Downloaded files can be opened automatically. See release notes for details. The new remote proctoring features are implemented by integrating the open source video conferencing solution Jitsi Meet into SEB clients and SEB Server. Fixed that a Quit Link with a trailing slash "/" didn't work. General Concept Copyright © 2010-2021 ETH Zurich, Educational Development and Technology (LET). to test features like the URL filter). Safe Exam Browser 2.1.14 for iOS released. New web pages open in full screen 'windows', switch between open pages with the open windows chooser popup menu invoked by tapping the SEB icon in the SEB task bar. With the close button below each window in this window chooser you can close open browser full screen 'windows'. A quick tutorial showing how to make initial settings of Safe Exam Browser. If you want to use Zoom together with SEB, you have to set its "Active" property to false (Applications / Prohibited Processes). This list of prohibited processes makes sense because SEB on both platforms usually allows to run system processes, but some of them might not be wanted during an exam. Safe Exam Browser was presented at OEB 2015, formerly known as Online Educa Berlin, the global, cross-sector conference on technology supported learning and training. When content filtering is enabled, an embedded resource with the according URL is not loaded. There is a forum section for questions and discussions about the SEB for iOS version as well. Such left over files cause a wrong Browser Exam Key as well. Alerts (including browser error messages), text and buttons in preferences window (including tool tips) are displayed in German when SEB is started on a macOS system set to German language. So if you use an application which can open and save files and displays a file dialog, students can access local and network drives on the exam computer. Only the second option also ensures objective 3 is met: Sometimes hiding course navigation, link to the user's Moodle profile, logout etc. Improved reconfiguration with MDM Managed App Configuration, to facilitate deployment of SEB settings. In addition, SEB 2.1.7 improves handling permitted and prohibited processes in general and blocks prohibited processes more securely. Safe Exam Browser Video Tutorial. Resolved issue with sometimes missing power options after SEB was quit. These articles give more insights on how SEB can be used in different examination scenarios. from Create New Desktop to Disable Explorer Shell). If you cannot update right now, make sure that Chrome and Chromium-based browsers (for example Vivaldi) and also Firefox are quit before starting SEB. This maintenance update contains usability and stability improvements. Safe Exam Browser 2.3 for macOS released. Choose identity to be used for encrypting SEB settings file ... should be saved with the option "Use SEB settings file for ... configuring a client", so you (and examinees when starting SEB) don't have to enter any settings password, "Use SEB settings file for ... starting an exam. Added group policy update to registry resetter to reset power options reliably. You can allow third party applications to be used while SEB is running. Now it is possible to configure if you want examinees to be able to use the spell and grammar checker and the macOS dictionary lookup feature. Just start SafeExamBrowserInstaller.exe and follow the steps in the installation program. Fixed URL filter didn't treat query strings consistently between SEB versions on other platforms. Improvements in the touch optimized mode for Windows tablet computers, as better behavior when the on-screen keyboard is displayed and the web page scrolls a text field into the visible area or when moving the cursor in and between text fields. Deep linking for exams now also works with sebs:// links (in addition to Universal Links). Safe Exam Browser 2.4.1 for Windows. Assessment Mode also cannot be used if you want to run a video conferencing solution in the background during an exam for proctoring. Safe Exam Browser 2.1.6 for Windows fixes a problem with the mouse cursor introduced by the recent Windows 10 Creators Update, adds support for webcam and microphone access with new settings and improves compatibility to config files generated with the upcoming major release SEB 2.2. Loading seb(s):// linked settings from authenticated servers is possible now, even with indirect links (not containing the config file name with the .seb extension, like for example sebs://example.com/download.php?id=2352). Detected events are logged, displayed with a symbol in the video stream and send to a SEB Server instance if connected to one. The assessment mode is globally enabled / disabled in Administration -> Modules -> Assessment mode. On a trackpad supporting Force Touch, the lookup feature (invoked by strongly pressing the trackpad while the cursor is over a word or text selection) is also blocked now. Many Russian universities have implemented the Safe Exam Browser program to check student progress, which prevents almost all attempts to cheat. They can even be automatically created and auto-selected for encrypting exam configs. This should fix issues when using SEB-Moodle Deeper Integration. In SEB MacOSX 1.2 down- and uploading can be allowed. SEB for Windows has a