Respondus lockdown browser with Respondus monitor

• The Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor record both audio and video during the environment check and throughout the assignment. During the ID check and “mugshot” your surroundings are captured in the image. Any items that you deem to be private / personal (that you do not want to be present on the recordings) should be removed prior to starting any assignment that requires the Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor.
• Most assignments in iCollege will require you to use the Respondus Lockdown Browser. A quiz in iCollege titled “Lockdown Browser Test - Requires Respondus Lockdown Browser + Webcam” is available for you to check that the Lockdown browser works on your computer before taking a test. You should take this quiz every time before taking an actual test to ensure all components of the browser are working on your computer (before taking the actual test).
• You must pass the lockdown browser quiz on iCollege with a score of 100% before any others assignments on iCollege will be released and visible to you.
• The lockdown browser will:
• Be used to verify who is taking the assignment. This requires you to have a webcam so you can show your government / Perimeter College photo ID and your face at the start of each assignment. This is to ensure that you are the actual person taking the assignment and that it is not someone else taking the assignment for you. Once you have verified your identity, closing the lockdown browser and reopening it will result in a grade of zero for that assignment. The webcam may remain recording while you take the entire assignment. The Perimeter College account holder must maintain password security and not share his or her login information with anyone; including spouses, parents, friends, or family. Allowing someone other than the registered student to access this iCollege class for any reason is considered cheating and a violation of the Perimeter College Academic Honesty Policy. The first occasion a student violates these rules will result in Dr Hollier selecting the option to send that student to the expulsion panel immediately and an immediate F in the course – absolutely no exceptions.
• Prevent you from opening other windows, browsers, and files on that computer while taking the assignment. This will prevent direct copying and pasting answers on the assignment. Any form of copying and pasting of answers, even if using other computers and typing what you read, is still cheating.
• Students must also show valid ID and take a picture of their face with the webcam. Students are not allowed to cover up the webcam to prevent the assignment being recorded. Students must perform the environment check to show what is around them during the assignment. Any assignment where the identity of the student is not clear, an official ID card is not shown during the test setup, an environment check is inadequately performed, or the student is not visible in the recording will be graded as a zero score. If this is done more than once, then in addition to the zero score, the student will be written up for academic dishonesty.
• When you open the quiz in iCollege can download the Lockdown Browser if you have not done so previously.
• If you do not have a webcam on your computer, then you must arrange to come to the college and take the assignment on a Perimeter College computer. The laptops loaned out by the library at Perimeter College campuses to be used within the library have both the lockdown browser installed and a webcam. These have been tested and work with the lockdown browser with webcam. Not all Perimeter College computers have webcams.
• If you have problems installing the Lockdown browser on your computer, then you must also come to the college to take the tests as described above.
• You must perform the environment check to show what is around you. Failure to show what is in the environment around your computer will result in a zero grade for the entire assignment.
• An adequate environment check means showing me what is within reach of you. That means the tabletop surface or wherever your computer/laptop is sitting.
• Most tests are open book, so I expect to see your text book and notes. See next part about below “Online assignments are open book, unless specifically stated as closed book in the syllabus and/or class schedule”.
• Other electronic devices are allowed, but cannot be used to google questions and copy answers from. They can be used to lookup definitions of words you do not understand. They can be used to access the eText if that is your book.
• If you use a second electronic device during the assignment for an open book assignment (see below), you MUST show the camera what was on the screen of that device. Hold it there for at least 10 seconds. That does not mean you can google the question, read an answer, then lookup something else and show me the second thing but not the first! When you finishing typing you must show me the screen of the second device immediately. If you start typing again / pressing buttons without showing me the screen then I will assume you are cheating.
• You should NOT be getting up and moving off screen during an assignment. If an emergency occurs and you have to get up and leave, then you must do an environment check again when you return by showing the area around you. Do not stop the assignment, just show the environment by moving the camera. You will lose time if you get up from the assignment for any reason.

Online assignments are open book, unless specifically stated as closed book in the syllabus and/or class schedule.

• For open book assignments:
• I know students have the textbook and notes in front of them when taking online assignment. These assignments have been designed to allow for that, if the assignment is not listed as closed book in the syllabus and/or schedule. You can have notes and the textbook with you and look things up if the assignment is an open book assignment. The timing of the assignment will prevent you from doing that for everything.
• If you are using an e-text or e-notes, that is fine to use while taking the open book assignments. You are also allowed to look up terms that you are not familiar with online. The lockdown browser locks that computer, so to do any of these options would require a second electronic device.
• It is not acceptable to google questions and then copy answers over for any type of assignment (see “Earning your grade” section).

