This page is written 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 Safe Exam Browser (Lockdown using SEB)
• Inspera Assessment with Inspera Exam Portal (Lockdown with or without proctoring)

Content

• Inspera Assessment 
• Inspera Assessment with Inspera Exam Portal (Lockdown with or without Smarter proctoring)
  • Inspera Exam Portal minimum requirements
  • Inspera Smarter Proctoring minimum requirements
• Inspera Assessment with Safe Exam Browser
  • SEB minimum requirements
  • Downloadable versions of SEB

Inspera Assessment 

Inspera Assessment can be accessed by the two most recent stable versions of the following web browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Edge
• Apple Safari

The most common browsers are on aggressive release schedules; therefore, the most current version is not explicitly listed. We recommend that you install new versions of the browsers as they are released.

Note that this only defines the recommended browsers. Other browser versions and vendors that follow modern web standards can also be used.

Recommended security measures

• Up-to-date antimalware
• Activated local firewall
• Local device encryption
• Updated and patched Operating Systems and Applications
• Safely kept user account and password
• Trusted and secure internet connection

• macOS: MacOS 10.15 to 13.6
  
  Note: Minimum requirement is macOS Big Sur (version 11) and higher from IEP 1.15.0.
• OpenGL 2.0 graphics driver
• CPUs newer than 2011 (Intel Sandy Bridge (Core i3, i5, and i7) or newer)
• Minimum SSE 4.2 in AMD processors and CPU
• A broadband internet connection (0.15Mbps upload speed)
• A working internet connection during installation so that the configuration file can be downloaded

Inspera Smarter Proctoring minimum requirements

• Windows: 7, 8.1, 10 and 11 on 64-bit platforms
  
  Note: Support for Windows 7 and 8.1 are discontinued from IEP version 1.14.19
• macOS: MacOS 10.15 to 13.6
  
  Note: Minimum requirement is macOS Big Sur (version 11) and higher from IEP 1.15.0.
• CPUs newer than 2011 (Intel Sandy Bridge (Core i3, i5, and i7) or newer)
• 75 MB of free storage space per hour
• Web camera & microphone (internal or external)
• A broadband internet connection (0.15Mbps upload speed)
• A working internet connection during installation so that the configuration file can be downloaded

Depending on the security settings implemented by the institution for each test, candidates may be required to have Admin rights. For instance, Administrator permission is needed for IEP in Strict lockdown mode to install and launch IEP, as well as to restart, stop, or start IEP in case it is interrupted.

Inspera Assessment with Safe Exam Browser

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

The following operating systems are required for SEB on Inspera Assessment: