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Some professors may have you use something called LockDown Browser to take a quiz or test. LockDown Browser may or may not use your webcam. The quiz instructions will say which version your professor has enabled.

You'll need to download a new program or app to run LockDown Browser. It is a browser just like Chrome or Firefox.

You will see a download link when you go to take your quiz, then click the "Take the Quiz" button. Canvas will direct you to download LockDown Browser. Install the browser after you download it.

Once you install the program, you'll either launch the quiz from the new browser or have it open after you click the quiz in Chrome.

To take your quiz, open LockDown Browser, then go to your course and the quiz page. When you click on "Take the Quiz" now, it should launch.

If that doesn't work, go to Chrome and the quiz page. When you click the button, the browser should now launch and open the quiz there.

Which way works depends on how your professor has set up your quiz, so if one way doesn't open the quiz, try the other way!

Still having trouble? Here's a checklist of how to troubleshoot:

• Are you downloading from the correct site? Be sure that you’re getting to the download link from the assignment (by clicking “Take The Quiz,” which will open up a download link if you’re in another browser).
• Is there an error opening the download? Be sure that you’re not on a firewall or that you don’t have anything blocking the download.
• Is it saying that you don’t have permission to download? Be sure that you’re on a device that you own or that you have admin control over, as you won’t be able to download the browser otherwise. For example, campus or school computers will not let you download the program, as they require permissions to install the program.
• Are you trying to download on an iPad? Confirm with your professor that the setting to allow iPad use is selected, as you won’t be able to download the app otherwise.
• Are you seeing another error when installing the browser? There are a few errors that can pop up; what I recommend is writing down the error exactly as written, then going to Google and search for the error in quotes: (“like this”). So, you might search for “error” lockdown browser. This might bring up a help guide if you have, say, a screencasting tool on your computer that needs to be shut down before the browser can be used.

YuJa is a video tool that some professors may have to use to caption your videos. If this is the case, you should see a link to YuJa on your course menu:

Clicking on the link will bring you to a dashboard that looks like this:

This is the main YuJa page, accessed by clicking "YuJa" from the course menu. You will see all your media, which can be organized into folders and edited after uploading.

To use YuJa, here are some guides that can help with uploading, finalizing, and more.

Once you've enabled auto-captions from the Accessibility menu, you should this edit them to make sure they are accurate. You can do so by going to your video, then clicking "Edit" to go to the video editor. On the editor, turn on your captions with the  (captions button). Your captions will appear on a menu that looks like this:

You can now edit your captions for typos and other inconsistencies!

Lastly, you can embed in Canvas by clicking here from the text editor screen:

Some professors may have you use Padlet. You can share songs from Spotify, YouTube videos, audio recordings, images, and text, and more!

Here is a guide on how to use Padlet as a student. You'll likely receive a link to go to another site to post, but it may also be embedded.