• For closed book assignments:
• You are not allowed any books, notes, recordings, and/or any type of information to be accessible that is not coming directly from your brain. During the environment check you must show that nothing is accessible.
• If you have accommodations for a disability, then you are allowed anything that matches the requirements on the accommodation form sent from Disability Services.
• It is not acceptable to google questions and then copy answers over for any type of assignment (see “Earning your grade” section).
• With closed book assignments, it is even more crucial that you perform an adequate environment check to show what is around you. For closed book assignments, failure to show what is in the environment around your computer will result in a zero grade for the entire assignment. This policy has no exceptions, unless you have accommodations from Disability Services. An adequate environment check for closed book assignments must include:
• Showing me what is within reach of you (that means the tabletop surface or wherever your computer/laptop is sitting).
• Not having any electronic devices (other than what you are using to take the assignment) near you.
• Having no notes, books, recordings, cheat sheets, manuscripts, holographic projections, or any other form of storing and/or accessing course materials that is known or unknown around you.
• During closed book assignments:
• You should never get up and move off camera unless it is an emergency. In an emergency, you must explain yourself when you return in the video recording and email Dr Hollier immediately after submitting the assignment.
• You should not be talking to other people or talking to yourself out loud. Talking out loud will be considered a form of cheating, as you could be reading the question to someone around the corner, having them find the answer, and then having them communicate that answer to you in some form. This is not allowed.
• Your face should always be visible within the camera view.
• You should not be looking away from the screen for any reason. See the video links below.
  

Official Information from GSU:
Respondus Lockdown Browser: This free Internet browser must be installed on your computer and used for all assignments. The first time you take an assignment requiring the lockdown browser, you will see directions for installing it. You will complete the “Lockdown browser test” quiz to ensure your computer works with the lockdown browser and webcam (Respondus Monitor) before you can take any other assignment that requires the Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor.

Respondus will record you as you complete your test. The testing process requires that you first complete an environmental scan. An environmental scan should provide clear video footage of the workspace in which you are taking your exam to ensure that the testing environment is secure. Items in your immediate surroundings will be seen and recorded by your camera during the environmental scan. You should remove any items you deem private and/or personal.

You are expected to watch the general information for students on taking assignments that use the lockdown browser with webcam that is available at:

https://mediaspace.gsu.edu/media/Respondus+Overview/1_i54pcnec

https://mediaspace.gsu.edu/media/Respondus+with+Webcam+Hints/1_m80fipoc

 https://gsutech.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article&sys_id=f9c2da0fdb889b00601b502bdc961930

If you have assignment problems while using the Lockdown Browser

If you encounter problems with online assignments other than what is listed below, then close the assignment, do not submit it, and email me immediately explaining the situation that occurred. Your email must be received within 3 minutes of the problem occurring. Take a picture of the time and the computer screen to log the time. Email that picture as an attachment (this can be done after sending your initial email that is within 3 minutes of the problem).
Potential problems and solutions:

• You open the wrong test: Immediately close it, do not answer any questions, and email me within 3 minutes of opening the assignment that you accidentally opened the wrong assignment. If your email is timed more than 3 minutes after opening the assignment then it means you have potentially reviewed all questions. That would mean you an ineligible for the assignment being reset as you would have reviewed the questions. This is not fair / discriminating to other students. If you do this more than twice, then the third time and onwards your assignment will not be reset. Make sure you verify the assignment that you want to take before opening an assignment.
• Your computer freezes during a test: save your answers as you go! Take a picture of the computer screen with a clock, watch, or something showing the time of that picture. I will reopen the assignment with however much time you have remaining. Answers that were saved will still be saved and you will complete the remaining questions you did not answer. If you do not save any answers as you go, then you will have to answer all of the questions in the remaining time. So, make sure you save answers as you go for every assignment.

Computer requirements for the Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor:

• A "full" PC or MAC computer, or an iPad.
• "Full" is defined here as having a standard operating system for a PC or MAC, not a mobile version of the operating system. As an example, the mobile version of Windows is not compatible with the Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor.
• If using a MAC, you will most likely have to download Google Chrome for the MAC and use that to open iCollege and then access the quizzes. Safari on the MAC may not work with the Lockdown Browser and has caused issues for students previously.
• iPad's are compatible providing the instructor activates that option. Dr Hollier always activates this option, and so iPads will work in Dr Hollier's classes. Whether iPads can be used in other instructors’ classes is dependent on the instructor allowing the use of iPads and activating that option.
• Chromebooks are now compatible with the lockdown browser. Chromebooks borrowed from Periemter College libraries may not have the lockdown browser installed.
  • Students do not have the admin rights to install them on those borrowed chromebooks.
• Android based tablets are NOT compatible with the lockdown browser.
• Mobile phones are NOT compatible with the lockdown browser.
• For more information on the Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor click this link.