comfortable configuration tool which should be used for configuring SEB. This tool can be found at the following directory path in your Program Files directory: SafeExamBrowser\SebWindowsServiceWCF\SebRegistryResetter.exe. It is now possible to modify the configuration files before rather than after installation, so the students can directly install SEB without patching it by additional configuration files after installation. Safe Exam Browser 2.1.1 for macOS offers new features, usability enhancements and includes major security improvements: Safe Exam Browser has been presented at the Inspera Seminar 2016, Scandinavia's leading e-assessment seminar which took place on September 22 and 23 in Oslo, Norway. Added spell checking with configurable languages, additional dictionaries can be embedded into SEB config files.Â. The latest versions of SEB for Windows and macOS can detect if they were started in a virtual instead of a native environment and refuse to start up. It is already the product of choice for many educational organizations around the world, enabling millions of fair and safe exams. • Accessing the internet. Structure of the SEB website has been rebuild to improve access to information for both system architectures SEB is available for now (Windows and macOS). In the first case, the improved URL filter with its simple filter rules effectively allows access to specific content and blocks all other. If you are using SEB for iOS in your institution or distribute it with your own assessment solution, please contribute to the improvement of the SEB open source software by testing the new SEB 2.1.13 features mentioned below and their compatibility with the desktop versions of Safe Exam Browser. SEB 2.1.13 uses the full native resolution when running on the new iPad Pro devices with Face ID. It does not allow you to move out of the test window before the test is finished. New public beta release SEB Windows 1.9.1 contains numerous improvements compared to previous versions: Since the tests are very comprehensive and have not yet been finished, we New battery indicator in the SEB Dock, automatically displayed on devices with battery when the macOS menu bar with its battery indicator is disabled. Safe Exam Browser 2.1.6 for Windows fixes a problem with the mouse cursor introduced by the recent Windows 10 Creators Update, adds support for webcam and microphone access with new settings and improves compatibility to config files generated with the upcoming major release SEB 2.2. SEB 2.1.3 is signed with a new code signing certificate with a secure SHA-256 signature. Fixed a common crash when the "Search Network" button in the Initial Configuration Assistant is tapped. Monitor uses webcam and video technology to allow students the opportunity to take quizzes or exams remotely. Custom App Controls and Quick Actions in Touch Bar, also with enabled Control Strip, are now disabled, even if BetterTouchTool is used. New feature to quit SEB after the exam is submitted (without having to enter a quit password) by specifying a, Clicking on the SEB icon of the user's desktop in some cases launched the SEB installer rather than the actual SEB application. Now clearing cookie store when starting SEB, to prevent that some authentication logins persist. The Discovery Demo "Safe Exam Browser, the Modular Freeware Solution for Secure E-Assessment" had following content: "If you are ready to completely replace paper and pencil to electronic devices for e-assessment, this demo will show how SEB makes sure that online examinations can be secure, even when using examinee's own devices (BYOD). In case the original values for the Registry Settings aren't found anymore, they will be reset to the Windows default values (all enabled). The new membership level has following benefits: Suggest SEB development goals, build a feature list for SEB, get direct, personal consultancy by the SEB developers (including for customizing SEB), logo of institution is placed on consortium website. These certificates have to be distributed to exam devices by embedding them into a. For this example the executable path should be entered as "program" in Permitted Processes -> Path, as that is the relative path to the main executable from the OpenOffice main directory, which is registered in Windows App Paths. The seminar gathered e-assessment specialists and users from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the UK and other countries and gave insights on how rapidly exams taken on computers are expanding in the educational sector of these countries. If SEB isn't installed yet, the link opens in Safari and a smart banner shows a button to install SEB from the App Store. Our online exam software takes every precaution to ensure that the exams are taken in a secure environment with features such as safe exam browser (lockdown browser), webcam recording, screen capture, details exam logs, preclusion of exam texts and answers selection, preclusion of printing, disabling the right click during the exam and many more … Safe Exam Browser 2.2.1 should be used from now on, we won't provide support for older versions anymore. The user documentation and other information about SEB for Windows and macOS on the SEB website have been revised and are completely translated to