Using Lockdown Browser to take a Quiz in Canvas

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When would you use this?

Professors sometimes require that students have the Respondus LockDown Browser installed to take a quiz in Canvas. 

Instructors: Please note that if your quiz is a New Quiz, Lockdown Browser will automatically launch when the student clicks into the quiz. If your quiz is a Classic Quiz, this will not happen, and therefore the students must open Lockdown Browser first, then navigate into the quiz. (Is it a New Quiz or a Classic Quiz?)

Instructions:

  1. On a regular web browser, sign into https://framingham.instructure.com/ using your FSU email credentials.
  2. Navigate to and open the quiz that requires LockDown.
  3. If Lockdown Browser is not already installed, you will be prompted to install it (Download/Installation Instructions).
  4. After installation, repeat steps 1 & 2. When you attempt to open the Quiz, you may experience the following:
    1. In some cases: Lockdown Browser will launch immediately. Begin Quiz. 
    2. In other cases, Canvas will say that the application is not detected, but that is ok! Move onto the next step.
    3. Find and open the LockDown Browser application on your computer (How to Find LockDown Browser below).
    4. Log in using your FSU email credentials. It will open up Canvas.
    5. While inside LockDown Browser, navigate back to the quiz in Canvas and re-open it.

How to Find LockDown Browser on Your Computer (After it is Installed)

Environment/Applies To:

LockDown Browser, Canvas, Students

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Article ID: 162003
Created
Wed 10/9/24 9:54 AM
Modified
Mon 2/9/26 9:31 AM