Restricting (locking down) student activity during an assignment

When administering a test within Edfinity, you may want to "tunnel" the student within the test session and restrict access to other areas of Edfinity. For example, you may not want the student to be able to look at their previous assignment work. This is accomplished in Edfinity using a "locked session." For the duration of the session, navigation within Edfinity is limited to items within the designated assignment. The basic flow is as follows:

• Instructor indicates that an assignment uses a locked session.
• Before starting the assignment, the student is informed that the session will be locked.
• After starting, the student can answer items and navigate between items, but can no longer access other assignment within the course until the session is completed. Note: If the student in enrolled in multiple courses, they will still be able to access other unlocked courses.

While a locked session does not by itself prevent the student from opening up additional browser tabs or taking other prohibited actions, you can combine Edfinity locked sessions with online proctoring solutions like Honorlock in order to fully protect academic integrity.

Locking down student activity during an assignment

To restrict (lock down) student activity during an assignment:

1. Go to your assignment, and select the Settings > Restrictions tab.
2. Select Lock down student submission.
3. Select Review and publish to publish the change.

Using locked submissions in conjunction with password protection

Normally, when you require a password (or activation code) in order to start an assignment, the student is only required to supply the password once to start the assignment and then access to the assignment is unrestricted for the duration of the assignment. For example, a student enters the password and then reloads the page, or navigates away, and comes back to the assignment later.

If, however, you desire a more restrictive environment, you can enable both locked sessions and require a password. In this case, if the student reloads the browser or attempts to access the test from another machine, they will be required to re-enter the password to continue.