Safe exam browser

Safe exam browser

by Mohamed Abdelbary -
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I was trying safe exam browser for the first time

My students got this message (Although I configured the safe exam browser from inside Moodle):

Access is not allowed according to the current configuration.

Is there is extra configuration needed on the program itself?

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Re: Safe exam browser

by Marco Lehre -
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Could you please describe what steps your students do before they get the message?
What are the settings in the test?
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Re: Safe exam browser

by Mohamed Abdelbary -
I found that this occurs only when the setting "Enable URL filtering" in safe exam browser is set to yes. When I set it to No; the exam goes on. However, embedded videos fail to play.
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Re: Safe exam browser

by Marco Lehre -
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Please read the "Filter Section" in the SEB user manual: https://safeexambrowser.org/windows/win_usermanual_en.html#NetworkPaneFilterSection
Some of these settings can also be made in Moodle.
If your SEB settings are complicated, use the option
Require the use of Safe Exam Browser: Yes - Upload my own config
and upload your own .seb config file that you can create with the SEB Configuration Tool.
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Re: Safe exam browser

by Mohamed Abdelbary -
Thanks for your help.
Still I have the problem of playing mp4 videos: they paly in moodle but they fail to play n safe exam browser.
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Re: Safe exam browser

by Marco Lehre -
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Chromium (and thus SEB on Windows) cannot play videos that require a video codec of the "MPEG family" such as mp4/H264 (background is (patent) legal nature as well as influenced by (strategic) decisions of Google). Videos must be available for Chromium/SEB in webm format with the VP8/VP9 video codec. Videos can be converted with the open source software "Handbrake" (https://handbrake.fr). Note: The SEB Browser (on Windows) is based on Chromium.
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Re: Safe exam browser

by Mohamed Abdelbary -
Thank you very much for this fruitful help. I downloaded & converted a file (into .m4v) to try it. However, do I need this "Handbrake" on the student terminals to play the video or it will play automatically with their VLC player?
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