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Safe Exam Browser

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Current versions of Safe Exam Browser for »Windows and for »Mac OS X.
Software extensions for supported Learning Management Systems: »Moodle

Windows

Safe Exam Browser SEB 1.9.1 for Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8
Bugfix for Final Release version
MD5: e4a03d9d667ad65f32f585202842e5c9

Main features:

  • Bugfix for XULRunner browser component:
    The User Agent String in the file config.json has been changed from "SEB" to "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0 SEB" because some web pages checked it and complained.

Safe Exam Browser SEB 1.9.1 for Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8
Final Release version
MD5: 1a77aee1752cc183421a84872f1c7e20

Main features:

  • New installation program:
    Due to problems when installing or uninstalling SEB using the Windows installer (SebWindowsInstall.msi), a new installer was created, which is more reliable and stable (e.g. Rollback in case there is a problem during the installation). The new installer has fewer input dialogs and is digitally signed.
  • Improved configuration program:
    The graphical editor SebWindowsConfig.exe was reworked thoroughly and now offers better comfort and better look. After starting, the default configuration files SebStarter.ini and MsgHook.ini are automatically loaded into the editor. Different fonts for better readability. Buttons for restoring loaded and accidentally modified settings, for simultaneously saving both configuration files and for quitting the editor. Security settings (e.g. for the Task Manager) can now be defined for inside and outside SEB.
  • New browser component:
    with improved, updated XulRunner which can open additional browser windows now and popup windows are opening correctly. File downloading should now work, too.

Safe Exam Browser SEB 1.8.2 for Windows XP and Windows 7 (including SP 1)
MD5: e8854476f15b152e8d52669c0f70104d

Main features:

  • Bugfix: Reloading / Refreshing the current page in the browser window by pressing the F5 key did not work. Now it is possible, provided that the F5 key is admitted. The new default setting for the F5 key is therefore "enabled".
  • Easens configuration for the teacher. It is now possible to do the configuration in a new GUI editor called SebWindowsConfig.exe using mouse clicks, without directly editing the initialisation files SebStarter.ini and MsgHook.ini.
  • The file format of these ini files has been simplified and is now better human-readable.
  • In addition to the full version of SEB (installation via .msi file), a classic portable version can be built (copying of a zip file without installation), which has less functionality.
  • Bugfix: Clicking on the SEB icon of the user's desktop in some cases launched the SEB installer rather than the actual SEB application. Now the SEB installer creates a shortcut to the SEB application on the common desktop. Thus the SEB icon and shortcut are visible to all users, and clicking on this icon launches the SEB application as intended.
  • Bugfix: When finishing, SEB restored the default registry values for Task Manager etc. (on the blue Windows Security Screen). Now, SEB instead restores the previous registry values (= the values before SEB was started).

Safe Exam Browser SEB 1.4.1 for Windows XP and Windows 7
MD5: e59bca855fa131e1e24dde5ca5ee91c5

Last version without Windows Service with XULRunner as browser component. Fixes a bug regarding the logfile (SEB startup problem when LOGFILE=0 and logfile could not be created due to lack of write permission).

Mac OS X

Safe Exam Browser SEB 2.0pre2 for Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.8
Stable preview version
SHA1: 71bbd88a784b75470b8ece3fb4a603397df36dc6
MD5: 515cc8946a74005936bb84d83fb84979

Main features:

  • Adds support for encrypted .seb setting files which allow to individually configure SEB per exam.
  • New feature to quit SEB after the exam is submitted by specifying a quit link and placing this on the summary page displayed by your LMS after submitting the exam.
  • The Browser Exam Key allows an exam module to authenticate the connecting SEB version and its settings. For the learning management system Moodle a beta version of a plug-in offering this functionality has been released.
  • New options in the user interface: Size and positioning of browser windows (main window with the quiz and additional browser windows) can be preset. A new indicator shows network activity.
  • SEB can optionally display the standard OS X menu bar and a tool bar in browser windows, functions like "About SEB", quit, open preferences, reload page, zoom text and browsing back/forward are therefore easier accessible (if desired).
  • Improved error handling when loading settings which are manipulated, corrupted or created by an older, incompatible version of SEB.

