When used in Strict or Moderate mode, Inspera Integrity Browser (‘IIB’) prevents candidates from accessing any other applications or files on their device. With 3rd party application access in IIB, you can choose up to five applications and permit their use while IIB is running.

Requirements:

1. Activation on your tenancy by our service desk
2. Your candidate to be using Inspera Integrity Browser 1.16.16 or newer running on Windows. (This capability is not available for MacOS devices, for now)

The applications you choose will appear as icons at the bottom of the IIB window. Candidates will be able to open them at any point after entering the pin code for an assessment. 

Candidates will be able to access and open any saved files in that application. For example, if you allow access to Excel, any Excel file on the computer they are using can be opened during their assessment. Similarly, they can save files in applications that you permit access to, i.e they could save as many Excel files as they wished to do so during the assessment.

For that reason, we recommend that this capability is used only on devices that you manage, rather than candidate’s own devices, for now. You would retain control of the files that can be opened and access to anything that they save. 

If you do choose to use this capability with candidate’s own devices, in person or remotely, please be aware of the points above, in particular that they would have access to files and could save files in the applications you permit.

A new Device Security Flag Event, “Switched focus to <x>.exe third-party app” (where < x> is the name of the third-party application), is logged with a timestamp, allowing the invigilator to check the student using the allowed third-party application at that timestamp. This new functionality requires activation and IIB version, 1.16.19 or above.

Overview

• Pre-requisite: The applications that need to be allowed for a candidate in IIB must be pre-installed on the device.
• Screenreader applications are not supported with this feature.
  
  

Step 1: Adding a Predefined Application

• Select the required applications to be allowed from the predefined list, which includes Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and IBM SPSS for now.

Step 2: Adding a Custom Application

If the application you want to allow is not on the predefined list i.e a Custom application, you must add it in the Custom field using its executable name.

1. Find the Executable Name:
   1. Start the application you wish to add.
   2. Press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to open the Task Manager.
   3. Find your application in the list, right-click on it, and select " Go to Details." This will show you the executable (.exe) file name.
2. Test the Executable:
   1. Press Windows + R.
   2. Type the executable name you found in the previous step.

   3. Press Enter to run it. If the application starts, you can add the .exe file to the Custom. If it doesn't, you may need to perform a Windows registry update on the computers, as is the case for applications like IBM SPSS.
      
      You can select other options for your test as usual and proceed to activate the test.

      It’s recommended to open and test the applications you are adding to be allowed for a candidate in a test on IIB.

Windows registry updates in App Paths

Some applications like IBM SPSS and JAWS do not update the App Paths in the Windows registry. 

 Steps to add an .exe file that doesn't start with Windows + R are as follows

1. Press Windows + R.
2. Type regedit and run it.
3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths
4. Right-click and select New > Key
5. Select the Key, right click and choose Edit

6. Add the full path and file name of the executable to the field value

   This is how it looks for the IBM SPSS application.
   

   If you have Firefox or Chrome installed, you can just look at how their values are added under App Paths and do the same, but add the file path and the .exe file path to your desired program.

   

   Some applications like Chrome, might require adding a path as well, as we see above.

   Test that your application now starts when running the .exe file using Windows + R.