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  • Canvas
    • Access Canvas
    • Import Content into Your Canvas Course
    • Upload Your Syllabus
    • Share Your Syllabus
    • Review the Course-Launch Checklist
    • Publish Your Canvas Course
    • Understanding Your Canvas Courses Menu
  • Get Started In Canvas
    • Basic Computer Specifications for Canvas
    • Canvas-Supported Browsers
    • Customize User Display Settings
    • Customize Your Notifications
    • Your Canvas Dashboard
    • Customize "My Courses"
    • Get Started With The Calendar
    • Canvas on a Mobile Device
    • Link Canvas Courses
  • Design Your Course
    • Options To Organize Content
    • Set Up A Homepage
    • Import Content Into Your Canvas Course
      • Remove announcements when copying a Canvas site
    • Course-level Settings
    • Modify Your Course Menu
    • Get Started with the Rich Content Editor
    • Get Started With Modules
    • Get Started With Pages
    • Get Started With Files
    • Student View
    • Share Your Syllabus
    • Library Content
    • Add Media In Canvas
    • Canvas Commons
  • Assignments and Grades
    • Get Started With Assignments
    • Get Started with Quizzes
      • Building a Quiz and Grading a Quiz
      • Quiz Options for Managing Accommodations & Supporting Academic Integrity
    • Get Started with Google Assignments
      • Create a Google Assignment
        • Get Started with the Google Originality Checker
        • Compare Google Grader and Canvas SpeedGrader
        • Compare Google Rubrics and Canvas Rubrics
    • Introducing New Quizzes
      • Migrating Classic Quizzes to New Quizzes
      • Building a New Quiz
      • Accessibility & Accommodations in New Quizzes
      • New Quizzes Support for Academic Integrity
      • Grading New Quizzes
    • Get Started with Respondus LockDown Browser & Monitor
      • Enabling LockDown Browser
      • Enabling Respondus Monitor
      • Student Respondus LockDown Browser & Monitor Guide 
    • Get Started with the Gradebook
      • Posting Grades and Feedback
      • Student-Facing Grade Notifications
      • Troubleshooting in the Canvas Gradebook
    • Take Attendance In Canvas
    • Student View Of Grades
    • Get Started with SpeedGrader
      • Addressing Bias in SpeedGrader
    • Grading Schemes
    • Rubrics
    • Peer Review
    • Canvas Discussions
      • Discussions: Navigating the Interface
      • Discussions: Locating Groups
      • Discussions: Anonymity & Privacy
  • People and Groups
    • Add People To Canvas
    • User Roles + Permissions
    • Get Started With Groups
    • Get Started With Analytics
  • Model Canvas Courses
  • Canvas Guide for Students
    • Changing Your Display Name and Setting Pronouns
    • Syllabus Search Student Guide
    • Using the Immersive Reader
    • Google Assignments Student Guide

Enabling LockDown Browser

Updated on March 11, 2025

  1. After creating your Canvas Quiz, select LockDown Browser from your course menu. If Lockdown Browser does not appear in your course menu, please contact centerforteaching@bc.edu for assistance.
  2. You’ll see a list of all your Quizzes. Select the drop down menu next to the name of the relevant Quiz (1) and select “Settings” (2).
  3. Choose “require LockDown browser for this exam” (3).
  4. At this point, you can select any relevant additional settings.The advanced settings are accompanied by explainers, but there are a few considerations to keep in mind:  Screen-Shot-2023-11-07-at-8.22.11-PM-2
  • “Require LockDown Browser to view post-exam feedback and results” (4) is enabled by default. If you disable it, students will be able to review whatever feedback and right answers they receive  on Quiz questions in any browser. 
  • “Lock students into the browser until exam is completed” (5): Enabling this setting—which prevents students from exiting LockDown Browser while the exam is in progress—can be useful for in-person, proctored exam because it can prevent students from losing significant time if they accidentally exit the browser. If the exam is not taken in person, this setting can prevent students from needed interventions, like restarting the browser if their internet connection fails.
  • “Allow students to take this exam with an iPad” (6): If you anticipate that some students would benefit from being able to take an exam on an iPad using the LockDown Browser app, you have to enable that options in the settings.
  • “Allow access to specific external web domains” (7)  allows you to include links to specific information you would like students to know. However, enabling that setting can compromise the security of the Quizzing environment (i.e. students can potentially access additional sites), so we recommend against that setting. Please contact centerforteaching@bc.edu if you want students to be able to access content during exams, and we can assist in exploring options

5. Select “Save and Close” to apply the settings (8).

Accessibility & LockDown Browser

Using LockDown Browser may require some shifts for students who use assistive technologies like screen readers, keyboard shortcuts, and voice-to-text. For the most up-to-date information on accessibility, see Accessibility with LockDown Browser.

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