Safe Exam Browser
Integrate BetterExaminations with the Safe Exam Browser
Safe Exam Browser is a lockdown browser that turns any computer temporarily into a secure workstation. It controls access to resources like system functions, other websites and applications and prevents unauthorized resources being used during an exam.
Contact your customer success manager to enable this integration on your organisation.
Lockdown Browser overview
This video will walk you through an introduction to lockdown browsers and how you can use Safe Exam Browser to secure your exams in BetterExaminations.
Configuration default organisation settings
Video tutorial
Step-by-step walkthrough
1. Go to the settings page and scroll to 'Third Party Integrations' at the bottom of the page. Select 'Setup' on the Safe Exam Browser integration. If you do not see the Safe Exam Browser option on your settings page, please contact your customer success manager.
2. You will be asked to enter your Configuration key
The configuration key holds the settings that you want to enforce when using the lockdown browser. The key you enter here will represent the default configuration that all exams can use. When scheduling an exam, you will also have the option to enter a custom configuration key if you wish to use specific settings for that exam.
The configuration key is found in the 'Exam' tab of the SEB Configuration tool.
Important: This key will change value each time you change a setting in your configuration. Make sure you have finished configuration all settings before copying this key. If you copy the key and then change a setting, the key will be invalid.
3. Once you have entered your configuration key, click 'Save'
4. Your integration is now ready to be used on exam sittings.
Enabling lockdown browser on an exam sitting
Video tutorial
Step-by-step walkthrough
In order to require the lockdown browser to be used for an exam, you must enable the lockdown browser on the exam sitting.
You can do this in two ways
1. Enable while scheduling an exam
While scheduling your exam, you will be given the option to enable the Safe Exam Browser. To use the lockdown browser with the default settings, simply enable the toggle as shown below
NOTE: The lockdown browser cannot be used if proctoring is enabled or vice versa.
2. Enable on already scheduled exam sitting
If your exam sitting has already been scheduled, you can enable the lockdown browser by selecting the sitting, navigating to the 'Lockdown browser' tab and enabling the lockdown browser toggle as shown below.
Using a custom configuration on an exam sitting
There may be times where the default configuration setup in the global settings page does not meet the needs of a specific exam sitting. If this is the case, it is possible to use a custom configuration just for that exam sitting.
1. To do this, simply select the option to 'Use custom configuration'. You will be asked to enter a configuration key. Copy your configuration key from your custom settings created in the SEB Configuration Tool and paste it here.
2. Save your configuration and students will now be required to use these specific settings on this exam sitting.
Student's perspective
When a student accesses an exam that requires the lockdown browser, they can see one of three messages.
If the student is using the lockdown browser with the CORRECT settings, they will see this message and will be able to continue and take the exam
If the student is using the lockdown browser with the INCORRECT settings, they will see this message and will NOT be able to take the exam
If the student is NOT using the lockdown browser, they will see this message and will NOT be able to take the exam
