Safe Exam Browser

1. Navigate to Administration > LMS > Settings - LMS Policy.

2. Toggle ‘Enable Exam Browser’ to ‘ON’. 

Your staff will now be able to select specific assessments to function within the Safe Exam Browser.

When a student accesses a learning activity that is utilising the Safe Exam Browser functionality a filter rule is automatically created for the ‘Start URL’, i.e. the URL of the learning activity in Schoolbox. This is what allows students to submit work and navigate through the quiz whilst the safe exam browser is active.

Whitelisting URLs

In addition to the Start URL, a school can add additional websites and online resources that are allowed student access during use of the safe exam browser.

To whitelist URLs:

1. Navigate to Administration > LMS > Settings - LMS Policy.
2. Navigate to ‘Safe Exam Browser URL Whitelist’.
3. Add the URL onto its own line.

Whitelisting SAML Domains

If a school utilises SAML for students to access the instance, a redirect via another URL is applied to the instance that causes the ‘Start URL’ to be different and will thus block access to the learning activity. To combat this affect:

1. Navigate to Administration >LMS > Settings - LMS Policy.
2. Navigate to ‘Safe Exam Browser URL Whitelist’.
3. Add each domain the SAML config sends students through to this setting and add a * character (as a wildcard) to the end of the domain. For example: 
   • https://help.schoolbox.com.au/*
   • https://schoolbox.com.au/*
4. Separate each URL by placing each URL onto its own line.

You can create a new assessment or modify an existing assessment to enable the Safe Exam Browser.

To enable the Safe Exam Browser on an existing assessment

1. Navigate to the required assessment.

2. Select the three-dot menu and then select ‘Modify’. 

3. Navigate to the ‘Submissions’ section of the Due Work modification page and toggle ‘Enforce Safe Exam Browser’ to ‘ON’.

3. Select ‘Update’.

To enable the Safe Exam Browser on a new assessment

1. Navigate to the unit page or class page where you wish to house the assessment task.

2. Select ‘Create Activity’ on a unit page, within the Course Builder component, or select the 3-dot menu next to the unit and select the type of assessment you wish to create.

3. Complete the assessment details as required.

4. Ensure you have toggled ‘Enforce Safe Exam Browser’ to ‘ON’.

5. Select 'Create'. 

NOTE: We recommend that you create a project, that houses a due work item for the exam or file to download (PDF format required) and an additional due work item that students can submit their completed exam to. This allows the students to use a third party product to scan or capture their written responses.