German. Added support for encrypting SEB config files with identity certificates. Added a new settings option to enforce SEB being used with a specific minimal macOS version. See presentation slides for some of the discussed topics. If no allow rule matched, then the request is discarded. SEB MacOSX 1.4 easens the deployment of the application including an individual configuration. It also contains a usability improvement: When starting SEB by opening a .seb config file or a seb(s):// link, the start URL from persistent settings of the SEB client isn't opened first anymore, instead the new settings are directly applied. The Consortium invites further bodies, which may range from educational institutions to companies and public authorities, to join and work together on the promising future of this impressive open source tool: www.safeexambrowser.org/consortium. This most likely has to do with the improved security features in SEB 3.0, like constant monitoring of the Windows Registry settings which SEB changes during an exam. If enabled and right click isn't disabled (see Preferences/Security/Hooked Keys/Enable Right Mouse), you can right click/ctrl-left click on a web page element and open Web Inspector with 'Inspect Element'. Some new features and improvements are currently only available in the iOS version, but will be added to future releases of the Mac and Windows versions of SEB. If an exam computer breaks down during the exam, no data is lost, as everything is running inside the virtual desktop on your server infrastructure. SEB 3.0.1 does no longer access the Windows Registry by default. For my nursing class we are required to keep web browsers and google meet open during the exam. SEB Windows 1.8 easens the configuration for the teacher. Or they can help single students in case of problems during the exam. Please let us know about your experiences using SEB 2.0 especially in BYOD exam environments. Completely automated build system with unit tests. Respondus Lockdown Browser is a custom browser of the learning management system that allows teachers and educators to locks down the examination testing environment. The second stable preview version SEB for macOS 2.0pre2 contains following new features: This preview of SEB version 2.0 includes all configuration functionalities of the final release (see the detailed documentation), but some functions will be activated only after extensive testing in upcoming releases. Please test it and provide us with feedback. Safe Exam Browser has been presented at Netzwerk E-Learning at Zürcher Fachhochschule. SEB was subject in four presentations and workshops. Please check the compatibility of SEB for iOS version 2.1.10 with your exam system. A full-day workshop entitled 'Online Assessment using the Safe Exam Browser' took place at ETH Zurich on April 19, 2013. Safe exam browser (also known as Lockdown Browser or Fullscreen Mode) prevents the test taker from opening any other window, tab or application during the online exam. If you want to test the beta version of SEB for iOS 2.1.50 with support for SEB Server and remote proctoring (requires an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch with iOS 11 or newer), see this forum page. we have mock tests on safe exam browser bu the issue is that webcam works fine during the multiple choice questions part but when the short questions part start the webcam is not shown and I can't see it on screen while my other mate's cam is working fine even in S/Q part Please test this preview version and provide us with feedback. Due to changes in Swiss VAT regulations, which would have caused significant administrative overhead, we now discontinued the SEB Consortium. URL filter rules created and saved with SEB for macOS are already compatible with SEB 2.2 for Windows. Safe Exam Browser is released as freeware. Thoroughly research any product advertised on the sites before you decide to download and install it. The final release is planned for later. Although SafeExamBrowser and its source code is freely available without requiring any registration with personal details, we received a few requests for a privacy statement for the SEB application. Notifications, FaceTime/voice calls and screen shots are also blocked. ETH Zurich and the SWITCH foundation launched the SEB Consortium in 2016, which currently consists of 16 members from all over Europe. After it got evident that XULRunner cannot be embedded under macOS while maintaining kiosk mode locking of the system, it was decided to use the WebKit browser rendering engine for SEB on macOS instead of XULRunner/Mozilla Gecko. The minor maintenance update Safe Exam Browser 2.1.5 for Windows contains bug fixes for using specific permitted third party applications and fixes minor problems and usability issues in the SEB Config Tool. Our goal is to replicate the situation in an exam hall, where proctors/invigilators walk around and observe students taking a test. Implemented blocking macOS screen recording (Cmd+Shift+5) introduced in Mojave, controlled with setting Preferences / Security / Allow screen capture. This version is a major update, which improves security massively by supporting the Automatic Assessment Configuration (AAC) macOS Assessment Mode, available from macOS 10.15.4. Full compatibility