Respondus LockDown Browser on Chromebook

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Installation

The Chromebook version of RLDB is installed as an extension in the Browser rather than a separate application.

  1. Go to the UM-Flint download link for LockDown Browser.
  2. You will be redirected to the Chrome Web Store page.
    The chrome web store page for the LockDown Browser extension. It shows the add to chrome button as well as details about the extension.
  3. Click Add to Chrome to install the LockDown extension.
    The confirmation page showing that the LockDown Browser extension has been installed.
  4. Once installed, you can navigate to Canvas and access your quiz.

Known Issues

Current limitations and/or known issues with LockDown Browser for Chromebook:

  • LockDown Browser’s Calculator and Spreadsheet features aren’t currently supported
  • The extended keyboard functions (for adding symbols and special characters) isn’t currently available
  • LockDown Browser’s “Help Center” is currently unavailable, and there is no Live Chat support for students taking exams that require Respondus Monitor
  • "Allow access to specific external web domains" option is currently not supported
  • (Canvas) “Google Chrome OS can’t open this page” error will occur if on older versions of ChromeOS. Testing shows that after upgrading to ChromeOS 100.0.4896.82, the error no longer occurs.
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Article ID: 5568
Created
Thu 5/13/21 8:59 AM
Modified
Wed 4/24/24 11:07 AM