![]() ![]() See this blog by Gavin Henrick about Securing a Moodle Quiz on an iPad.The Respondus LockDown Browser which carries out similar controls however also works on iOS.The Safe Exam Browser only works on Windows and Mac OS X, See for details.See this forum thread about Secure Quiz using Chromebook Kiosk App and User Agent. With Chromebooks, you can disable students’ access to browse the web during an exam in addition to disabling external storage, screenshots, and the ability to print. ![]() See this article about three ways of using chromebooks for student assessments: Chromebooks are a secure platform for administering student assessments, and when setup properly, these devices meet K-12 education testing standards. This is why it is only avaiable for certain systems. In order to lock everything down, SEB has to do a lot of operating-system-specific things. It would be a lot of work to make a version of SEB for Chromebooks. Chromebooks run a particular variant of Linux, so SEB is not avaialble there. The setup steps are shown below: The program is the part that runs. The Safe Exam Browser is used for students to complete tests in an environment where external sites and applications cannot be accessed. Safe Exam Browser is only available for Windows and Mac. The Safe Exam Browser will not work with either of the two installed. Surfing to other web sites is prohibited.Switching to other applications is disabled.Copy and paste, and the context menu, are disabled.Shortcuts keys such as Win, Ctrl+Alt+Del, Alt+F4, F1, Ctrl+P, Printscreen, are disabled.The window cannot be closed until the test is submitted.The browser window will be fullscreen (without any navigation elements).Students will only be able to attempt the quiz if they are using Safe Exam Browser.The restrictions placed on students are similar to those in pop-up window case, but because Safe Exam Browser is software running on the student's computer, it can do a much more effective job of restricting their actions. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.Safe Exam Browser is a customised web browser, available for Windows and Mac Operating Systems, that must be downloaded and installed on the computer that the student uses to attempt the quiz. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 at 8:16 am and is filed under Uncategorized. Once they are done, they close the secure browser mode and then can log into the Chromebook normally to do other work. They then launch the secure browser and log into Moodle normally to take the quiz. To use the safe exam browser kiosk app, students must log out of their chromebooks and look for an Apps menu in the bottom left menu bar. If students try to take the quiz while logged in normally, they will be told they need to use the Safe Exam Browser. ![]() Now teachers can set up a quiz with the Safe Browser option turned in the quiz settings page under Extra Restrictions on Attempts. For windows/mac go to You will then need to configure the settings to point to your site.Now blacklist user-agent switching so tricky students can pretend to be the safe browser even when they are not.Then student chromebooks will get an Apps menu on the login screen with your secure browser which opens to your moodle site. Safe Exam Browser is a customised web browser, available for Windows and Mac Operating Systems, that must be downloaded and installed on the computer that the student uses to attempt the quiz.Make sure the devices you want to administer the exam with are under the organizational unit you select for the kiosk app.You can search for it on the Chrome Web Store, or manually install it if you have the app ID and URL by selecting Specify a Custom App. In the dialog that appears select the exam kiosk app you want to use. Go to Chrome Management > Device Settings > Kiosk Settings > Single App Kiosk, select Allow Single App Kiosk for devices in the organizational unit you select. ![]() Push the kiosk app out to student Chromebooks and blacklist user-agent switching apps in the Chrome web store and/or install the Safe Exam Browser on Windows/Mac
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