Bb Users,
Blackboard will be unavailable starting at 1:00am on December 30th, and will be restored up to 24 hours later. They conservatively scheduled 24 hours of downtime.
The changes apply mainly to the Respondus Lockdown Browser users:
1. Help text is displayed when user attempts protected assessment without Respondus Lockdown
2. Students must use Respondus Lockdown Browser to review completed protected assessments
3. Use Respondus Lockdown Browser to review completed protected assessments
For more information on the Respondus Lockdown Browser (A Custom Browser to “Lockdown” Tests in Blackboard), please read below.
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JENNIFER CLISTER
Blackboard System Manager
305-284-3949
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A Custom (and Standardized) Browser to “Lockdown” Tests in Blackboard
The Respondus Lockdown Browser (http://www.respondus.com/products/lockdown.shtml)
Now you can deploy tests in Blackboard and specify that you want students to use the Lockdown Browser to take the test. Your students will have to download the browser, but once they do it will lock them out of EVERYTHING on their computers until the test has been submitted. This is a deterrent for cheating, but it also standardizes the browser students use to take the assessments (on Windows and Macintosh platforms). This reduces technical problems and makes those that do arise easier to troubleshoot. If enough people are interested, we will be able purchase a campus-wide license.
You can try it now to see what you think, then bring your questions to the Lunch & Learn.
§ Video about how students would access a test using the lockdown browser: http://www.respondus.com/movies/LDB_Bb_Intro1/LDB_Bb_Intro1.html
§ Quick-start guide for instructors:
http://www.respondus.com/downloads/RLDB%20Quick%20Start%20Guide-Bb-Enterprise-Instructor.pdf
§ Link to download the browser:
http://www.respondus.com/lockdown/information.pl?ID=527636896
Here are some additional Lockdown Browser features:
· Assessments are displayed full-screen and cannot be minimized
· Assessments cannot be exited until submitted by users for grading
· Task switching or access to other applications is prevented
· Printing functions are disabled
· Print Screen and capturing functions are disabled
· Copying and pasting anything to and from an assessment is prohibited
· Right-click menu options are disabled
· Browser menu and toolbar options are disabled, except for Back, Forward, Refresh and Stop
