To help prevent cheating, you can restrict your students' computer activities while they are working on a quiz or test by requiring that the assignment be opened in the free WebAssign LockDown Browser®. While an assignment is open in LockDown Browser, your students cannot use instant messaging, search the Internet, print, copy text, or use other applications on their computer.
LockDown Browser restricted assignments are indicated with a padlock icon .
Installation Requirement
For this reason, your students can open a LockDown Browser restricted assignment only from WebAssign supported browsers on Windows or macOS/OS X. They cannot open LockDown Browser assignments from an iPad® or a Linux®/UNIX computer.
Before scheduling a quiz or test in a computer lab, contact the lab administrator well in advance to ensure that they have time to download and install LockDown Browser on each of the lab computers. You might want to create a test assignment that the lab administrator can use to verify the installation before your students arrive.
When Not To Use LockDown Browser
Do not require LockDown Browser if any of the following circumstances exist:
- If LockDown Browser cannot be installed on the computers your students will use to complete the assignment — for example, in a restricted or Linux/UNIX lab environment.
- If the Windows group policy allows students to access the Task Manager or switch users. This access allows students to open other applications and circumvent LockDown Browser.