Testing Integrity Tools
Respondus LockDown Browser and Honorlock can be used to assist academic integrity in teaching and learning. Distance Education offers testing integrity tools to suit many needs. We provide access to online and face-to-face testing options as institutional contracts ensure students do not incur any extra fees. APSU does not require the use of testing integrity tools in courses. Usage is based on the instructional method and the faculty’s determination of the best assessment type for each examination and the necessary security level to assess the learning objectives. These tools cannot be used simultaneously.
Important Notes to Faculty
These tools are valuable, but they are not foolproof. Faculty must remain actively engaged in the assessment process to ensure academic integrity and support student success. Regardless of integrity tool employed, Distance Education encourages faculty to take measures with their quizzes/exams/tests that discourage academic misconduct including:
- Converting multiple-choice questions into long answer, short answer, etc.
- Creating question pools that will pull a random set of questions for each student’s test.
- Randomizing the order of questions and the answers within a test.
- Shortening the test time to limit the amount of time students would have to search for question answers.
- Reducing the number of questions per exam page and prevent students from moving back to previous questions. This can help prevent students from splitting up the test to share answers.
- Considering changing the assessment type to require more application of concepts, for example, with a paper, case-study, presentation, video, etc.
Tools Available
For Face-to-Face Courses:
LockDown Browser (LDB) assists faculty in proctoring their classroom. As the name suggests, it locks down a student's computer so they cannot navigate outside
of the D2L quiz. LDB allows instructors to permit access to specific websites while blocking navigation to other sites and software. This tool is ideal for in-person settings where the faculty can monitor students' use of mobile devices or other physical materials during assessments.
For Online and Hybrid Courses:
Honorlock provides a unique online proctoring approach to support academic integrity
in online and hybrid courses. Honorlock AI has the ability to monitor the student's
webcam, audio, and screen to determine suspicious behaviors. These behaviors will be flagged for instructor review and, in some cases, will initiate a Live Pop-In where a live proctor joins the session to assist the student or address behaviors.
Which tool is right for you?
These tools cannot be used simultaneously.
| Respondus LockDown Browser | Honorlock Online Proctoring |
|---|---|
| Physical testing environment | Online testing environment |
| Does not monitor students | Monitors students during exam with AI with proctor pop-ins |
| Locks down the device used for testing | Optional setting to lock down student's device |
| Works with D2L Quizzes | Works with D2L Quizzes and third-party platforms |
| Students download a browser application from D2L | Students install a browser extension |
| Passwords are optional, depending on faculty implementation | Honorlock generates a unique password that should never be altered. The browser extension applies the password for the student to start testing. |
| Only displays information on students who exited LockDown Browser before the exam was complete | Complete recording session and flags available after exam |