When an exam requires the use of Respondus Monitor, LockDown Browser will access the Respondus Monitor web application prior to the start of an exam. It's important to note that from an end-user's standpoint (and hence, from an accessibility standpoint), the technology behind LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor are the same. Respondus Monitor simply inserts a few HTML pages along the way (called the "Startup Sequence"). In the Startup Sequence, the student performs a webcam check and other options as determined by the instructor. The Startup Sequence web pages are HTML and are supportive of assistive technologies compatible with web browsers, including input, magnification and screen reader technologies.

In some cases, students may ask if they can use an iPad to take their quizzes and exams using Respondus LockDown Browser. There is a Respondus LockDown Browser app, available from the Apple app store, for newer iPads only (will not work on iPhones) that will allow students to take quizzes and exams that require LockDown Browser or Respondus Monitor but it will only work if the instructor enables that functionality from the Respondus LockDown Browser dashboard within Brightspace. The choice to allow iPads for this purpose is at each instructor's discretion and eLearning will never enable it for students who request it. The request will always be directed to the instructor to enable, at their discretion.  Also, please note that it has to be enabled for each quiz/exam you wish to allow students to use iPads. Follow the steps below From within the course, go to Toolbox > Quizzes.  Click on the LockDown Browser tab.  Click the small arrow to the left of the quiz name you wish to enable it for and click Settings. Click Advanced Settings under the Lockdown Browser Settings section.  Check the box that says "Allow students to take this exam with an iPad (using the "LockDown Browser" app from the Apple App Store). Scroll down to the bottom of the quiz settings and click the Save + Close button.