Test Security & the LockDown Browser in Schoology
@joe_edtech/@LisaBerghoff
Guest Post By Howard Citron, Phsyics Teacher and Instructional Tech Coach at DHS
In the blog post below, Howard explains that using the LockDown browser feature in Schoology, you can prevent students from opening new tabs or windows on their Chromebooks and enhance your online test security.
Assignments, discussions and grade books, OH MY! As I venture down the yellow brick road and continue meeting all of these fascinating Schoology features, I’ve decided to start giving assessments through Schoology. My favorite part assessments in Schoology? The LockDown Browser, of course!
Have you wondered, how too can I use Schoology to give assessments without my students being able to access the internet for answers? That is the question we are here to answer.
We present to you the “LockDown Browser” embedded within Schoology! The LockDown Browser allows for you to create and give your students digital assessments with varying question types without the students being able to access the internet. This is a similar feature to using Hapara to lock out student browsing capabilities or the “Click to test” function through Mastery Manager without students having to log out of their Chromebooks.
First, you’ll want to activate the LockDown Browser in the lefthand side of your Schoology “Courses” page
To create an assessment using the LockDown Browser you will create an assessment (Test/Quiz) via “Gradebook” or “Add Materials.”
Upon creation of the assessment, you may set it up to either make the grades available without a key, with a key or not make the grades available once they have submitted the assessment.
When the students log-in to the take the Schoology created assessment, they will be prompted to enter the LockDown Browser.
The LockDown Browser is an excellent tool that allows our students to enter into a testing mode without logging out of their system and provides the instructor the piece of mind to know that their students cannot access the internet while being assessed.
The accompanying data collection is also an incredible benefit of Schoology that we will discuss in a future blog.
Have you wondered, how too can I use Schoology to give assessments without my students being able to access the internet for answers? That is the question we are here to answer.
We present to you the “LockDown Browser” embedded within Schoology! The LockDown Browser allows for you to create and give your students digital assessments with varying question types without the students being able to access the internet. This is a similar feature to using Hapara to lock out student browsing capabilities or the “Click to test” function through Mastery Manager without students having to log out of their Chromebooks.
First, you’ll want to activate the LockDown Browser in the lefthand side of your Schoology “Courses” page
Once the LockDown Browser has been activated FOR EACH CLASS, you have the ability to add it to any of your Schoology given assessments. Students will only have the ability to access webpages that you allow during assessments when LockDown is active.
Upon creation of the assessment, you may set it up to either make the grades available without a key, with a key or not make the grades available once they have submitted the assessment.
Once you have created an assessment (Test/Quiz) within Schoology, you will have the following options presented to you for that assessment:
- Allowing the students into the exam only
- Allowing the students into specified web sites
- Allow iPad assessments
- Allowing calculator function
- Enable Printing
The accompanying data collection is also an incredible benefit of Schoology that we will discuss in a future blog.
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