Install and Launch LockDown Browser

If your professor has required that you use Respondus LockDown Browser in a quiz, you will need to install the program. The link to do so appears once you open the quiz.

If you have a Chromebook, see Using a Chromebook with LockDown Browser.

See also this Respondus page: LockDown Browser: The Student Experience.

Install LockDown Browser

  1. Click on the quiz that requires LockDown browser and scroll to the bottom of the screen.

  2. Click on [Download and Install the latest version of LockDown Browser].
    Identifies link to download and install browser

  3. A window will open on the Respondus site. Click the [Install Now] button.
    Identifies Install Now button

  4. The Respondus install file will be downloaded. Follow the on-screen instructions to install.

Launching the LockDown Browser

You will launch the LockDown Browser from inside the D2L quiz.

  1. Click on the quiz that requires LockDown browser and scroll to the bottom of the screen.

  2. Click on the [Launch LockDown Browser] button.
    Identifies Launch LockDown Browser

  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to start the quiz.