Require Students to Use Lockdown Browser for Cengage Mindtap Assignment/Exam

Initial Setup

The instructions below assume that you have already set up an LMS-Integrated Mindtap Course and created the Mindtap activity (Assignment, Exam, etc) that will be used for this Canvas Quiz. 

It is also assumed that you have already enabled Lockdown Browser in your Course Navigation menu. For instructions on how to do that, see How do I manage Course Navigation links?

Instructions

Step 1: Build Canvas Quiz

  1. In Canvas, open course.
  2. Select Quizzes from Course Navigation
  3. Click +Quiz button (top right).
  4. You may be prompted to Choose a Quiz Engine. The instructions below refer to the process for New Quizzes, but Classic Quizzes could also work.
  5. Enter a quiz name, point value, due date and any other settings.
  6. Click Build
  7. At the top, enter any general instructions for the quiz under the title
  8. Click the blue + button to add a New Question.
  9. From the pop-up menu, select "+Text Block"
  10. Enter a title for the text block
  11. In the Content Box, provide an explanation to the students. Explain that they will be clicking on a link which will take them to a Cengage Mindtap assignment. Then, from the Menu Bar, select Insert > Link > Course Link.
  12. From the Add Menu, Expand "Assignments" and select your MindTap exam to add a link to the exam.
  13. Click "Done" to Save the question.
  14. When you are ready, navigate back to the quiz (find it in Quizzes, or in a Module if you added it to a module), and publish the quiz. You may want to wait until you have completed Step 2 (below) to publish the quiz.

Step 2: Configure Lockdown Browser for Quiz

  1. In the Course Navigation Menu, click LockDown Browser.
  2. If prompted, authorize LockDown Browser.
  3. From the list of quizzes, find the quiz you just created and click the small arrow next to the quiz name. Then select "Settings" from the drop-down
  4. Click the radio button for "Require Respondus LockDown Browser".
  5. Click Advanced Settings > Allow access to specific web domains.
  6. Copy and paste the following domains: 
    gateway.cengage.com,aplia.apps.ng.cengage.com,​cnow.apps.ng.cengage.com,ng.cengage.com,​cengage.com,auth.cengage.com,sam.cengage.com,​account.cengage.com,samcp.cengage.com,about,​etextlauncher.cengage.com,auth.cengage.com,​ebooks.cenreader.com,*.cengage.com
  7. Click Save + Close.

Additional Info

This process would work for any type of course or external link that you would want students to have access to during an LDB session.

The documentation from Cengage states that the process will not work for Canvas New Quizzes, but that is no longer accurate.

There are some publisher courseware platforms that have direct integrations with Lockdown Browser, eliminating the need for a Canvas Quiz (test-taker could even bypass navigating through Canvas altogether). This includes the WebAssign product from Cengage, but not Mindtap. Other platforms offering direct integrations include McGraw Hill ALEKS, Hawkes Learning, and Pearson MyLab.

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