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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.

Note While Cengage supports our learning platform integrations with several Learning Management Systems, proctoring solutions are third party services that we do not directly support. The LMS and proctoring solution versions we have tested might not be the same versions you use. For this reason, your process and results might vary and Cengage cannot guarantee support for any third party proctoring service.

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.