{"id":26021,"date":"2024-06-10T17:37:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/?p=26021"},"modified":"2024-06-20T18:06:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T18:06:22","slug":"sheridans-respondus-lockdown-browser-instructor-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/sheridans-respondus-lockdown-browser-instructor-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Respondus Lockdown Browser: Instructor Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>Best Practices <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure proctoring goes smoothly at the time of the graded quiz it is best practice to set up a practice quiz for students that uses Lockdown Browser and Monitor as per <a href=\"https:\/\/web.respondus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Practice_Quiz.pdf\">Respondus&#8217; recommendation<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Create a Practice Quiz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We strongly recommend creating an ungraded practice quiz if you have a Respondus-enabled exam or quiz in your course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Have students take a practice exam with Respondus Monitor (ideally days or weeks before the exam or first quiz) to ensure their computer, webcam, and Internet work properly and the software is installed correctly.<\/li><li>Allow students more than one attempt on the practice quiz so they can try the practice exam whenever their device or networking environment changes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The service desk can assist students with setting up and installing Respondus, especially if they use their own devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2>Use Cases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following scenarios outline the use of Respondus to help uphold academic integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>In-Class Exams (Using Respondus LockDown Browser)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These are exams being supervised in person by one or more invigilators, with all students using their own device:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>System Check Before the Start of the Exam:<ul><li>Use the Respondus system check to determine what processes are running on the computer before the exam (Please note: System Check will only include the list of processes when the system check was captured).<ul><li><strong>System Check Instructions: <\/strong>Direct students to use the&nbsp;<strong>Help Center<\/strong>. With LockDown Browser open, log into the course and select the&nbsp;<strong>Help Center<\/strong>&nbsp;button from the toolbar. From there, run the&nbsp;<strong>Webcam Check and System Check to ensure everything works<\/strong> correctly.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Sheridan can utilize the results of the \u2018system check\u2019 to investigate in the event of suspected academic misconduct.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>The system check results should be accessible to facilitate the investigation, so we suggest sending them to the instructor&#8217;s inbox. &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Respondus LockDown Browser + Monitor during Exam:<ul><li>To add an extra layer of protection to Respondus LockDown Browser, we recommended using the Respondus Monitor and screen recording to capture unnoticed breaches and for evidence collection post-exam.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Select enough proctors\/invigilators to monitor the exam to maintain its integrity.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Action Item:<\/strong> Be sure to include instructions that require students to complete a System Check. Ideally, you want students to complete the System Check and send the results to you. Limit the System Check time to submit. <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> If there is a suspected exam breach, you should contact the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheridancollege.ca\/student-life\/student-services\/library-services\/academic-integrity\" target=\"_blank\">Office of Academic Integrity<\/a> to review the potential breach. Please note that the review of academic breach instances is to be performed by the Office of Academic Integrity and the instructor. <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If further support is required from SPARK, have the following information ready:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Student name<\/li><li>Class number<\/li><li>Quiz name and date<\/li><li>System Check results<\/li><li>Video evidence (if Monitor was used)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need to access and share video evidence, consult the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.respondus.com\/qsg-brightspace-instructor\">Instructor Quickstart Guide<\/a>, which contains instructions on submitting videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Remote Exams (Using Respondus LockDown Browser with Monitor)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These are exams that students write at locations off campus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The setup of the quiz tool for the exam should use the Respondus LockDown Browser with Monitor.<\/li><li>Adding complexity to the exam will enhance the security of the exam\u2019s integrity, as will:<ul><li>Drawing exam questions from sizable question pools.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Tighten the allowed time for the quiz.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Set clear instructions on the consequences of academic integrity.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h1>Support<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>If you encounter any problems with the LockDown Browser, feel free to reach out via email. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:slatehelp@sheridancollege.ca\" target=\"_blank\">slatehelp@sheridancollege.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Practices To ensure proctoring goes smoothly at the time of the graded quiz it is best practice to set up a practice quiz for students that uses Lockdown Browser [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":26060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"iawp_total_views":880},"categories":[27],"tags":[258,112,141],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26021"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26152,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26021\/revisions\/26152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}