Executive Lead
Michelle Rogers-Estable
Technical Lead
Michelle Rogers-Estable
rogersmd@uri.edu
Support Team
ITS Teaching and Learning
Respondus tools provide secured work within a learning management system. Used at over 2000 higher educational institutions, these tools can be used to secure online exams in classrooms or proctored environments.
There is a Respondus lockdown browser (LDB) license for select departments on campus.
NOTICE
There is an incorrect wide-spread belief that LDB alone will secure an online exam: It does not prevent cheating on online exams.
There are many blogs online telling students how to hack LDB to cheat – here are two examples:
Blog Post 1
Blog Post 2
Securing Exams
In-Person Exams: Lockdown Browser
LDB works to secure in-person exams only. LDB alone without Monitor (below) does not secure online remote exams. LDB requires that a client be installed on the laptop/computer for it to work with the Brightspace integration, and needs to be updated 2x per year. See below for departmental approvals.
Online Remote Exams: Monitor
Monitor works in conjunction with LDB to lockdown and secure a remote exam. At this time, URI does not have a Monitor license.
Updates
LDB Approvals
April 2025
Respondus LockDown Browser (LDB) is currently approved for use on Nursing department computers. The approval does not extend to other campus departments. Other departments interested in purchasing a license may submit a Service Desk ticket to request more information.