diff --git a/education/windows/edu-take-a-test.md b/education/windows/edu-take-a-test-kiosk-mode.md similarity index 99% rename from education/windows/edu-take-a-test.md rename to education/windows/edu-take-a-test-kiosk-mode.md index d40530bc27..a7a686ff67 100644 --- a/education/windows/edu-take-a-test.md +++ b/education/windows/edu-take-a-test-kiosk-mode.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ appliesto: - ✅ Windows 11 SE --- -# Configure Take a Test +# Configure Take a Test in kiosk mode Many schools use online testing for formative and summation assessments. It's critical that students use a secure browser that prevents them from using other computer or Internet resources during the test. To help schools with this, Windows provides an application called **Take a Test**. The application is a secure browser that can be configured to only allow access to a specific URL or a list of URLs. The application also provides a number of other features to help with testing, such as preventing printing, preventing screen capture, and preventing text suggestions. diff --git a/education/windows/take-tests-in-windows.md b/education/windows/take-tests-in-windows.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f44ec2c97a --- /dev/null +++ b/education/windows/take-tests-in-windows.md @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +--- +title: Take tests and assessments in Windows +description: Description of the built-in Take a Test app for Windows and how to use it. +ms.date: 09/30/2022 +ms.prod: windows +ms.technology: windows +ms.topic: conceptual +ms.localizationpriority: medium +author: paolomatarazzo +ms.author: paoloma +ms.reviewer: +manager: aaroncz +ms.collection: education +appliesto: +- ✅ Windows 10 +- ✅ Windows 11 +- ✅ Windows 11 SE +--- + +# Take tests and assessments in Windows + +Many schools use online testing for formative and summation assessments. It's critical that students use a secure browser that prevents them from using other computer or Internet resources during the test. To help schools with testing, Windows provides an application called **Take a Test**. The application is a secure browser that can be configured to only allow access a specific URL or a list of URLs. The application provides more features to help with testing, such as: + +- prevention of printing, screen capture and text suggestions (unless enabled by the teacher or administrator) +- clearing of the clipboard +- prevention of accessing other applications +- prevention to change system settings, such as display extension, notifications, updates +- disablement of Cortana + +## How to use Take a Test + +There are different ways to use Take a Test, depending on the use case: + +- For lower stakes assessments, such a quick quiz in a class, a teacher can generate a *secure assessment URL* and share it with the students. Students can then open the URL to access the assessment through Take a Test. To learn more, see the next section: [Create and distribute a secure assessment link](#create-and-distribute-a-secure-assessment-link) +- For lower stakes assessments, you can configure Windows devices to use a dedicated account for testing and execute Take a Test in a locked-down mode, called **kiosk mode**. Once signed in with the dedicated account, Windows will execute Take a Test in a lock-down mode, preventing the execution of any applications other than Take a Test. For more information, see [Configure Take a Test in kiosk mode](edu-take-a-test-kiosk-mode.md) + +![Set up and user flow for the Take a Test app.](images/takeatest/flow-chart.png) + +## Create a secure assessment link + +Anything hosted on the web can be presented in a locked down manner using the **Take a Test** app, not just assessments. To lock down online content, a URL must be embedded with a specific prefix and devices will be locked down when users open the link. + +To create a secure assessment link to the test, there are two options: + +- Create a link using a web application +- Create a link using schema activation + +### Create a link using a web application + +For this option, copy the assessment URL and open the web application Customize your assessment URL, where you can: + +1. Paste the link to the assessment URL +1. Select the options you want to allow during the test +1. Generate the link by selecting the button Create link + +This is an ideal option for teachers who want to create a link to a specific assessment and share it with students using OneNote, for example. + +### Create a link using schema activation + +For this option, you embed a URL with a specific prefix and specify parameters depending on what you want to allow during the test. +The URL must be in the following format: + +``` +ms-edu-secureassessment:#enforceLockdown +``` + +To enable printing, screen capture, or both, use the above link and append one of these parameters: + +- `&enableTextSuggestions` - Enables text suggestions +- `&requirePrinting` - Enables printing +- `&enableScreenCapture` - Enables screen capture +- `&requirePrinting&enableScreenCapture` - Enables printing and screen capture; you can use a combination of `&enableTextSuggestions`, `&requirePrinting`, and `&enableScreenCapture` if you want to enable more than one capability. + +If these parameters aren't included, the default behavior is to disable the capabilities. + +For tests that utilize the Windows lockdown API, which checks for running processes before locking down, remove `enforceLockdown`. Removing `enforceLockdown` will result in the app not locking down immediately, which allows you to close apps that aren't allowed to run during lockdown. Take a Test will lock down the device once the applications are closed. + +To enable permissive mode, don't include `enforceLockdown` in the schema parameters. For more information, see [Permissive mode](take-a-test-app-technical.md#permissive-mode). + +## Distribute the secure assessment link + +Once the link is created, it can be distributed through the web, email, OneNote, or any other method of your choosing. + +For example, you can create and copy the shortcut to the assessment URL to the students' desktop. + +To take the test, have the students open the link. + +> [!NOTE] +> If you enabled printing, the printer must be pre-configured for the account before the student takes the test. + +:::image type="content" source="./images/takeatest/desktop-shortcuts.png" alt-text="Windows 11 SE desktop showing two shortcuts to assessment URLs." border="true"::: + +> [!NOTE] +> If using `enforceLockdown`, to exit the Take a Test app at any time, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Students will be prompted to type their password to get back to their desktop. + +For more information about the Take a Test app, see [Take a Test app technical reference](take-a-test-app-technical.md). \ No newline at end of file