With Additional Resources, web pages, websites and documents can be accessed securely and easily during closed-book exams. The same resources are also available for candidates exempted from lockdown browsers during exams. A network filter checks requests so that candidates are not able to navigate away from the page specified. All links, except links to subpages, are blocked.
Additional Resources is supported by the following Browsers:
- Inspera SEB
- SEB 2.2 and newer for Windows
- SEB 2.1 and newer for macOS
- Inspera Lockdown for Chrome OS
- General browsers listed in System requirements.
Set up additional resources directly in the Question Set
- Show/Hide additional resources
- Add new resource
- Already added resources
PDF as a resource
To make a PDF available across the whole test, and not just as an attachment to a single question, you can add it as a resource to the question set.
- Click on "Show resources"
- Click on "Add resource" and choose PDF
Click on "Browse" and find the PDF you want to add. You can also give the resource a name.
Preview the question set to see what the candidate will see. When the candidate clicks on the resource link, the chosen PDF will open in a separate window.
URL as a resource
To make a web page available across the whole test you can add it as a resource to the question set.
- Click on "Show resources"
- Click on "Add resource" and choose URL
Add the URL to the resource you want to make available for the candidates. You can also give the resource a name.
Custom root URL: This can be added if you want the candidates to have access to all child pages of the specified URL.
Preview the question set to see what the candidate will see. When the candidate clicks on the resource link, the added resource will open.
- This feature will block URLs only. There is a possibility that the accessed URL can run javascript or other scripts that may result in access to local computer resources.
- Links to PDFs on external sites should be avoided, please download the PDF and add it as a PDF resource.
- We recommend testing of allowed URLs in tests before the exam starts.
- URL resources that guide students to a page with videos does not work with Macs.
Candidate experience
In SEB - Additional resources are listed in a footer below the navigation bar. This allows the candidate to switch between the test and the additional resources.
In open browsers - Additional resources are opened in new tabs, and the candidate can switch between tabs normally.