Enable Respondus Exam Proctoring for Canvas-Integrated MindTap

If you use Canvas, you can prevent cheating by using Respondus LockDown Browser or Respondus Monitor. Create a Canvas quiz that requires Respondus and use it to link to MindTap. Your students will continue to be monitored by Respondus while they complete their exam in MindTap.

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Before you begin, you must have a link to your MindTap exam published in Canvas. However, students should not access the exam directly through this link. To avoid confusion, consider creating a new module titled "Do not access" and let your students know that you will be notified if they attempt to access the exam through this link.

  1. In Canvas, open a course.

  2. Click Quizzes › +Quiz.

  3. Select Classic Quizzes and click Submit.

    This process does not work with New Quizzes in Canvas.

  4. Enter a quiz name and other required information.

  5. Click Questions › +New Question.

  6. Set the question type to Text (no question).

  7. In the empty field, enter instructions for your students.

  8. Click Insert › Link › Course Link.

  9. Click Assignments and select your MindTap exam to add a link to the exam.

    Example:

  10. Click Update Question › Save.

  11. In the sidebar, click LockDown Browser.

    If prompted, authorize LockDown Browser.

    Your new quiz is listed.

  12. Click › Settings.

  13. Select Require Respondus LockDown Browser.

  14. Click Advanced Settings › Allow access to specific web domains.

  15. Copy and paste the following domains:

    gateway.cengage.com,aplia.apps.ng.cengage.com,​cnow.apps.ng.cengage.com,ng.cengage.com,​cengage.com,auth.cengage.com,sam.cengage.com,​account.cengage.com,samcp.cengage.com,about,​etextlauncher.cengage.com,auth.cengage.com,​ebooks.cenreader.com,*.cengage.com
  16. Click Save + Close.

Open your Canvas quiz in student view to test the experience and make sure you can access your MindTap exam.

Publish your Canvas quiz to make it available to students.