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Installing Respondus Lockdown Browser

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Respondus LockDown Browser is a locked browser for taking quizzes in Canvas. It prevents you from printing, copying, going to another URL, or accessing other applications during an assessment. If a Canvas quiz requires that LockDown Browser be used, you will not be able to take the quiz with a standard web browser

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System Requirements for LockDown Browser

Operating Systems

Windows: 10* and 8. Windows 10S is not a compatible operating system.
*  Includes x86 32 and 64bit processors and ARM 64bit processors using x86 emulation.

Mac: macOS 10.12 to 11.1

iOS: 11.0+ (iPad only). Must have a compatible LMS integration

* Windows 10S is not a compatible operating system, nor can LockDown Browser be obtained via the Windows App Store. At present, support for Windows 10 S Mode isn’t on the roadmap for LockDown Browser.

* iOS: 11.0+ (iPad only). Must have a compatible LMS integration. The LockDown Browser iPad app is not compatible with Sakai LMS servers. All Sakai users will need to use a computer with a compatible operating system. 

* LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor may continue to run in older operating systems that have reached “end-of-life” but students may encounter unexpected results.

Memory

Windows: 2 GB RAM
Mac: 2 GB RAM

Hard Disk Space

Windows: 200 MB of free hard disk space
Mac: 200 MB of free hard disk space

Browser Requirements

LockDown Browser is a client application that is installed to a local computer. Both the Windows edition and the Mac edition of the browser are based on Chromium, Google's open source framework. Students do NOT need Google's Chrome browser installed; nor will this version affect a Chrome browser that's already installed.

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