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Instructions for Students to Download the UofL version of Respondus

Lockdown Browser

The following instructions will show students how to download the UofL version of the Respondus

Lockdown Browser from the Blackboard Help pages. Both PC and MAC versions follow the same process.

Follow these steps to install Respondus Lockdown Browser:

NOTE: Please use Internet Explorer for PC and Safari for MAC to download the

installation program. Step 1: Log into Blackboard

Step 2: Click on the HELP tab (on right, just under the University of Louisville logo)

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Step 3: On the left will be three white HELP boxes - Click on STUDENT HELP

Step 4: (In Internet Explorer 8) - Security Warning Dialog Box - click NO

Step 4: (in Internet Explorer 9) - Security Warning – Click “Show all content”

Using IE 8: Be sure to READ

the question contained in the

box that pops up (shown at

left) If your Security Warning

box question is as it appears

here, you click “NO”.

Using IE 9: (shown below) If

this is what you see, click the

button that says “Show all

content.”

You may see more security warning boxes as the page loads asking about giving access to the intranet site.

You can click No on this. It may appear three to four times before the page fully loads. (Shown Below)

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Step 5: Click on RESPONDUS LOCKDOWN BROWSER

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Step 6: This page contains a quick start guide, instructions for downloading the browser, a list of features as well as contact information. Click on the Respondus.com link (shown in the red box below) provided here to install the UofL version of Lockdown Browser.

Step 7: The new page design below should read your operating system. But if it doesn’t be sure to read the blue box on the left before clicking the Yellow install button on the right. If the system type is incorrect look toward the bottom of the Blue section for the question, “Do you need the Mac version?” for this example. If you do need the Mac version click the question and the screen will switch to allow you to download the Mac version.

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PC Users Continue to page 5 below.

MAC Users Continue to page 6 below.

PC View Step 8: Once you click Install, the screen below will appear and ask you if you want to run or save the file. It install click “Run” shown in the red rectangle below.

The Computer labs on

Belknap Campus have a

copy of Lockdown

Browser on them. These

labs are located in

Ekstrom Library and the

MITC Center.

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Step 9: Click to install the browser and follow the prompts to finish the install of the program. PC View of installer:

MAC View Step 7: The new page design below should read your operating system. But if it doesn’t be sure to read the blue box on the left before clicking the Yellow install button on the right. If the system type is incorrect look toward the bottom of the Blue section for the question, “Do you need the Windows version?” for this example. If you do need the Windows version click the question and the screen will switch to allow you to download the Windows version.

The Computer labs on

Belknap Campus have a

copy of Lockdown

Browser on them. These

labs are located in

Ekstrom Library and the

MITC Center.

Note: Be sure to Read

the instructions on this

page. If you have a PC

see page 5 for the PC

version of the Software..

Note: Each time you run

Lockdown Browser, It will ask

you to close all programs like

other browsers, screen capture

programs and any other

program that would allow you

to copy/paste or print to or

from an exam. If Lockdown

Browser doesn’t run properly

after you have allowed the

program to close these

programs automatically, you

may need to close the

programs manually and then

restart Lockdown Browser.

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Step 8: Once you click Install, the screen below will appear and walk you through the steps to install on a Mac.

Note: Each time you run Lockdown Browser, It will ask you to close all programs like other browsers,

screen capture programs and any other program that would allow you to copy/paste or print to or from

an exam. If Lockdown Browser doesn’t run properly after you have allowed the program to close these

programs automatically, you may need to close the programs manually and then restart Lockdown

Browser.