Love it! This would make the assessment function of the LMS much more useful and secure.

Hello Everyone -

Closing out this idea as with today's release, we are adding in an integration with LockDown Browser. This is a premium add-on that can be purchased directly from within Education Management. As a Platform Manager and Organization Admin, you can go to Core > Settings > Activate new features to find the enablement area. There, you can activate a 30-day free trial of the service and purchase the integration when your school is ready.

For more information on the integration, check out this video outlining the feature!

My English Dept asks me daily for updates on this.

Any updates on the time frame for this "planned" feature?

We would like an integrated lockdown browser like respondus for testing.

This has been in the planned status for over a year. We were told this would be available by now. What is the timeline on this integration? It is desperately needed.

Yes, I couldn't agree more. All the Blackbaud assessments are essentially useless without a lockdown browser. Since we switched to Blackbaud, we have gone backwards -- our teachers have moved back to paper assessments since the ability to cheat or surf the internet is so easy without lockdown browser. Would love to know when this will be coming to Blackbaud. Thanks!

excited by this being flagged as being planned! Looking forward to seeing this be part of the Blackbaud's K12 LMS.

Blackbaud should implement this Respondus update as soon as possible! With the issue of academic integrity only growing, they risk being left behind by other grading programs.

Today, I talked to Steven at Respondus, and he said that we need our Blackbaud reps to keep reaching out to them if we want progress on lockdown browsers... it is definitely needed!

Agreed! It seems strange that their website says it offers Respondus in the marketplace, but when you go to the marketplace there is nothing there for Respondus. In an era where AI cheating is out of control, a lockdown browser is vital for academic integrity.

It seems deceptive that Blackbaud advertises an integration with Respondus…

https://www.blackbaud.com/products/learning-management-system

…but when I ask Respondus about it, they refer me to Blackbaud. And when I ask support about it, I'm told that there is nothing available now, but that an EAP is starting "at some point this year."

I'd also like to know if there's an update on this.

Any updates on this since 2024?

What, exactly, is "planned" here? When can we expect this? Thanks!

Respondus was purchased by Formative and they are offering a trial if you have formative also.

This is absolutely necessary.

We need a way to ensure text integrity while administering online tests. A student taking an online test should not have access to any other web page.

In response to Angela the request isn't to lock down the computer but to create or allow integration with a browser that helps deter cheating or looking up of answers. We want to make it a bit harder and for students to understand that because we have a locked browser in place we are being serious. We do know that if a child is at home taking a test they can still look up the answers on the phone or another person in the room expecially if they are not being proctored. Part of a good testing environment the students would need to be monitored, the device they are using would need to be locked down and stripped and the browser they are using needs to be locked.

The integrity at home isn't the request, it's the ability to have a deterance in place. In school, the testing environment and computer are more controlled and monitored which then, with a locked browser, would increase the integrity of the answers and also add to deter the student.

Please look into third party integrations per our request.

@Angela Addison, were you able to do some testing with Respondus and/or Exam.net?