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Safe exam browser in moodle8/24/2023 ![]() 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. ![]() Double-clicking this file will launch Safe Exam Browser and take students to Moodle where they can log in and navigate to the exam. When accessing the quiz/exam, students will click Download Configuration to save the exam config file. The Safe Exam Browser only works on Windows and Mac OS X, See for details. Safe Exam Browser will already be installed on the lab machine.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. Fortunately, SafeExamBrowser, which is used at ETH Zurich to provide a safe and intuitive exam environment in online examinations with Moodle, includes functionality to easily give students access to specific additional resources. Safe Exam Browser is only available for Windows and Mac. Otherwise, your students may not be able to open the quiz. When you upgrade the Safe Exam Browser software, the browser exam key setting will change and you will need to update the settings in the Moodle quiz with the new value. 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.Plug-ins offering this functionality have been released for the learning management systems Moodle, ILIAS and OpenOlat. 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. Browser Exam Key: Copy the Exam Key string (which depends on your SEB configuration and the SEB version/application signature) to the according field in your quiz settings in the exam system having support for SEB 2.0 or later built in. ![]() You can configure if students can only attempt the quiz if they are using SEB on their devices.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. ![]() Once installed you can configure your online assessment in your Learning Management system. In addition you can also use the SEB Verificator Tool which is a stand-alone tool to verify the integrity of a Safe Exam Browser installation. 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. It has built-in connection to web based LMS like Moodle, ILIAS, OpenOLAT, Inspera Assessment and others, can be used with basically any web-based examination system. It can also detect if the student is running the SEB in Virtual Machine. You can download the SEB for your device from the official website here. This is currently not available on Android. Please ensure you are using the Safe Exam Browser with correct configuration file.' while attempting the quiz. Safe Exam Browser enables secure exams on unmanaged computers like students’ own laptops and tablets as well as in managed environments on all three platforms Windows, macOS and iOS. Using Safe Exam Browser in Moodle by SIERRA TEC - Friday, 12 March 2021, 12:15 AM Hi, Could you please suggest on the following queries 1) Why we are getting this alert 'The config key or browser exam keys could not be validated. You might also be interested in Moodle Educators - Check out the Buttons Course format to create awesome courses
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