This article is for institutions that are either existing Inspera customers or are considering implementing Inspera.
If you are a candidate, please refer to your institution’s own guidance on taking an assessment using the Inspera platform. Your institution may impose different requirements to our minimum specification.
The minimum system requirements depend on which configuration of Inspera you are using:
- Inspera Assessment (open book, no lockdown or proctoring)
- Inspera Assessment with Inspera Integrity Browser (Lockdown with or without proctoring)
- Inspera Assessment or an LMS with Inspera Recorded, Record & Review and Live Proctoring
- Inspera Assessment with Safe Exam Browser (Lockdown using SEB)
Each of these has a separate dedicated article. This article coveres Inspera Assessment with Safe Exam Browser.
Inspera Assessment with Safe Exam Browser (SEB)
Inspera Assessment can be combined with Safe Exam Browser (SEB) to provide a lockdown environment to prevent candidates from accessing anything else on the computer for the duration of their assessment. SEB is third-party software not written by Inspera.
Ensure a range of browsers are at their disposal in the event one does not function as expected.
SEB minimum requirements
Operating system
The following operating systems are required for SEB on Inspera Assessment:
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Chrome OS does not support SEB and is only available through the Kiosk app on managed Chromebooks. The Kiosk app and computers must be centrally managed by the institution with licenses. To learn more about installing the Kiosk app, visit our Help Center article How to install the Inspera Assessment lockdown browser for Chromebook.
Important: To ensure the best performance and security, we strongly advise using the recommended versions of Windows and macOS.
Support for officially unsupported operating systems by Microsoft and Apple (including macOS 12 and macOS 13 Ventura and Windows 8.1/Windows 8.2) will be phased out in upcoming releases. SEB may work on these older OS versions but these OS Versions will not be tested with SEB latest versions. We recommend upgrading to the recommended Windows and Mac OS versions.
SEB version
The following versions of the SEB lockdown browser are supported by Inspera Assessment:
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If you are using macOS 26.6, you need to upgrade to SEB 3.7.
Important: We advise using the recommended SEB versions for Windows and Mac. The older SEB Windows and macOS SEB versions will be phased out in upcoming releases. These older SEB versions will not be tested with the latest Windows and macOS versions.
Downloadable versions of Safe Exam Browser
- Administrator permission is needed to install SEB on a computer. You cannot install it as a standard user. Administrator permission is also needed to restart, stop, or start the SEB service in case it is interrupted.
- It is the most recent of the supported versions of SEB that is downloadable from Inspera Assessment.