Safe Exam Browser for Windows consists of the SEB kiosk application, which opens an own Windows desktop and blocks system commands like keyboard shortcuts (for example ALT+F4) and right mouse button clicks. These SEB LMS extensions, which originally had to be installed separately to achieve this connectivity with SEB, have been integrated into the LMS in recent versions of ILIAS and Moodle.
An exam can also be configured to run only with SEB, not another browser. With these extensions the user interface of the LMS is reduced to just contain navigation for the exam (no links to other pages outside the quiz) and no other undesirable features like messaging. SEB relies on extensions/skins to the quiz modules in Moodle and ILIAS for secure exams. The learning management systems contain so-called quiz modules, which are used for online exams. SEB for macOS and iOS use the WebKit browser engine. The Windows version of SEB currently uses the Mozilla Gecko browser engine, either in the form of Firefox or XULRunner. The SEB browser loads and displays the LMS exam page using a preset URL and doesn't show any navigation elements like address bar, search engine field etc. Since this application has to control miscellaneous OS functions, it is designed very system specific.
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The kiosk application locks down the computer and starts the SEB browser plus optional third party applications. Optionally one or several third party application(s) can be allowed to run during an exam and are started by the SEB kiosk application. The third part of an SEB exam environment is build into the supported LMS. The illustration above shows the two internal components which SEB consists of, the kiosk application and the browser part. The kiosk application locks down the examination computer, the browser part communicates over the internet (or a LAN) with the quiz module of an LMS running on a server. SEB consists of a kiosk application and a browser part, which are running on an examination computer or tablet device. Some learning management systems (LMS) like for example Moodle, ILIAS, OpenOLAT and exam solutions as Inspera Assessment offer a quiz mode specifically compatible with SEB. Generally SEB works with any web based LMS and other kinds of web based exam systems. SEB runs on a local computer and it is connected via the internet to a learning management system (LMS) or an e-assessment system. It controls access to resources like system functions, other websites and applications and prevents unauthorized resources being used during an exam. Safe Exam Browser turns any computer temporarily into a secure workstation.
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