Virtually Proctored Tests: Chromebook

1. Sign in to Blackboard as normal.
    
2. Close all other windows and applications.
    
3. Click into your course as normal.
    
4. Go to where the test is located in the course, then click the test name. Lock Down browser should launch when you open the test.
    
5. For check-in, when prompted by the computer, hold your photo ID up close to your computer camera so it is clearly readable. Here is what an ID check should look like:
   
    
6. When prompted by the computer to do an environment check, move your computer camera around to show that your workspace is free of any unauthorized materials and devices; this includes the top of your desk/table, the space behind your computer monitor, and floor space near your desk. Here is what an environment check should look like:
   
    
    
7. Take your test in Blackboard. Keep your camera and microphone on at all times. Remain at your computer for the duration of the test (do not leave from where you are seated).
    
8. When you are done with the test, click the Submit button.
    
9. Close and exit out of LockDown Browser.

1. Sign in to Zoom as normal. Do NOT log into Zoom through LockDown Browser.
    
2. Enable your camera and microphone in the Zoom meeting.
    
3. Check-in is done in a Zoom breakout room with the instructor.
    
4. For check-in, when asked, hold your photo ID up close to your computer camera so it is clearly readable. Here is what an ID check should look like:
   
   
    
5. When asked to do an environment check, move your computer camera around to show that your workspace is free of any unauthorized materials and devices; this includes the top of your desk/table, the space behind your computer monitor, and floor space near your desk. Here is what an environment check should look like:
   
   
    
6. Share your entire screen. Learn how to do this by reviewing this article: Zoom Screensharing
    
7. Keep your camera and microphone on at all times.
    
8. Sign in to Blackboard and click into your course as normal. 
    
9. Go to where the test is located in the course, then click on the test name.
    
10. Click the Begin button.
     
11. Enter the start code. Your instructor will verbally provide the start code to you.
     
12. Take your test in Blackboard. Keep your camera and microphone on at all times. Remain at your computer for the duration of the test (do not leave from where you are seated).
     
13. When you are done with the test, click the Submit button.
     
15. Close and exit out of LockDown Browser.
     
16. Return to Zoom. From your breakout room in Zoom, click the “Ask for Help” icon in the meeting controls, and your instructor will come to your breakout room for check-out.

Be sure that you have LockDown browser extension to the device you are using to take your test. If it is asking you for a password, you are not in LockDown Browser.

A start code will be provided to you by your instructor during the live Zoom session. Exit out of LockDown Browser and join the live Zoom meeting at the time scheduled by your instructor. Your instructor will verbally provide the start code after the check in process.

On the Chromebook, the system may appear to be launching LockDown Browser with quizzes that do not require it. You may close out of LockDown Browser windows, and the quiz will open, or you may turn off the browser extension until you need it for the next test.

To turn off the LockDown Browser extension: type Chrome://extensions/ in the URL address bar in Chrome. Locate the LockDown Browser Chrome Extension, and toggle it off.

To activate it again later: type Chrome://extensions/ in the URL address bar, and toggle the extension on.