Blackboard Ultra (Faculty) - Require LockDown Browser for an Exam

This document provides an overview of how to set up an exam with LockDown Browser.

Publishing to Blackboard Ultra using Respondus 4.0

These steps will guide you through publishing an exam or quiz created in Respondus 4.0 to your Blackboard Ultra course.

  1. Click on Books and Tools on the Details and Actions menu under the course faculty panel on the Course Content page. 

    The second-to-last item on the Details and Actions panel is Books & tools with a wrench icon.

  2. Select Respondus from the list of tools. 

    The Respondus logo looks like a padlock with a key hole.

  3. If a Learn Authorization screen shows, click the Allow button.
  4. A list of assessments in the course appears. Click the drop-down menu (icon looks like a downward carrot) next to the assessment you want to require Respondus Monitor. Select Settings.

    In the drop-down menu, select the first option labeled settings.

  5. Click the radio button next to "Require Lockdown Browser for this exam". More setting options will appear.

    LDB settings with second option "require LDB for this exam" selected

  6. Click the Save + Close button when satisfied with the settings.
  7. The dashboard now shows that LockDown Browser and Respondus monitor are now required.

    Next to the assessment name will display that LockDown Browser and Respondus monitor are required.

  8. On the Course Content page, a shield icon and the label "Proctored" are now visible next to the assessment.

    In the details beneath the assessment title is a shield icon with the label proctored.

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Doc ID:
62233
Owned by:
Center I. in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Created:
2016-03-25
Updated:
2026-08-24
Sites:
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville