SEB for macOS can be used together with additional (third party) applications during an exam. There might be some small differences regarding rendering of web pages in those different browser engines, so you should check all functionality of your quiz in SEB for macOS before using it in exams. SEB for macOS is based on the WebKit browser engine, which is also used by Safari, Apple Mail and many open source browsers (in contrast to the Mozilla Firefox/Gecko or the Chromium/Blink engine used by SEB for Windows). SEB also detects attempts to switch the user and displays a lock screen afterwards which needs to be unlocked with the quit/restart password by exam supporters/supervisors. This virtual machine detector hinders manipulating SEB further when used in unmanaged environments. SEB detects when it was started in a virtual instead of a native environment and refuses to run.

Also availability of page and text zoom can be configured.

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. With this menu you can switch between open browser windows. Clicking the SEB icon in the dock and holding the left mouse button down or a secondary (right mouse button) click displays a popup menu with all open browser windows, the main browser window is at the bottom. Buttons in the dock for quitting SEB, restarting exam, reloading page and a display for the current time improve usability in exams. SEB features an optional dock/task bar displaying an icon for the SEB browser with controls for its open browser windows and widgets. SEB can also be configured to always use the more secure internal PDF viewer instead of the Acrobat Reader plug-in. Besides that, the browser is supporting Java, Quicktime and Flash content (as long as the required plugins are installed on the system). In the browser window there is no right mouse (or Ctrl-) click popup window available, links requesting to be opened in a separate window can be set to be blocked generally, to open in the same browser window or in a new SEB window. Its possible to configure SEB to quit after the exam is submitted without having to enter a quit password by specifying a quit link and placing this on the summary page displayed by the LMS after submitting the exam. It can also be set whether users can quit SEB and if it is required to enter a quit password to do so. Customized settings for blocking prohibited applications are also possible.ĭisplay and system idle sleep is prevented while SEB is running.

In addition, various third-party applications for communication, screen sharing/remote access and screen recording are blocked. To prevent switching to other applications or interrupting an exam, SEB disables the macOS Dock, the process switcher (Cmd-Tab/Cmd-Shift-Tab), the Apple Menu and various other items in the menu bar, the Force Quit window (Cmd-Option-Esc), normal reboot (Ctrl-Cmd-Eject), normal shutdown (Ctrl-Option-Cmd-Eject), hiding the application, printing, Exposé, the Notification Center, screen shots, screen recording, spelling and grammar checking, automatic spelling correction, custom Touch Bar items and typing suggestions. SEB is a very flexible and modular tool, therefore documentation for examinees on how to use SEB with individual exam setups and the various exam systems it works with should be provided by the institution using SEB or their e-assessment provider. The following manual explains how to configure and use SEB for macOS from the perspective of exam administrators. Generally it can easily be used with most web-based online quiz and e-assessment systems. Currently SEB integrates with the wide spread learning management systems (LMS) Moodle, OpenOlat, ILIAS and several non-commercial and commercial exam systems, as for example Inspera Assessment, Dugga, or EvaExam. SEB enables secure exams on unmanaged computers like students' own laptops as well as in managed environments. Safe Exam Browser – SEB for macOS 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.

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