with macOS 11 Big Sur. Safe Exam Browser – SEB for Windows opens a web browser window without navigation elements and locks the computer into a kiosk mode, which prevents from switching to other applications or quitting SEB untimely. The Safe Exam Browser Consortium is now offering a new Platinum membership level, which is important if you plan to build a customized Safe Exam Browser version. See the updated SEB 2.2.2 manual and release notes for all changes. SEB 2.1.14 adds these important SEB features: List of antivirus/anti-malware software, which is compatible with SEB for Windows published. hereby provide a beta version, which can be tested by interested users. Those logs can be emailed to the SEB developers or to an exam administrator. In addition it contains improvements for configuring SEB clients and starting exams. This means it is not possible to change the kiosk mode when starting an exam or reconfiguring SEB. Besides a tutorial how to use SEB, enhancements planed in the new project SEB2012 were presented and community questions answered. The manual is currently being updated. The first release candidate RC1.0 for the stable version of SEB MacOSX is released. Added Mac-specific setting for blocking screen sharing over the network (VNC): key screenSharingMacEnforceBlocked (default: false, then the value of the existing key allowScreenSharing is used). Discarding a http request means that a link with the URL is not followed and the user is notified with an alert. This version enhances exam security and improves usability, for example when using additional resources in multiple browser windows. This version adds keyboard shortcuts, improves accessibility, security & MDM deployment and facilitates integration into learning management systems. This allows users to stay logged-in, for example when starting an exam with individual settings in some learning management and exam systems. Now it is possible, provided that the F5 key is admitted. This facilitates secure exams especially on unmanaged computers like students' own laptops. Students can only interact with the empty file system inside the virtual desktop, they also cannot access the local file systems or connected USB sticks on their BYOD exam computers. There are three log files: SafeExamBrowser main application, located at, %APPDATA%\SafeExamBrowser\SebClient.logusually:C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\SafeExamBrowser\SebClient.log, %APPDATA%\SafeExamBrowser\seb.logusually:C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\SafeExamBrowser\seb.log, %INSTALLDIR%\SafeExamBrowser\SebWindowsServiceWCF\sebwindowsservice.logusually:C:\Program Files (x86)\SafeExamBrowser\SebWindowsServiceWCF\sebwindowsservice.log. Check out the SEB for iOS manual which explains all features. Prevent that SEB browser can be used to finish an exam if SafeExamBrowser.exe is terminated: The browser displays a red lock screen in this case, requiring to enter the quit/unlock password. In case you should observe issues using SEB and one of these antivirus/anti-malware products or you are using other products successfully together with SEB, let us know. The first exam in computing labs at the ETH Zurich with SEB has been carried out successfully. Even if your secured site is using certificates which are generally trusted by It is the user name of the account which has the administrator role. Click Grant Cam Acccess, then click the crossed out video camera icon on the left side of the address bar. You can now use the same .seb files for starting exams on Windows and macOS exam client computers. See release notes for all changes. Fixed an issue when calculating the Config Key for configuration files containing prohibited processes entries for both macOS and Windows. SEB 2.2.1 is a maintenance update for SEB 2.2 with some new features and many improvements. Assess the quality of the sound from a microphone in your speakers or headphones. Implemented key shortcuts for switching between open browser windows. If this happens only with your customized theme and not the standard Moodle theme, then your theme is not implemented correctly. Please see the developer manual for information about the architecture of Safe Exam Browser for Mac OS X, about getting the SEB and WebKit sources, linking the components and how to build SEB. A few more elaborate features may be lacking, but you’ll notice that this has a speed benefit. SEB remembers the settings which were active on the exam client computer before running SEB and resets them to the original values when exiting regularly. Improved user interface with new features (e.g. We will be moving project resources gradually to the new infrastructure, we already started with the website and the repositories. Therefore a SEB exam config file can be stored for example into the same Moodle course as the quiz. However, SEB requires ongoing funding for its maintenance, development and support activities. You may find additional information and help in the discussion boards for SEB and Moodle. Config Key feature, hash checksum value to verify settings used by SEB. SEB was demonstrated at the Workshop E-Assessment at ETH Zurich. Improved stability of resetting registry settings when SEB quits or is started/quit again after not being exited properly. Added