To ensure that your students complete a quiz or test only in your classroom or
another proctored environment, you can require your students or a proctor to type a password
when opening the assignment. The assignment password is the same for all your students, and
is different from your students' account passwords.
- Prerequisites
- Schedule an Assignment Based on Class Schedule
- Schedule an Assignment Based on the Day of the Week
Password protected assignments are indicated with a key and password icon 
.
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Schedule the assignment, if you have not already done so.
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Open the Schedule page and navigate to the
assignment.
From My Classes, click
Class Schedule under Class
Tools.
Tip Click a scheduled assignment in
the Assignments
list to view the week for which it is scheduled.
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Beside the assignment, click .
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On the Edit Restrictions page, select
Password Protected.
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Type a password for the assignment.
- Assignment passwords are case-sensitive.
- Use only alphanumeric characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) to make sure all students can easily type
the password.
- Optional:
Select Hide password from students to ensure that the
password is not visible when it is typed.
- Optional:
Select Drop Security and Time Restrictions after and
select a date and time after which your students can access the assignment.
Security restrictions (password, IP address, and LockDown Browser®) are not automatically lifted
from assignments after the due date. Students can't open timed assignments after the time has
expired or due date has passed. Usually, these restrictions mean that your students can't see
their scores and feedback for individual assignment questions.
To allow this, either drop the assignment restrictions manually from the Schedule page or select Drop Security and
Time Restrictions after and set the date and time to drop the restrictions
automatically.
Tip If you are using the same assignment for multiple sections, you might not want to
drop security restrictions for any section until after the last due date for all your sections
has passed.
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Click Save.
Best Practice To prevent your students from using the password after leaving the testing environment
or sharing the password with other students outside the testing environment:
- Provide the assignment password only when you are ready for your students to begin working on
the assignment.
- Change the assignment password a few minutes after your students have begun the assignment.
> Edit Restrictions.