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<em>LockDown Browser® is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Blackboard, ANGEL, Brightspace by D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and Sakai. When students use LockDown Browser they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications. When an assessment is started, students are locked into it until they submit it for grading. Available for Windows, Mac and iOS.</em>
=== <s> Features </s> Bugs ===
* Integrates with Blackboard, ANGEL, Brightspace by D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and Sakai
* Localized for multiple languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese
* Available for both Windows and Mac computers, as well as iPad
 
===Actual Bugs===
* No support for U2F
* Easily circumvented
** Most students have second computer (i.e. Smartphone), which can be used for cheating (i.i. Google searching)
* No Linux version, disadvantaging students promoting the use of <b>free software</b>
* Does not prevent collaboration in out-of-class testing
* Superfluous for in-class testing, where students are visually monitored anywas
** At most just promotes lazy proctoring of exams
===Malware===
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