support for system proxy settings (the existing option in SEB Config Tool / Network / Proxies is functional now). SEB 2.0 now also blocks the screenshot feature of macOS. WebcamMicTest.com - site for checking the webcam, microphone, and webcam with microphone. No activation payments, no hidden fees, even no ads show up on the page. Generally it can easily be used with most web-based online quiz and e-assessment systems. Since the logfile functionality was contained in both the Portable Firefox version 1.3.3 and the XULRunner version 1.4, both versions were replaced by the new bugfixed versions. Extensions fitting the Learning Management Systems Moodle and ILIAS are now available. Added new option to lock SEB when it's attempted to capture the screen. SEB allows only applications to run which are configured in "Permitted Processes" (as long as the "Monitor processes" setting below is active). access to applications and system controls). It offers the same major features like individual encrypted configuration per exam, authentication for exam systems with SEB 2.0 support to insure that a particular, unaltered SEB version and the correct exam settings are used. SEB is generally locking down exam client computers only, not the exam system or the quiz module of a learning management system. Added iOS 13 to the "Allow Running on iOS Beta" option. SEB MacOSX will of course still be available on this website too. Improved information for users in some of the dialogs displayed when configuring SEB and finishing an exam. Added settings options for all settings of the macOS 2.1.3 version to Config Tool / Security pane. This means that if your Start URL is example.com, then all pages and resources in the domain example.com will be allowed. For this reason ETH Zurich and the SWITCH foundation have decided to launch the SEB Consortium. Safe Exam Browser – SEB for Windows opens a web browser window without navigation elements and locks the computer into a kiosk mode, which prevents from switching to other applications or quitting SEB untimely. Safe Exam Browser has been successfully introduced to the Moodle Community at Moodlemoot 2009 in Bamberg by Thomas Korner. The yearly congress of the society for scientists and professionals in the field of digital media use in universities and other higher education institutions was reflecting about the use of media in research and teaching. On January 1st,  2021 we started the SEB Alliance instead. Preview version of Safe Exam Browser 2.1.13 for iOS released. Therefore using such applications requires additional measures, as for example a drive which is cleaned before every exam on a managed computer and a firewall (either hardware or firewall filter rules in a virtual desktop, see below). Safe Exam Browser 2.0 RC for Windows released. Participants included the Swiss eduhub and international e-learning communities, faculty interested in the online examination topic, staff of e-learning support centres and university IT personnel. You can find information about how to install the ILIAS plugin for SEB support here. It controls access to resources like system functions, other websites and applications and prevents unauthorized resources being used during an exam. When you start SEB, all currently running applications are hidden and all attached screens are covered with a dark blue background. Thanks to financial support from the SEB Consortium we have been able to welcome a further SEB developer to the team: Damian Büchel. Using the powerful new feature Additional Resources, specific webpages, full or partial websites, HTML5 web applications and documents can be accessed securely and easily in exams. This means that power options (shutdown, reboot) are no longer disabled and the options is the Windows Security Screen (accessed by Ctrl+Alt+Del) are not removed. If you prefer the current behavior, you can disable the new setting "Ignore SEB Service" (setting key sebServiceIgnore = false). See the SEB 2.2 manual and release notes for all changes. Use SEB settings file for ... starting an exam, A configuration file saved with this option will start the exam, Use SEB settings file for ... configuring a client, A SEB settings file saved with this option is used to change local settings of a SEB client, You can also copy this file manually or with a deployment system one of the following directories, %PROGRAMDATA%\SafeExamBrowser\SebClientSettings.seb, C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\SafeExamBrowser\, %APPDATA%\SafeExamBrowser\SebClientSettings.seb, Allow to open preferences window on client. Safe Exam Browser has been presented at the anual conference of the "Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft" GMW 2012 at TU Vienna. Currently SEB integrates with the wide spread learning management systems (LMS) Moodle, ILIAS and OpenOLAT and several commercial and non-commercial exam systems, as for example Inspera Assessment. Future SEB updates can be easily installed through the Mac App Store. How to use third party applications in exams is also covered generally in an updated section in the SEB user manual. SEB 2.1 can be configured to always use the more secure internal PDF viewer instead of the Acrobat Reader plug-in.
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