Enable Respondus Exam Proctoring for Canvas-Integrated WebAssign

If you use Canvas™, you can prevent cheating by using Respondus® LockDown Browser® or Respondus Monitor®. Create a Canvas quiz that requires Respondus and use it to link to WebAssign. Your students will continue to be monitored by Respondus while they complete their exam in WebAssign.

Note While Cengage supports our learning platform integrations with several Learning Management Systems, proctoring solutions are third party services that we do not directly support. The LMS and proctoring solution versions we have tested might not be the same versions you use. For this reason, your process and results might vary and Cengage cannot guarantee support for any third party proctoring service.

Starting in spring 2021, many schools use a new method to integrate WebAssign with their LMS. These steps apply to all WebAssign courses regardless of when you integrated your course.

Respondus LockDown Browser prevents:
  • access to any other application
  • printing and screen capture functions
  • copying and pasting
Respondus Monitor also turns on students' web cameras to ensure they do not use prohibited notes or other resources in addition to preventing the actions listed above.

The following steps are a separate process from scheduling a LockDown Browser restricted assignment in WebAssign.

Students should download Respondus LockDown Browser ahead of time, or they will be prompted to do so when they open their assignment.

You must first create a password protected exam in WebAssign, and add a link to your exam in Canvas. In order for students to access the exam through the proctoring service, both the link and the module you add it to must be published. However, students should not access the exam directly through this link. To avoid confusion, consider creating a new module titled "Do not access." Let your students know that you will be notified if they attempt to access the exam through the "Do not access" module.

  1. In Canvas, open a course.
  2. Click Quizzes > +Quiz.
  3. Enter a quiz name and other required information.
  4. Select Require Respondus LockDown Browser.
  5. Click Questions > +New Question.
  6. Set the question type to Text (no question).
  7. In the empty field, enter instructions for your students and the password you set in WebAssign.
  8. Click Assignments and click your WebAssign exam to add a link to the exam.

    Example:

  9. Click Update Question > Save.
  10. In the sidebar, click LockDown Browser.

    If prompted, authorize LockDown Browser.

    Your new quiz is listed.

  11. Click options > Settings.
  12. Select Require Respondus LockDown Browser for this exam.
  13. Click Advanced Settings > Allow access to specific web domains.
  14. Copy and paste the following domains:
    gateway.cengage.com,webassign.net,cengage.com,​auth.cengage.com,account.cengage.com
  15. Optional: To require Respondus Monitor in addition to LockDown Browser, select Require Respondus Monitor for this exam.
  16. Click Save + Close.

Open your Canvas quiz in student view to test the experience and make sure you can access your WebAssign exam.

Publish your Canvas quiz to make it available to students.