Tips for Securing "At-Home" Exams

For a fully online course where you are offering at-home exams, it is recommended to use LockDown Browser +Monitor. Jump to that module for more information: Respondus Monitor

If you want to use LDB for "at-home" exams without enabling Monitor, here are some tips to help reduce cheating:

Allow for the shortest reasonable amount of time to take the exam
- Once an exam is started, it cannot be saved and resumed later
- All Canvas exams are auto-submitted when the time expires
- Students with accommodations can be granted additional time on a case-by-case basis
Randomize the delivery order of the questions
Use "Question Groups" within the exam to randomize the questions chosen each time the exam is taken
"Shuffle Answers" for each question, so that the "correct" answer isn't the same letter choice each time the exam is taken
Deliver questions one at a time and disable "backtracking" to previous questions
Limit the "correct response" feedback students see after taking the exam
Hide exam feedback from students until the last day to take the exam has passed

For help configuring any of these exam delivery options, please reach out to your lead Instructional Designer!

Up next: Enabling Respondus LockDown Browser!