> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.goguardian.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Test Security: Kiosk Mode and Safe Exam Browser > Restrict students to a locked browser environment during assessments by installing Safe Exam Browser or Kiosk Mode and requiring them in assignment settings. Safe Exam Browser and Kiosk Mode are invaluable tools for maintaining the integrity and security of educational assessments in an increasingly digital landscape. By leveraging these technologies, educators can conduct assessments with confidence, knowing that the integrity of the testing process is upheld and students are evaluated fairly based on their merit. The article serves as a comprehensive guide to understanding the fundamentals of Safe Exam Browser and Kiosk Mode, offering insights into their features, benefits, and practical applications in educational settings. As technology continues to shape the landscape of assessment, these tools remain essential for ensuring the validity and reliability of test results, ultimately contributing to the enhancement of educational quality and accountability. ## Test Security: Kiosk Mode and Safe Exam Browser Safe Exam Browser (SEB) and Kiosk Mode (KM) are invaluable tools for maintaining the integrity and security of educational assessments in an increasingly digital landscape. By leveraging these technologies, educators can conduct assessments with confidence, knowing that the integrity of the testing process is upheld and students are evaluated fairly based on their merit. The article is a comprehensive guide to understanding the fundamentals of SEB and KM, offering insights into their features, benefits, and practical applications in educational settings. As technology continues to shape the landscape of assessment, these tools remain essential for ensuring the validity and reliability of test results, ultimately contributing to the enhancement of educational quality and accountability. ## Features * SEB/KM offers a secure test environment for Pear Assessment assessments. Students are prevented from accessing other browser-based resources, such as Google or calculators. * SEB/KM disables the web browser settings and the start menu options on a Windows device. * It can also be set whether users can quit SEB during the test and if it is required to enter a quit password to do so. * Right-click inside SEB/KM is also disabled. * SEB/KM detects when it was started in a virtual environment and declines to run. ## Install Safe Exam Browser on Student Devices SEB opens a web browser window without navigation elements and locks the computer into a kiosk mode, which prevents users from switching to other applications or quitting SEB. SEB also enables secure exams on unmanaged computers like students’ own laptops as well as in managed environments. 1. Download SEB from [http://safeexambrowser.org/download\_en.html](http://safeexambrowser.org/download_en.html) for either Windows or Mac. 2. Start the SEB installer (.exe file for Windows or .dmg file for Mac) and follow the on-screen steps to complete the installation. If installing SEB on student devices, it is recommended that users choose the install folder that is writable only with administrator rights. Note: When using SEB with Pear Assessment, Pear Assessment dynamically generates a configuration file. Users do not need to configure SEB using the configuration tool provided by SEB. ## Use Safe Exam Browser and Kiosk Mode with Pear Assessment KM is a Chromebook app that opens a web browser window without navigation elements and locks the computer into Pear Assessment, which prevents students from switching to other applications.  Students do not sign in to their Chromebooks. Instead, they launch KM from the app tray and sign in there. ## Install Kiosk Mode on Student Devices SEB/KM ensures test security by restricting students to only Pear Assessment while taking the assessments, preventing them from using other educational apps. SEB should be limited to those assessments that need a higher level of security. Please follow our instructions to install Kiosk Mode. Pear Assessment provides teachers or admins the control to decide when the use of SEB is mandated. Teachers or admins should select **Yes** for **Require Safe Exam Browser**. An optional Quit Password can also be entered if teachers need a way for students to quit SEB midway through the assessment. Students can safely quit SEB once the assessment is submitted. This password is for emergency-use only, such as when students need to quit the assessment in between. Please do not disclose the password to students. If a student needs to quit SEB midway, teachers should type the password on student devices. When **Require Safe Exam Browser** is set to **Yes**, students can't start the assessment in any other browser except SEB. Pear Assessment recommends that for standard usage, students should not be instructed to sign in and click on Pear Assessment assignments on any other supported browser apart from SEB/KM (e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.). If **Require Safe Exam Browser** is set to **Yes**, Pear Assessment will automatically open the assessment in SEB in a new window and automatically navigate the student to the first question of the assessment. Assignments that require SEB will show the SEB logo shown below: Students can safely quit SEB once they submit the assignment: The article serves as a comprehensive guide to understanding the fundamentals of Safe Exam Browser and Kiosk Mode, offering insights into their features, benefits, and practical applications in educational settings. As technology continues to shape the landscape of assessment, these tools remain essential for ensuring the validity and reliability of test results, ultimately contributing to the enhancement of educational quality and accountability.Test Security: Kiosk Mode and Safe Exam BrowserURL NameTest-Security-Kiosk-Mode-and-Safe-Exam-Browser-1629332485255