Lockdown Browser and Monitor

If Lockdown Browser is enabled for an exam Canvas will automatically prompt students to download Lockdown Browser before they can proceed with a quiz or exam.

Students can also download Lockdown Browser ahead of an exam by navigating to this link: https://download.respondus.com/lockdown/download.php?ID=697836773

We highly encourage using alternative forms of assessment for your students outside of online exams.

Alternative forms of assessment:

• Papers
• Portfolios
• Presentations
• Interviews
• Essays
• Observations

We ask instructors to be mindful that students who fidget, move, leave the room, or move their eyes around the room may be flagged more often in Respondus Monitor. Instructors can adjust their settings to pick up on fewer "flags," and we encourage instructors to review footage.

Students with ADHD, chronic illnesses where they might need to move, stand, or leave the room, or those who have low vision and need to move their eyes or do not have motor control over their eyes may be flagged more. Instructors need to know that students with disabilities aren't cheating more, it is just that Respondus is limited in it's ability to accurately and equitability assess some students with disabilities.

Visit this Respondus Support pageand click on 'Information to add to your syllabus.' From here you can easily copy and paste this information into your own course syllabus.

Visit Respondus Support and expand the 'Technical Requirements for Respondus Monitor' section for detailed information on system requirements.

• Include a syllabus statement regarding the use of Proctorio in your class and the technology requirements (Chrome, webcam, microphone).  

• Set up a test exam for students to test out using Proctorio before an official exam.  

• When setting up a Proctorio exam, use only the settings you feel are most appropriate for the exam. Some instructors only use the ID verification. While others require that students take the exam using a webcam. And some others just use Proctorio to block students from accessing different websites during an exam.  

• Provide students with the Proctorio support information in the quiz instructions.