Safe Exam Browser
If you want to use Safe Exam Browser to provide security for your exams, follow these instructions.
Lab Installation
Login to the computer with a user account that has admin rights
Download Safe Exam Browser 2.1.x for Windows: http://safeexambrowser.org/download_en.html
Run the Safe Exam Browser Installer (SafeExamBrowserInstaller.exe). After the installation a Safe Exam Browser shortcut should be placed on the desktop
Copy the provided SEB Client Configuration file (SEBClientSettings.seb) to the following location: PROGRAMDATA\SafeExamBrowser\ (typically C:\ProgramData\SafeExamBrowser)
Reboot the computer
Launch SEB by double-clicking on the desktop shortcut and verify that the Elentra login screen loads.
Running SEB on non-admin accounts on Windows
After clicking on the exam link, if it tries to install SEB again
Select "Do not close application..."
No to "Restart computer"
Ok to the error with reading the tmp directory.
Try to launch the exam again, it should open and prompt you to login again.
Note: DO NOT upgrade on top of an existing version, always uninstall the old version before installing the new version.
Elentra Exam Setup
To apply Safe Exam Browser to a posted exam, navigate to the exam post and go to Step 6: Security
Edit the post and on Step 6: Secure Settings, copy the URL that is provided in the blue box in the "Safe Exam Browser (SEB) File” section. (Tip: Leave the browser window open as you complete the remaining steps)
Launch the "SEB Config Tool” from the Windows Start Menu (Start->Safe Exam Browser->SEB Config Tool)
Paste the URL copied in Step 10 in the “Start URL” field
Password-protect the SEB Exam file by creating a password in the “Administrator password” section.
Switch to the “Config File” tab
Under “Use SEB settings file for…” select the option “starting an exam"
Switch to the “Exam” tab
Check the checkbox that reads “Send Browser Exam Key in HTTP header
Under the “Link to quit SEB after exam” enter https://yourschool.edu/secure/secure-logout
Switch to the “Hooked Keys” tab
Check that checkbox that reads “Enable Right Mouse” and uncheck everything else
Switch to the “Config File” tab
Click the button “Save Settings As…” and save the SEB Exam file
If prompted to save an unencrypted SEB file, choose Yes.
Switch to the “Exam” tab
Copy the SEB Browser Exam Key under the “Browser Exam Key” section
Switch back to your web browser that is currently on the Post Exam settings page
Upload the SEB Exam file you just created by clicking the “Browse” button, selecting the file you named in Step 22. After the file finishes uploading, it should appear in the “Safe Exam Browser (SEB) File” section
Under the “Secure Key” section, click the “+” button toward the top-right corner
Paste the SEB Browser Exam Key that you copied in Step 25 in the “Browser Key” field
Enter the version of Safe Exam Browser that you used to create the SEB Browser Key and the Operating System (e.g. Win 2.1.2)
Click “Next Step” and continue through each step. When you reach the last step, click “Save Exam Post"
Launch SEB and login to Elentra
Navigate to the Exam you wish to take and verify that you can login and that the exam loads
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