This page is written for institutions who 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)
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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 and 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.
Inspera Assessment with Inspera Exam Portal (Lockdown with or without proctoring)
Inspera Assessment can be combined with Inspera Exam Portal, an in-house application that provides a lockdown environment to prevent candidates from accessing anything else on the computer for the duration of their assessment. As a further option, Inspera Smarter Proctoring can be used in record & review or live mode* (*Release Q1 2022). Inspera Exam Portal is only available for Windows and macOS.
Inspera Exam Portal minimum requirements
- Windows: 7, 8.1, 10 and 11 on 64-bit platforms
- macOS: OS X 10.15 and higher
- CPUs newer than 2011 (Intel Sandy Bridge or newer)
- Minimum SSE 4.2 in AMD processors and CPU
- A broadband internet connection (0.15Mbps upload speed)
Inspera Smarter Proctoring minimum requirements
- Windows*: 7, 8.1, 10 and 11 on 64-bit platforms
- macOS: OS X 10.15 and higher
- CPUs newer than 2011 (Intel Sandy Bridge or newer)
- OpenGL 2.0 graphics driver
- 75 MB of free storage space per hour
- Web camera & microphone (internal or external)
- A broadband internet connection (0.15Mbps upload speed)
*While Inspera Exam Portal will run on Windows 7 and 8.1 machines, we recommend using Windows 11.
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.
SEB minimum requirements
The following operating systems are required for SEB on Inspera Assessment:
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The following versions of the SEB lockdown browser are supported by Inspera Assessment:
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Downloadable versions of SEB:
- 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.
Approved versions for both Windows and Mac can be found on Is your Safe Exam Browser Up-To-Date?
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| SEB for Windows 3.0.1 (x64 supported only) | SEB for Mac 2.1.4 |
| SEB for Windows 3.1.1 (x32 and x64) | SEB for Mac 2.3.2 |