In this preview version some features of the final 2.0 release are still disabled and will be activated only after extensive testing in upcoming releases. Please test it and provide us with feedback, productive use on your own risk only. This version runs on OS X 10.7 and 10.8 only.

Safe Exam Browser SEB 1.5.2 for Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8
SHA1: f0f921d3e4f59582d9826bc38597e33d1f6b5cbd
MD5: 9e163ab593ed0a5245c5f6af0b1c52ac

Main features:

  • SEB can open additional browser windows now.
  • New browser preferences pane where the policy for opening hyperlinks in a new browser window can be set: Block those links generally, open in same window or open in new window. Separate settings are available for normal links and links in JavaScript/plug-ins.
  • In addition SEB can optionally ignore links requesting to open in a new window which direct to a different host than the one of the current page.
  • Improved integrity of the SEB environment by elevating all SEB windows (including the background covering windows) on a higher window level than regular windows and enhanced suppression of other applications opening alert windows, requesting to become active and switching to foreground.
  • New option to enable or disable browsing back/forward (with cmd + cursor right/left keys). This can prevent users to browse back out of an exam to an unprotected start page.
  • New options to enable/disable plug-ins, Java, JavaScript and pop-up windows.
  • The clipboard is now cleared when SEB starts and before it quits. But the content of the clipboard (if it's a text string) is saved before SEB clears it, and by pressing a new link button in general preferences pane you can paste that saved string to the Start URL field.
  • Added option to prevent full screen invoked by Flash (usually used in Flash video players) when third party applications are allowed. When switching to third party applications is disabled, Flash fullscreen mode is deactivated generally now for security reasons.
  • New option in advanced preferences pane to download a PDF file and open it in a third party application instead of viewing it inline.
  • Added an option to choose the name and path of a file to be uploaded automatically: If users download a file, edit it in a third party application and save it with the same name at the same path, pressing the "chose file" button in the browser window doesn't present a file requester, instead the file is automatically chosen.
  • It is possible to generate a pre-configured copy of SEB by writing the settings into the application bundle. Then this copy of SEB can be copied to all exam computers without having to distribute a separate preferences file.
  • VM detector refuses to start up SEB on a virtual machine.
  • In the Advanced preferences pane it can be chosen if SEB should allow down- and uploading files and if downloaded files should be opened automatically. This is useful when running additional applications during an exam in an managed OS X user account.
  • SEB MacOSX allows to run additional applications during an exam in an account managed by OS X parental controls
  • SEB MacOSX is localized in English, German and French.
  • SEB is OS X code signed, so changes of the binary are prevented and the identity of its publisher can be verified.
  • Context menu (activated by right mouse click) is also disabled in plugin web content.
  • Display and system idle sleep is switched off while SEB is running.
  • Normal shutdown and restart invoked by keyboard or other applications is canceled.
  • Sleep mode invoked by keyboard is delayed to hinder possible tricking with fast user switching.

Learning Management Systems

Quiz mode patch for Moodle 2.3.x
SHA1: 6d43851950e7e7d029d2320f5641d9cb85c9ff16
MD5: d0575b4ba1ba6125dc8a5ed1e957b713

This patch fixes the exam mode in Moodle 2.3.x used with Safe Exam Browser: The navigation links to other parts of the LMS are not displayed during an exam. The fix will be included in Moodle 2.4, below you can find short instructions (for Moodle administrators) how to apply the fix on Moodle 2.3 versions:

  • Unpack the zip file.
  • The additional patch code passages are starting with // Voma add start and ending with // Voma add end, they are situated almost at the end of the files.
  • Since the attempt.php and summary.php files can slightly differ in varying Moodle 2.3.x versions, you should copy only the code between // Voma add start/end to the right spot into the two according files of a Moodle 2.3.x installation.

 

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