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Installing the Respondus LockDown Browser

If needed, you can download the Respondus Lockdown Browser here.

Taking a Quiz Using the Respondus LockDown Browser:

  1. Close all programs, unless one is used to connect you to the Internet.
  2. Locate the “Respondus LockDown Browser” shortcut on the desktop and double-click it. (For Macintosh users, launch “LockDown Browser” from the Applications folder.)
  3. If prompted to close a blocked program (e.g. screen capture, instant messaging) choose Yes when prompted.
  4. In the Choose Server window select the Canvas option associated with A&M-Victoria.
  5. Login to your Canvas course.
  6. Navigate to the test and select it.
  7. A pop-up window will ask whether the instructor has required a password for the test.
    • If a test password (such as the word “apple”) is required by the instructor to start the test, select the Yes option, enter the password, and click the Continue button.
    • If the instructor did not set up the test with a password, the No option should be selected. Click the Continue button.
  8. Regardless of the selection made in the previous step, Respondus LockDown Browser will automatically fill in a special password on the next screen. It’s important that this password field isn’t modified. Click the Submit button.
  9. The test will then start. (Note, once a test has been started with Respondus LockDown Browser, you cannot exit until the Submit button is clicked.)

For additional information, view the Respondus Lockdown Browser Quick Start Guide (PDF).