educat - Technology Support Services

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1. Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet in the location where you will be taking the quiz.
2. Log into your class on Educat in Chrome or Firefox.
3. Click on the quiz you need to take. If Lockdown Browser is required, it will now launch.
4. If prompted to close a blocked program (e.g. screen capture, instant messaging) choose "Yes" when prompted. This may occur several times until everything needed to be quit is closed. -- OR -- , close LockDown Browser and then close the blocked program(s) before restarting.
5. Once a quiz has been started with LockDown Browser, you cannot exit until the "Submit all and finish" button is clicked.

TIPS

• Prior to your first assessment, complete the practice quiz available in most courses using the LockDown Browser to make sure it works correctly.
• If a LockDown Browser update is available the program will take time to install it when the Lockdown Browser is a opened. Something you might check for before the day of a major exam.
• For Windows computers, routinely install Windows updates (due on the second Tuesday of the month after 6 pm) so you don't have to wait for them to install if you have to restart your computer just before the exam.

Documentation

Occasionally, additional clicks may be required to view video in EduCat. Some browsers see the embedded video code, and temporarily block it to let you know that it may contain insecure content. This includes embedded video code from YouTube, Google Videos, Ted Talks, and our own WildCast server. In the case of our server, there is no malicious code, but the warning is displayed regardless. Follow the instructions below to allow EduCat videos to properly load.

• Firefox
• Chrome
• Explorer

Firefox

1. Click the shield icon in the upper left corner of Firefox.
    

2. In the small message that appears, select "Disable Protection on This Page" from the drop-down menu. 

Chrome

1. Click the shield icon to the left of the URL bar.
    

2. In the drop-down message, select "Load unsafe script." 
    

Explorer

1. After clicking the link, a security warning will appear. Be sure to click "No" on the "Security Warning" box.
  

2. If the "Only secure content is displayed." warning appears, click "Show all content." 

Documentation

To access EduCat classes or content you will need:

• The latest or one version earlier of Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or Opera browsers
• Respondus lockdown browser from http://it.nmu.edu/downloads may be needed for taking quizzes and exams that require using the Respondus lockdown browser. As of Feb, 2019 the Respondus lockdown browser is only available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX (and iOS on an Apple iPad if the instructor changed a setting to allow it). For more up to date and detailed system requirements see Repsondus' Lockdown browser system requirements page. 
• Software or a way to view Microsoft Powerpoint PPT, PPS, PPTX and PPSX files. You could use your NMU G Suite account and view them after they were saved to your Google Drive.

Depending on your instructor's course video content, this software may or may not be needed for playing videos.

• Adobe Flash from https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
• Microsoft Silverlight from https://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/
• VLC Player from https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

You might also need: 

• Cisco AnyConnect from  http://it.nmu.edu/downloads