Overview

The platform's integration with Safe Exam Browser (SEB) allows you to create a web browser environment to carry out online quizzes safely. SEB temporarily turns any computer into a secure workstation. It controls access to resources like system functions, other websites, and applications and prevents unauthorized resources from being used during a quiz.

Please note the business platform uses the term 'assessment', and the academia platform uses the term 'assignment'. The terms 'assessment' and 'assignment' are interchangeable in this article.

Installing the Safe Exam Browser app

To enable the Safe Exam Browser app, administrators:

1. Click Admin from the primary navigation menu.
   
2. Click App center from the fly-out menu.
   
3. Click Install on the Safe Exam Browser app in the Assignment section of the App Center. 
   

Please note that by installing the Safe Exam Browser app, the Proctored assessments app will be automatically installed. If you uninstall the Proctored assessments app, the Safe Exam Browser app will be automatically uninstalled.

Enabling Safe Exam Browser for assessments

After installing the Safe Exam Browser app, you can require Safe Exam Browser for quiz assessments. To enable Safe Exam Browser for a quiz:

1. Access a quiz assessment.
   
2. Click the Proctor tab.
   
1. Note - you may need to click the more  icon to access the Proctor tab.
   
3. Select the Require Safe Exam Browser to complete the assessment? checkbox.
   

After selecting the Safe Exam Browser checkbox, two options become available:

1. Add Passwords: This options allows you to add your own passwords and have the SEB configuration file generated automatically.
   
2. Upload custom configuration: This option requires you to upload a custom SEB configuration file. 
   
1. Uploading the configuration file is not recommended unless you are a SEB expert. 
   

If you choose to add passwords, the Passwords pop-up displays.

1. Enter a Student Password of your choosing. The student password is used by learners to access and start the exam with SEB.
   
2. Enter a Teacher password of your choosing. The teacher password is similar to the administrator password used in the SEB configuration panel. This password is required to open a config file for editing in the config tool. You should set an administrator password if you don't want someone to open and examine a .seb configuration file after knowing the encryption credentials (for example, after an exam).
   
1. Please note that this password can only be used in the SEB configuration panel.
   
3. Enter a Quit Password of your choosing. The quit password is used to leave SEB during an assessment. The user can click on the quit icon from the right-bottom page of the SEB platform and enter this password.
   
4. Click Save.
   

1. Click + Change Passwords if you would like to edit the passwords. 
   

Learner view

To take a quiz assessment using Safe Exam Browser, learners must first have the SEB application installed on their computer or device. To download the Safe Exam Browser application, learners must:

1. Access https://safeexambrowser.org/download_en.html.
   
2. Download the Safe Exam Browser application for their environment (Windows, MacOS, etc).

1. Access the quiz assessment in a course.
   
1. Note that the Student password is displayed in the quiz Instructions.
2. Click Take quiz using Safe Exam Browser. 

After clicking the 'Take quiz using Safe Exam Browser' button, the SEB configuration file will be automatically downloaded to the learner's computer. To take the assessment:

1. Learners click the downloaded SEB configuration file to launch the Safe Exam Browser. 
   
2. Learners must enter the Student password and click OK.
   
1. The Student password is provided to learners on the quiz instructions page.
   

After entering the password, the SEB quiz assessment begins.

1. Learners cannot click any other areas of the screen, as all links are deactivated during the SEB assessment. 
   
1. Note that the SEB logo displays in the lower left corner, and a timer and Quit button are available in the lower right corner.
   

Learners answer the quiz questions. Once they have submitted their assessment, learners:

1. Click the Exit button on the Submissions tab. 
   

Quitting a SEB assessment

1. Click the Quit  button in the lower right corner of the screen.
   
2. Enter the Quit password. 
   

Please note that it's up to you as an instructor if you want to share the Quit password with learners and allow the quiz to be closed.