What is Respondus Monitor?
Respondus Monitor is a video monitoring service that uses the Respondus Lockdown Browser. It serves as deterrent to students using secondary computers, phones, calculators, textbooks, or receiving assistance from other students. After a student has taken an exam, instructors can review sessions to check for any suspect behavior. Respondus Monitor is suitable for low or medium-stakes exams that require student monitoring. Students can use either an internal or external webcam with Respondus Monitor. Additional information regarding Respondus Monitor can be found at http://respondus.com/products/monitor/.
Note: Respondus Monitor creates a video for the instructor to review at a later time. It is not a remote live proctoring program. Instructors who want to use live proctoring can use Respondus Lockdown Browser in conjunction with Teams or WebEx to remotely proctor exams.
About Respondus Monitor
Respondus Monitor utilitizes the same Lockdown Browser product that students use to take exams that require Lockdown Browser. Therefore, students do not have to download any additional software other than the Lockdown Browser to take monitored exams.
Respondus Monitor offers the following benefits for instructors:
- Serves as a deterrent to students using unauthorized testing aids
- Records both audio and video, allowing instructors to monitor student behavior, or use for oral exams.
- Instructors can request students to check ID and their surroundings.
- Instructors can view results of exam sessions within Blackboard, and do not have to log into a separate website
- Respondus provides thumbnails taken at random intervals, enabling instructors to quickly scan for any suspicious behavior
- If instructor spots suspicious behavior, they can watch the video and flag any suspicious activity.
- Videos are available to instructors at for at least a year.
Using Respondus Monitor
In order to use Respondus Monitor for exams, you will need to:
Best Practices for Using Respondus Monitor
- Communicate to students that your course requires Respondus Monitor for your course exams.
- Provide a link for students to download Lockdown Browser within your course.
- Create a practice test using Respondus Monitor.
- If you suspect a problem, and you wish to have your college dean or department chair review a video, you can simply add that person to your course, and they will have access to the session recordings.