![]() ![]() I really hope this situation does not happen during the actual test and ruin my chances of passing. To download and install the Respondus LockDown Browser, simply follow these steps: First, you will need the link provided by your institution or university. I partially blame this on college board as well since I get kicked off of practice test all the time. LockDown Browser: The Student Experience. I had to ultimately email my teacher so I don’t get points take away for not completing this assignment. While I was able to access my other applications now, it still didn’t allow me to finish my practice exam. It locks all other applications on the computer so that you cant access any of them during the exam period. I had to fully shut down the IPad to exit out of the frozen screen. Institutions use LockDown Browsers to avoid the manipulation of exams by the students. I spent 20 minutes stressing out because I had other assignments I had to work on. I also couldn’t use the home button or the power button either, so I was stuck on the sign in screen. ![]() It at first didn’t bother me since I usually get kicked out of practice test on the college board site, however, because I had the LockDown browser open, I was not able to login again. While I was taking a practice exam(I was on question 43 out of 60), I was randomly kicked out of it and brought back to the sign in screen. When using Respondus LockDown Browser, many functions that could be used for cheating are blocked. Screw this app and its Neanderthal developers.īecause of distance learning, college Board requires AP students to download this app for the exams. The quiz was an easy 10 questions long and would have taken me no more than 10 minutes to complete. And here I am, a straight A student getting the first B in my college career all because of an embarrassing excuse of a mobile test proctoring application. The former would even be preferred at this point. I might as well have just gone to a public bathroom and flipped through pages of an STD textbook for 2 hours instead of going through the immeasurable suffering that was trying to make this app work. Or, close LockDown Browser and close the blocked program before restarting. screen capture, instant messaging) by choosing Yes. If prompted, either close a blocked program (e.g. ![]() (For Mac users, launch LockDown Browser from the Applications folder.) 3. Considering most professors in this online day and age don’t trust students when test taking at home, they didn’t buy that this garbage app was the culprit and not my iPad or WiFi which has never had any problems to date. Locate the LockDown Browser shortcut on the desktop and double-click it. I started logging into canvas to take a 30 minute quiz just so the app would freeze and crash over a dozen times, effectively taking more time than the quiz allowed for, granting me a 0 on it. This is the first app review I’ve ever made and I’ll just start off by saying that using lockdown browser was the absolute worst test taking experience I have ever had. ![]()
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