LockDown Browser Installation Instructions. The LockDown Browser download link and application are different for each institution. Contact your instructor or your institution's help desk to obtain the correct download URL. Video: Overview of LockDown Browser. How to Use LockDown Browser. LockDown Browser integrates seamlessly with Blackboard, Brightspace, Canvas, Moodle, Sakai and Schoology. Over 1,500 institutions use LockDown Browser with their LMS, making it one of the leading third-party tools for learning systems. Jan 29, 2018 Respondus Lockdown Browser is available to all NMSU students and is used by instructors to conduct online quizzes and test with access to a search engine and regular browser capabilities. This document will assist you in the step-by-step process to download and install Respondus Lockdown Browser.
Download and install Respondus Lockdown Browser. Return to your Canvas course and launch your quiz or exam again. A new tab will open and you will be prompted to open Lockdown Browser. Click Open LockDown Browser. Your quiz or exam will launch directly.
The version of Lockdown Browser available in Rutgers Canvas is different than the version from other institutions; each download file is tied to an institution. If you need to use Lockdown Browser to take an exam or quiz in both Rutgers Canvas and another institution as part of a partnership program, then you will need to install two versions of the application on your computer. The directions below assume you have the Blackboard version already installed on your computer
PC
- Follow the directions to download and install Lockdown Browser.
- Select the option for a second institution.
- Click Next.
- In your Windows menu, you will now see two versions of Lockdown Browser.
Macintosh
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- Navigate to your Applications folder.
- Locate your existing copy of Lockdown Browser.
- Right-click to show the mouse menu.
- Click Rename.
- Rename the application to include version (School 1 Name).
- Follow the directions to download and install Lockdown Browser. You may opt to rename the second version for Canvas.